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Happy Halloween!
Only about 40 more cards like this and we can open a new “Halloween” category, but until then … mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp, full postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label. Orange postal barcoding. Grade: 2
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DAF Space Cab
Mailed from the Netherlands in 2011 with stamp and postmark, but what this has to do with Holland, we don’t know. No caption on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Nudist sport
Whatever information there was about the photo was carefully obscured by the writer, in Russia, in 2011. The stamp is there, and part of the postmark. Grade: 3
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IFA G 5-2
Here is what you might want to know: “IFA G 5-2 als Werkstattkofferwagen der 2. Generation zum Bulldogtreffen in Burkhardtsdorf,” on 26th of August 2007. The card was mailed in 2011 or 2012 with two stamps but the postmark is black on a black stamp. Grade: 1
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The Bush Decision (Ann Telnaes) (USA)
You need to be familiar with American politics to understand what the artist was saying here. It’s clever. Card mailed from US in 2012 with 98-cent stamp and postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front, black on the back. Grade: 3
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself
Four of these unused Laff Gram cards 51-D are available. Who would ever buy this to send it? It’s not funny, it’s not frightening, it’s just taking up space on our website. Grades: 1
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Roses
Not connected with any particular holiday or occasion, this card was printed in Germany and mailed in the USA in 1909, from one sister to another. The stamp is there; the postmark mostly not there. Grade: 2
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Keep Calm and Carry On
Glitter on the crown, card from 2010 and mailed in 2012 with three British stamps, Royal Mail Air Mail sticker, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 3
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To my Valentine
Not postally used, a brief message in ink on the reverse, and much water staining. Grade: 5
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I’m thinking of Home and Mother
Surprise your mom (and make her wonder) with this sepia-toned card, not postally used but with an undated inked message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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a get well wish for you
Unused religious-themed card (Acts 27:22). Grade: 1
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Compel me not to toe the mark
Buried amongst the sweet dreck of so many postcards of that era, one like this pops up. Just read the whole verse, and you’ll know what we mean. We love it! Mailed way back when, but the stamp is gone and the postmark not quite legible. Grade: 4
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Two girls
Austrian card mailed in 2012 from Finland with an Aurora borealis stamp and blue Priority label. Grade: 2
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Wigwam Follies in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2012 with three different stamps and very faint postmark. Grade: 2
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May Success be Thine
Embossed card, mailed in 1921 (if we see the postmark clearly), and with stamp. Grade: 3
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Don’t Argue Politics
How timely. Unused card, aging but very, very frameable. Grade: 2
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Nude with feathers
Actually an unused ad card from Prague. We studied and studied this, but couldn’t quite call it “sexy,” so compromised on “No specific theme” and will let you use your own imagination. Grade: 1
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Huoleton huilvili (Finland)
Meaning something like “carefree rascal” in Finnish, this card for us at least is unclassifiable. Mailed with two stamps and blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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May the leaves of friendships volumn …
Message, and stamp is gone. Grade: 5
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The Ideal (USA)
It may be difficult for you to see, from the scan, the poem on the front of this card. Maybe just as well. Mailed in 1910 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Nuoruus (Finland)
There is a sort of glitter-based paint on his hat, some of the manes, the birds, and the flowers at the bottom. And you are wondering what this says? Here is Google Translate’s answer: “Youth go in spending, but meikäpoika loved ones will not give up!” That really helps. (Can you help?) Mailed in 2012 with stamp, Priority, and almost full postmark. Grade: 1
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Retro Russian (PR China)
Produced as an internet card in China, what you see is the front. It is a design, not a real stamp or postmark (on the front). The reverse has two Chinese (not Russian) stamps, and postmark, and message, and assorted other markings that may or may not have come with the card. Grade: 3
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A Horse Gored
Unused card, part of a series (see also 30000067). Edge abrasions. Grade: 2
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The Fatal Charge
Unused card, part of a series (see also 30000066). Edge abrasions. Both of these old cards were produced in the USA, showing Mexican scenes. Grade: 2
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Chunks of Wisdom
Some good advice never changes. Unused but heavily aged Taylor Art Co. card dated 1910. Grade: 3
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Flowers (USA)
Card was copyrighted in 1909 and mailed the same year, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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The Hook-Handed Man
Mailed from USA with a $1.05 stamp and mostly readable postmark, with USPS barcoding. One perforated edge. Grade: 2
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Knee
Well, what would you call this? There’s no formal caption. Mailed from Belarus with one “M” stamp, mostly legible postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire rubber-stamp mark. Grade: 1
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My Best Wishes
Another old, unused, embossed, handled card. Grade: 4
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Gros Bisous de Chez Nous
Not postally used, but with extensive message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Twice-cooked pork recipe (PR China)
Odd-shaped card mailed in 2011 with large stamp, an extra sticker, red bilingual airmail mark … Grade: 1
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House Moving
Card was made and sent from England, with one 76p stamp, blue By Air Mail sticker, readable postmark, and orange postal barcoding. Much postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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I’m Waiting! Where? (USA)
Who couldn’t take the hint? The card was mailed in what looks like 1910. Stamp and mostly readable postmark are there. Grade: 3
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White Chrysanthemum Sincerity
Mailed in 1910 but stamp is gone. Grade: 4
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Woman from behind
Mailed from Switzerland in 2012 with two different stamps, faint postmark, and blue A Priority chop mark. Grade: 1
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Children using computers
…but not really. Mailed from Holland in 2012 with three different stamps and blue bilingual Priority label affixed. A little postal bumping on one corner. Grade: 2
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Flowers (Finland)
Generic card mailed from Finland with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Vanity Fair
Reproduction of the April 1931 cover, on this card mailed from USA in 2012 with four stamps, full postmark, and barcoding. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Potatoes
How many people just feel like doing this once in awhile? Well, not us, not yet, but there’s still time. Mailed from Netherlands in 2012 with stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Woman on pier
Photo by Alexey Anashkin on a card mailed from Slovenia in 2012 with stamp and Ljubljana postmark. Grade: 2