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Queen Elizabeth II at Trooping the Colour (England)
You could find this card in a snowstorm. Unused, John Hinde card 3L39. Grade: 1
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Coronation Regalia (England)
This heavily handled card of St. Edward’s Crown, The Orb, The Royal Sceptre with Cross, and The Royal sceptre with Dove was printed in USA for distribution in Canada, and obtained there in 1954. It was not mailed, and has a travel agent’s black rubber stamp on the reverse. Minor edge abrasions, otherwise the front is still clear. Grade: 4
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Prince William Royal Wedding (England)
Mailed in 2011, after the wedding (of course), with three different stamps, three little stickers, and blue bilingual By Air Mail label affixed. Grade: 4
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HM Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip (2012)
Unused. Grade: 1
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The Balcony at Buckingham Palace (England)
HM Queen Elizabeth II with members of her family. Unused. Grade: 1
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London, four generations
HM Queen Elizabeth II with members of her family on 23rd October 2013. All identified in the extensive caption. Unused. Grade: 1
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BLOIS. – Le Chateau, – Facade Francois 1er (France)
We are indebted to Wikipedia for the essence of this: The Royal Château de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher departement in France, in the center of the city of Blois. The residence of several kings, it is also the place where Joan of Arc went in 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive the English from Orleans. Built in the middle of the town that it effectively controlled, the chateau comprises several buildings constructed from the 13th to the 17th century around the main courtyard. It has 564 rooms and 75 staircases although only 23 were used frequently. There is a fireplace in each room. There are 100 bedrooms. Too much information? Mais, non. The unused card is ornate but exceptionally flimsy, as if all the strength had been sucked out of it. Grade: 1
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Paris, Visit of Queen Elizabeth, 2004
Unused 5-1/8″ x 7-1/8″ card, captioned entirely in French, commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Stohrer’s Bakery in 2004. Slightly smudged on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Athens, Guards at Royal Palace
Unused card, old and getting older but hanging in there. Grade: 3
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Crete, Heraklion Museum, Prince or King-Priest from Knossos
Unused card, with a postage meter imprint having the value of 0.4 Euros. Grade: 1
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Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (Netherlands)
A group in 2001, on a card mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Edinburgh Castle, King Robert the Bruce (Scotland)
Despite its terrible condition, or maybe because of it, this unused card manages to maintain a great deal of ghostly dignity. Grade: 5
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Holyrood, Lord Darnley’s Room (Scotland)
More or less a companion card to 20546014, sepia and unused, from the Pixie Series. If this was the same Lord Darnley who was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, the back story is quite colourful. Grade: 3
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Stockholm, Royal Guard
From the 1960s, unused “Ultraforlaget” card 559, with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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King Erik XIV’s letter to Queen Elizabeth I (Maximum Card) (Sweden)
Unused Maximum Card no. 9, issued on 6 June 1984, with a painting by Steven van der Meulen. Grade: 1
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HM Queen Margrethe II
Unused card G478 from Post Greenland. Grade: 1
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70th Birthday of HM the Queen Margrethe II
Unused card G446 from Post Greenland. The photo would then have been taken in roughly 2010. Grade: 1
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Queen Elizabeth I (by Zuccaro)
Painting from 1592. Card from somewhat later. Unused Plastichrome card P29456 (D-173), beginning to age–unlike Her Majesty. Grade: 1
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Edward Albert Christian … (Prince of Wales)
To alert you: the front looks like a postcard but the reverse is entirely taken up with biographical details and other photos. Some staining. Grade: 3
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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Specifically, of course, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh on a card mailed from England with a coloured meter label, postmark, Air Mail label, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 1
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Kaiser Leopold I (by J. Thomas)
Talk about looking rude in drag … card of the Emporer in a theatre costume in 1667. Mailed from Vienna with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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West Bengal, Bishnupur, Jorbangla Temple of Keshta Rai
Unused card of this temple built by King Raghunath Singha Dev II in the 17th century. Grade: 1
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Tomb of Kings, Kongmin (DPR Korea)
Unused card, captioned in French. The tombs were built between 1365 and 1372, if that’s what the card means. Grade: 1
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The Monument to the Renovation of the Tomb of King Tongmyong (DPR Korea)
Unused card, captioned in Korean and English. The Tomb of King Tongmyŏng is a mausoleum located in near Ryongsan-ri, Ryŏkp’o-guyŏk, P’yŏng’yang. (We did that research for you.) Grade: 1
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The Subanahongsa King’s Barge (Thailand)
Message written on the reverse, but not for mailing. Grade: 4
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Livorno, Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini (Italy)
Now known as Stadium Armando Picchi, the facility was named Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini between 1935 and 1945. (Edda was the eldest child of Benito; later a Countess and on the cover of Time Magazine.) Unused, browning sepia card with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna
Anna Leopoldovna, born as Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna, was regent of Russia for a few months in 1740 and 1741 during the minority of her infant son Emperor Ivan VI. The biographical caption in English on the reverse of the card doesn’t say where the painting is located. The card has three stamps and a large, full postmark. Lower left corner has a bit of postal bumping. (She gets her own postcard!) Grade: 2
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Rabat, H.M. Hassan II going in procession to preside Friday prayer (Morocco)
Unused DIFIKOT card 1916, captioned in French, English, and German. Beginning to age, but still Grade: 1
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Rabat, H.M. Hassan II going in procession (Morocco)
Unused, ITTAHCOLOR card 2020, heavily browned with age but otherwise clean. Grade: 2
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The Swedish Royal Family
Unused. Grade: 1
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King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia (Sweden)
Mailed in 2018 with large stamp, postmark, and blue Prioritaire label. Grade: 1
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Garter Ceremony (U.K.)
Unused Photographic Greeting Card R.121 (C11728), unaccountably but prominently stating “Greetings U.S.A.”, and with a short mark on the upper left reverse. Grade: 2
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Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
Mailed in 2018 with stamp and postmark, and various barcoding. Grade: 1
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Royal Grand Palace, Chakri Maha Phasat Throne Hall, Bangkok
Unused card SC-135, with Thai and English captions. Grade: 1
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Wien XIII, Schloss Schönbrunn (Austria)
Historic villas dot Hietzing, the 13th District, one of Vienna’s most affluent neighborhoods. Baroque Schönbrunn Palace, the Habsburgs’ summer residence, draws visitors to its opulent interiors, while walkers enjoy the gardens and zoo. This old, unused sepia postcard is heavily aged and stained (mildew?) on the reverse, but the front is still OK and the card is undeniably authentic. Grade: 3
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London, Buckingham Palace
Unused Photographic Greeting Card Co. C13923 (1304). Grade: 1
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and family in Canada
Captioned but undated visit on this unused British card. Grade: 1
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H.M. King Charles III (Great Britain)
Only because we’re honourable people over here in Hong Kong, you’ll need to trust us when we say this was one of the very first postcards of the new king issued in England following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. We know this to be true because a good friend happened to be there at the exact time these new cards went into the rack. And they were gone in a flash. But we can’t show you the image just yet, for reasons we could explain if you ask us. King Charles III is seated, in formal garb, with his arm draped on the back of his chair. Ask if you want to see the image, and we will e-mail it outside the structure of the website. We also have a card with the same photo but this one has a white border, with “HM King Charles III” named at bottom front. Grades: 1
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Stockholm, Kungl, Slottet (Sweden)
Real-photo card from 1954, with stamp and postmark. Minor water smudge over one word. Grade: 1