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Water drop
People like to send cards like these, but we don’t necessarily like to receive them. (Personally, we are far more inclined to appreciate “wish you were here” Greetings From types of card.) This one came from Germany, with stamp and partial postmark. Also, a sticker with two cats. Grade: 4

Code: 30000125
Price: $0.50
Hearts
This card was made in Sweden but mailed from Finland in 2012 with two stamps (one of which is genuinely remarkable and we don’t know how people can really use it), postmark, and Priority label. We see lots of stamps in this business, and want to give full credit to Finland for having some of the most unusual ones. Grade: 1

Code: 30000126
Price: $2.00
Otto Wagner Armchair
The chair is in a Minnesota museum. The card is with us. Mailed from Netherlands with a machine-generated label, and address label pasted on. Grade: 4

Code: 30000127
Price: $0.50
Elderly Irish Woman
This is actually a Russian internet card, captioned in English, but mailed from Russia in 2012 with three stamps (one uncancelled) and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000128
Price: $2.00
Anna Kulikova
Mailed from Russia in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 30000129
Price: $1.00
American Weekly – cover art
The issue of American Weekly was November 25th, 1956. The postcard was mailed from Taiwan in 2012 with two different stamps and Taipei postmark. We don’t know what to make of the reverse. Though it looks very heavily aged and stained, we believe this is part of the card’s design. It’s probably not aged much, if at all. To be safe, we give it Grade: 3

Code: 30000130
Price: $1.00
Coronation jewels of Czech Kings
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and Praha postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000131
Price: $3.00
Lost in the Future
In this variant of “Where’s Waldo,” you are to find robots, aliens, and hands in the pocket. Mailed from Canada in 2012 with four stamps but indistinct postmark. Rounded corners. Grade: `

Code: 30000132
Price: $2.00
Tree (China)
Small (4″ x 4-3/4″) card mailed from China in 2012 with a large “stadium” stamp and Shanghai postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000133
Price: $1.00
Hassan, alter Grieche!
We really respect Google Translate but have to smile when it renders something like this as a German translation for the text: “Hassan, ancient Greek! Make two times curry fries mud!” The postcard was mailed in 2012. One of the two stamps is ripped; postmark is there. Grade: 4

Code: 30000134
Price: $1.00
Evian (Finland)
Bottle-shaped card, produced in and mailed from Finland in 2012. The caption on the back reads “Tipatonta tammikuuta!” but all we got out of that was “January”. Stamp, partial postmark, and blue Priority label. Grade: 2

Code: 30000135
Price: $3.00
Superman No. 1 Comics cover
Mailed from Canada in 2012 but the stamp was cancelled by pen. Grade: 4

Code: 30000136
Price: $0.50
“Two of a Kind” on the Desert
Just an old, unused card. Grade: 3

Code: 30000137
Price: $0.50
IKEA Typography
This 5-1/8″ x 7-1/8″ card was mailed from Canada in 2012, with one stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000138
Price: $1.00
Old USA house
Typical of similar self-ordered cards of the era, this unused postcard evokes so much. How we would like to meet those people, and hear their stories. Remember, folks, 100 years from now, someone else will be saying the same thing about all of us now. Aged, but still Grade: 1

Code: 30000139
Price: $3.00
Looking Good
Internet card, made in the U.K. and mailed from Netherlands in 2012. Grade: 2

Code: 30000140
Price: $0.50
Svajoniu issipildymo metas … (Lithuania)
Dreams came true … on this card mailed from Lithuania in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and Prioritaire imprint. Grade: 1

Code: 30000142
Price: $1.00
Snow globe (China)
Mailed from China in 2012 with stamp and postmark, and part of a red Par Avion imprint. Grade: 2

Code: 30000143
Price: $0.50
Wszystkiego dobrego! (Poland)
Meaning “All the best” in Polish, and that’s what you would say to this card if you tried to mail it the normal way. It is printed on extraordinarily thin paper, and in fact was sent in an envelope, with a message written on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 30000144
Price: $0.50
Skip to My Loo
Very nice, unused outhouse postcard, 4-7/8″ x 6-1/2″. Grade: 1

