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Indian Policemen and Prisoner in Stocks (Hong Kong)
This is an iconic Hong Kong postcard, to be found in various reference books. Published by Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, unused, yet aged and a little bit abraded, it is an important part of Hong Kong’s postcard history. Grade: 3
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Cartoonist Lat, house calls (Malaysia)
All cards from this famous Malaysian cartoonist were meant to be cut from a larger sheet. This one was mailed in 1990, with stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 3
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Maniwaki, Quebec)
Looks to be a generic card overstamped with the Maniwaki location. Mailed in 1955 with stamp and blurry but readable postmark, the message from dad to his children is fun to read. Grade: 2
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Police Headquarters, Penang (Malaysia)
Two unused P.M.S.M.N. cards K-7069 are available. One is stained front and back on one corner, and with a rubber stamp of two elephants in the address area (Grade: 4, $4) and the other with corners gently creased and abraded, also with the rubber stamp (Grade: 4, $4).
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Hong Kong Police at 1997 handover to China
There’s a short but interesting story about what Hong Kong’s police force needed to do at midnight when the territory reverted to Chinese administration. If you want to know, just ask us. This is an unused card. Grade: 1
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RCMP Constable and dog (Canada)
Dexter card DR-80170-B from mid-60s, with serrated edges, has every cliche of Canada one could ever want, right down to the snow. But it’s unused and in fine shape. Grade: 1
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Tourist Police (Thailand)
Slightly odd, unused card from sometime during the past ten years. We suppose this is meant to reassure tourists, but still … Front is unmarked; reverse has small spotting. Grade: 2
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Women Military Police (Israel)
1974 unused card, Isranof 797, as-new condition. Grade: 1
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Fingerprint Greetings (Finland)
That’s part of what’s in the caption. The card’s sender gently explains that the card comes from a police exhibition stand that tries to tell children that police work is nice and worth considering. Lucky Finland! Mailed with Aurora borealis stamp and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Enjoy the summer (Netherlands)
Not postally used, but with a brief inked message on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Walking the dogs
Two of these unused Laff Gram cards 81-D are available. Grades: 1
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Khartoum Police (Sudan)
G.N. Morhig postcard No. 326. Grade: 4
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Amsterdam, The Sixties (Netherlands)
Photo from the 1960’s. Produced in 1990. Mailed in 2012, with three stamps, postmark, and bilingual Priority label. Grade: 1
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Alexandrie – Place des Consuls
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61853. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Card measures 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ and was mailed from New Zealand (not Canada!) in 2012 with a Year of the Dragon stamp and blue airmail sticker. Grade: 3
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Working Dogs in Government Services (Hong Kong) (set)
Issued by Hongkong Post in 2012, this is a set of six different cards, each showing a different breed of dog, including the Malinois used as a Police Dog. The cards in this set have no postage on either side: they are just postcards. Eight sets are available. Grades: 1
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Working Dogs in Government Services (Maximum Cards) (set) (Hong Kong)
Issued by Hongkong Post in 2012, this is a set of six different cards, each showing a different breed of dog with corresponding Maximum Card stamp. Of the six sets we have available now, two have special “Working Dogs in Government Services” postmarks; two have special “Philatelic Bureau” postmarks; and two have “GPO” postmarks. Prices are the same regardless. Each set in original Hongkong Post cellowrap. One dog in the set is the Malinois, used as a Police Dog. Grades: 1
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From Moscow with Love!
The front is as you see. Maybe he is just Security and not police, but close enough. It’s hard to describe the reverse: mailed with four stamps, three large postmarks, rubber-stamped ID number, and address label affixed. Well, I guess we just described it. Grade: 3
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Police car (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and illegible postmark. Grade: 3
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Special Police Badge (Netherlands)
Boomerang card, and two are available. One is not postally used but has multiple notations on the back (Grade: 4, $.50) and the other was mailed in 2014 with two stamps, postmark, and Priority label (Grade: 1, $1).
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Unused Canadian Post Card Co. card CP 39 (55676-B), slightly aging, serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Taiwan
There never was a stamp, but there is a postmark on this card mailed in 2012. Not sure how the sender managed that. Grade: 2
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Cops & Dughnuts, Clare (Michigan, USA)
One of the most endearing “local” American postcards we have in stock, this was mailed in 2012 with a $1.05 stamp, readable postmark, and full explanation from the writer on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Singapore Police – Fairness
The front of this advertising card is OK. The reverse is a bit messy, mailed from Taiwan with two stamps, partial postmark, and address and other label taped on. Grade: 4
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German Policemen, 1925
Contemporary card, mailed from the USA in 2013 with four stamps and readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Moorish Barracks (Macau)
Unused card of these facilities built in 1874, once the base for the Indian police force and now the office of the Port Authority. The site is labelled “Macau World Cultural Heritage” in deference to the UNESCO classification. Grade: 1
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Poliisi – Otto (Finland)
We’re not sure what to make of this, but it is definitely not a Zazzle template and not an internet card. The dog is saying “Hey, I’m Otto, who are you?”. This card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps–neither one postmarked–and Priority label. In the lower left corner is a box called “Sormenjälki-terveisin” (Fingerprint regards) and, sure enough, a fingerprint is inside. That’s the whole idea, apparently. Grade: 4
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NYPD Highway patrol patrolling midtown Manhattan
One of the new breed of internet cards, printed in Italy, that we hope won’t drive out actually being somewhere and getting the card at source. Mailed from Arizona in 2013 with a Global Forever stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Ladybird Book (cover), The Policeman
Mailed from Belgium with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Naisellisuus voi pelastaa päivän (Finland)
Google and the writer both agree: this means “Femininity can save the day …” Nice caard, mailed from Tampere in 2013 with “sauna” stamp and postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
This 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed with four different stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Dawson City, Yukon – RCMP (Canada)
The RCMP at work, on this unused card. Grade: 1
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Hong Kong Police insignia being removed
Unused card dating from the handover of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China in 1997. Grade: 1
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Kashu Team (Finland)
Nice, unusual card where things just went a little bit wrong: big stamp but no postmark on the back (it went to the front instead); ink smudges; and this is a “Finger-print greetings” card with no fingerprint. Grade: 5
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Relaxing Policeman (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2014, the stamp is there but only part of the postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Singapore Police Force – ad card
This was mailed in 2013. The large stamp is there, and so is a full postmark, though on the opposite side of the reverse. Interesting for its hi-tech approach to recruitment. Creased across upper left corner. Grade: 3
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Bermuda, multiple views
Unused, older John Hinde card 2BDA36. Significant foxing (age mottling) on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Cheung Chau, Police Station, Historical House (Hong Kong)
From a short series of unused 5″ x 7″ art cards showing one of Hong Kong’s most important “other” islands. Grade: 1
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Brasilia – DF – Quartel-General do Exercito, Setor Militar Urbano (Brazil)
Unused card, though very heavily aged. Grade: 3
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A car burnt in rioting, 1967 (Hong Kong)
The unused card probably dates from the late 1970s or early 1980s. Grade: 1