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Möve in Sturm
The card’s caption means “Gull in Storm,” which looks about right. Card was mailed in 1938 from Bremen, but the stamp is gone. Grade: 4
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Broncho (sic) Busting
The copyright date is 1904, and the card was not postally used. It has abrasions, and writing on the back. But the topic is specialised. Grade: 4
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Man, tree, house
We admit to not knowing what’s going on here, but the real value of this card is in the postmarks. It was mailed from Clayton, New Jersey at 8 AM on 19th August 1905 (the stamp is there), and receivd at Belmar, New Jersey at 4 PM the same day. Not bad service! Grade: 2
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Lawn chair
Well, what would you call this?! There’s no caption. The card was mailed from Belarus with a colourful “M” stamp in 2013. Postmark is there. Grade: 1
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Atem holen! (Take a breath!)
We wish we could, but (A) it is too smoggy here, and (B) we have no gardens. Sigh. The card was made in, and mailed from Germany in 2013, with stamp, obscured postmark, and trilingual Priority label. Some postal abrasion on the back. Grade: 2
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Thank You (Taiwan)
A somewhat generic card, made in Taiwan and mailed from there in 2013 with two stamps, Taipei postmark, and trilingual Airmail label. Grade: 2
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Northern lights
PostalShop card, printed in Russia and mailed from there in 2013 with three large stamps, postmark, and address label. Grade: 3
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Trolleys at dusk
Internet card, no idea of where the picture might be but the card was mailed from Ukraine in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and a sticker of a flower on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Schnell noch eine Blume (Germany)
Google Translate offers “Quick still a flower,” so something might have gotten lost there. Unused, somewhat thin card from 2000. Grade: 1
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P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth
Nice circus poster, “Jumbo,” reproduction of an 1882 lithograph. This card comes from the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA. Mailed in 2013 with round “Global Forever” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Freunde (Germany)
We put this to Google Translate, and it came back as: Friends are people that do not ask for your way, but him go together with you. Close enough, we get the idea. But the card was mailed from France, not Germany, in 2013–with eight stamps and eight postmarks. Prioritaire label is there, too. Grade: 1
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For fun and enjoyment … Collect Postcards
Once in awhile we throw in cards like this, to prove we’re part of the fraternity. This card, unused but for some pencil markings on the back, was produced by U.K. collector Alan Bower. Grade: 2
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Promenade (France)
We hope you’re not thinking we should have listed this unused card under “Sexy.” Grade: 1
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Class for New Fathers (France)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Boxers
Internet card, mailed from Lithuania in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire label affixed. Grade: 1
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Century Egg (Taiwan)
The term “acquired taste” should have been invented to describe these eggs. We are very firmly on one side of the fence on this one. The card is from the nice “Post Taiwan to the World” series, and was mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Honey Cakes (Belarus)
Internet card mailed in 2013 with an “M” stamp and Minsk postmark. Grade: 1
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Anne Wright on her skateboard (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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My hunting trip – how it really happened!! (USA)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Nie ten … (Poland)
Terrible condition. Mailed from Germany, maybe. Grade: 5
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Barn and flower field (Finland)
Square card mailed from Finland (“Save the nature”) with stamp, partial postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Tea
Pretty picture on a PostalShop (internet) card 5-3/4″ square. Mailed from Ukraine in 2014 with a “C” stamp, partial postmark, and Par Avion rubber-stamp chop. Grade: 2
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Stark Raving Munchies (USA)
Mailed from USA in 2014, with two stamps (appropriately including one of Jimi Hendrix) and San Diego postmark. A very laid-back postcard. Grade: 1
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Man Carrying Twins
The card was made in France and mailed from Germany in 2014, with stamp, postmark, and Priority label, along with orange postal barcoding. Grade: 1
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Keep Calm and Send a Postcard
Couldn’t agree more. Mailed from England in 2014, with 88p stamp, postmark, Air Mail label, and orange postal barcoding. Some sort of staining on right front edge. Grade: 4
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All True Romance
The comic’s cover is from July, 1955, and the card from 2014, mailed from Germany with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Flowers
Unused. What you see is all we know. There’s no printing on the back. Grade: 1
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Yellow animal
Unused. What you see is all we know. There’s no printing on the back. Grade: 1
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Lighting at stadium
Unused card “Proudly printed by Digital4” and that’s all we know. Grade: 1
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Es gibt … (Germany)
Mailed from Germany in 2015, with stamp and postmark and very many small chop marks of a butterfly. Grade: 5
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Girl with camera
The card was made in Ukraine. Not postally used, but with a message filling that part of the reverse. Grade: 4
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Scarecrow
There’s no attribution for the card, and it was mailed from Canada with a stamp cancelled only by the orange postal barcoding. Grade: 3
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Singer Sewing Machine
Irregularly shaped MOKA singular postcard mailed from PR China in 2014 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Bookstall
Unused card produced by Qyer dot com, described online as a Chinese website that enables travel enthusiasts to write notes, exchange experiences, and more. An extensive caption on the card, but only in Chinese. Grade: 1
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Mountain climbers
Unused card produced by Qyer dot com, described online as a Chinese website that enables travel enthusiasts to write notes, exchange experiences, and more. An extensive caption on the card, but only in Chinese. Grade: 1
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Cartoon set (PR China)
Because of the way this is packed–hermetically sealed in foil–we have no way of knowing for certain how many cards are inside, but a graphic on the reverse suggests there may be nine, with various characters looking like toy teddy bears or chicks. No guarantees about the contents! So we are pricing this accordingly. Unused (of course). Grade: 1
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Best wishes
This ancient postcard is aged and unused, and very, very strongly embossed. It’s a great example of the genre. Grade: 1
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To My Dear Brother
Mailed from Kansas to a soldier, his brother, in Cuba in 1908. Stamp and postmark are there, as well as the Cuban postmark on the front. This is nostalgic. We’re giving the postmark on the front a “pass” and calling this Grade: 1
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To My Dear Friend (USA)
Mailed as a Christmas card in 1908. Stamp and partial postmark are there. Grade: 1
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To My Dear Pop (USA)
Unused, embossed old card, not postally used but with “To pa from Anna” written on the bottom reverse. Especially if your name is Anna, go for it! Grade: 3