Code: 30000145
Price: $2.00
Tree sprout
Mailed from Germany in 2012, with three different stamps, and postmark. Abrasions on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 30000146
Price: $0.50
Angry Birds (Finland)
We are quite a long way away from opening a new “Angry Birds” category, and up until now, “Hello Kitty” has the lead by a paw. This card was mailed from Finland in 2012, with stamp, Priority label, and full Kuopio postmark. Lower left front corner has a small crumple. Grade: 2

Code: 30000147
Price: $2.00
High Kicks
Printed in The Netherlands but mailed from Poland in 2012 with three stamps, blue bilingual Priorytet label, and faint postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 30000148
Price: $1.00
Join Hands!
Mailed from Germany with stamp and much of the postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000149
Price: $1.00
Miss Lube Rack (USA)
If you happen to have been “Miss Lube Rack,” let us know, and we’ll get the card to you. Mailed from USA with four different stamps and faint postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000150
Price: $1.00
If the outlook is not good Try the uplook
Just one of many cards we know we should understand right away, but somehow we don’t. Mailed in 1911, the stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 3

Code: 30000151
Price: $1.00
There are no borders
This seems to be an ad card for “The Tunnel” in New York. Maybe. Mailed from Holland in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30000152
Price: $1.00
Snowboarding
Not quite skiing. Mailed from Norway with stamp, faint postmark, and A Prioritaire label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 30000153
Price: $0.50
Miscellaneous Chinese set
The scan shows the back cover of a set of 32 unused cards from China, uncaptioned, with everything from bicycles (lots of them) to surfboards to the Eiffel Tower. If you are looking closely, you will see the graphic says there are 32 “sheets” (cards) but shows 34 photos. Sadly, the correct number of cards is 32, and we aren’t taking the time to determine which two of those photos don’t exist. Grade: 1

Code: 30000154
Price: $10.00
Coffee cup and roasted beans
If we ever decide to go unconventional and open new, strange categories like “Drinks in cups,” this card will lead the way. Mailed from Germany with stamp and partial, illegible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30000155
Price: $1.00
Bird and lantern (PR China)
This is the kind of card that makes you wonder: why would they choose this for me? Yet, someone did. Mailed from China in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 30000157
Price: $1.00
Children (Netherlands)
Mailed from Netherlands in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and extra stickers on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 30000158
Price: $0.50
Elephant Walk
We wish we had enough circus postcards to open a new category, but we’re not there yet. This old photo (1925) is on a contemporary internet card, mailed from Russia in 2013 with two overlapping stamps and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 30000159
Price: $1.00
Coffee and macarons
What seems to be an internet card from Ukraine, mailed from Russia in 2013 with stamp and Moscow postmark, along with rubber-stamp chops on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 30000160
Price: $1.00
Siberian flowers (USSR)
Soviet-era card (1973), measuring 3-5/8″ x 8-1/4″, mailed in 2013 with four different stamps, rubber-stamped address, and also address label affixed. Much postal crumping in transit. Grade: 4

Code: 30000161
Price: $1.00
Tea and bubble
Apart from the message and address, there is no captioning or attribution on the back of this card, mailed from PR China in 2013 with two different stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 30000162
Price: $0.50
Vaikka elämä … (Finland)
If you enter this text into Google Translate, here is what comes out: “While the life of nuoleekin bare head, the true son does not expire ikänään!” (Possibly, Finnish is not yet Google Translate’s highest priority.) Mailed with stamp, postmark, and Priority label in 2013. Lots of smudging here and there. Grade: 3

Code: 30000163
Price: $1.00
Taiwanese-style shaved ice
Mailed from Taiwan in 2013 with stamp, partial postmark, and address and other label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 30000164
Price: $0.50
The Puffin Book of Football
Another category we should consider is “Book Covers”. This one, on a postcard, mailed from USA in 2013 with $1.05 stamp, postmark, barcoding, and blue Airmail label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 30000165
Price: $1.00
Ampelmännchen from the GDR
The caption on this card is in German, which we translate roughly as: “Designed in 1961 by Charles Peglau they should be replaced by 1990 after the reunification of their colleagues in the West. After protests from East and West, they were allowed to remain in the lights.” But the card was mailed from Russia in 2013 with three stamps and two large postmarks. Grade: 3

Code: 30000166
Price: $1.00

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