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Nevada map
Not postally used, but with a message fully taking up all of the reverse. Unusual for one thing: look closely, and you’ll see both water and snow skiing. Grade: 4
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Fingerpori (Finland)
We guess you just need to be Finnish … or reach the Finnish line … or something! Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Kuortaneelle (Finland)
An ad, a comprehensive one, for a city. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Snowboarder at Thredbo (Maximum Card) (Australia)
Mailed in 2014, this card was originally issued in July 2011. The mailing postmark went on the front, not the reverse; and the orange postal barcoding went on both sides. Grade: 3
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Sochi, Russki Gorki Complex (Russia)
Two of these 4-1/8″ x 7-5/8″ cards are available, each mailed in 2014. One endured some postal battering along the way; apart from pre-printed “B” postage, there’s an extra New Year stamp, along with pasted address and one more label affixed (Grade: 4, $2). The other has two stamps, Par Avion label, and postmark (Grade: 1, $3).
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1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Slalomfahrer (Maximum Card) (Liechtenstein)
Unused maximum card MK 155 from 1997 (other cards also have this number) of the Nagano Winter Olympics. Grade: 1
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1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Abfahrtslaufer (Maximum Card) (Liechstenstein)
Unused maximum card MK 155 from 1997 (other cards also have this number) of the Nagano Winter Olympics. Grade: 1
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Lake Mead – Hoover Dam (Union Pacific Railroad) (USA)
Another from Union Pacific Railroad’s series of cards showing areas served by Union Pacific. We have two of these unused cards (#28 in the series), with the UP logo on the reverse. Grades: 1
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Highway U.S. 40 on Berthoud Pass
Unused Sanborn Souvenir card 1B806-N. The caption describes this as “the most popular skiing district near Denver”. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Tennessee, The Volunteer State
Unused, a card for many categories. Grade: 1
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Kristina Šmigun (Maximum Card) (Estonia)
Unused maximum card issued in 2006 of Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (born 23 February 1977 in Tartu), a former and so far most successful Estonian female cross-country skier. It’s official card No. 51. Grade: 1
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Andrus Veerpalu (Maximum Card) (Estonia)
Unused maximum card No. 52 from 30th March 2006. Veerpalu himself was later the subject of some controversy, for which any search engine tells you what you need to know. Grade: 1
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Sheregesh (Russia)
Sheregesh is a Russian winter sports resort. This card was mailed from not-far-away Novisibirsk in 2014, with four stamps and postmark. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Michigan, Water-Winter Wonderland
Unmailed Dexter Press card 7777-C, with a name and date (Feb 70) inked into the message section. Grade: 3
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New Year 2015 (set of 5) (DPR Korea)
Showing all or part of the five cards in this set, captioned all in Korean, with pre-printed domestic postage, and all unused. Grade: 1
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Cerro Catedral (Argentina)
This 4″ x 8-1/4″ card is unused and was produced in Argentina for Brazil’s Direção Nacional do Turismo, almost certainly for the Brazilian market. The extended caption is in Portuguese. Grade: 1
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Cerro Catedral (E.26) (Argentina)
This 4″ x 8-1/4″ card is unused and was produced in Argentina for Brazil’s Direção Nacional do Turismo, almost certainly for the Brazilian market. The extended caption is in Portuguese. Grade: 1
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Bariloche (Rio Negro), Cerro Catedral: Vista Invernal (Argentina)
Unused but heavily aged 4″ x 7-1/8″ card, also with some scribbling on the back. Grade: 4
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Bariloche, multiple views (Argentina)
There’s much to recommend this 4″ x 7-1/8″ card, but it was not postally used and has writing taking up most of the reverse. “Vistas del Cablecarril y Aerosilla”. Grade: 4
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Bariloche, Cerro Catedral, La cabana y las pistas de esqui (Argentina)
One does not need to know Spanish to understand the caption. Unused 4-1/8″ x 7″ card, mild aging. Grade: 1
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Bariloche, Cerro Catedral, ski lift (Argentina)
Unused 4″ x 7-1/8″ card. Some aging. Grade: 2
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Farellones (Chile)
Unused real-photo vintage postcard, blank on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Valle Nevado ski resort (Chile)
The card is 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″, not postally used and with an inked notation from 1990 in the address area. Grade: 4
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Moomin skiing (Finland)
There are many Moomin postcards. This is a nice one, mailed in 2014 with stamp, Priority label, and postmark over all that. Grade: 1
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Bariloche, Cerro Catedral, Cablecarril (Argentina)
Unused, highly aging Edicolor card 759/2. Grade: 2
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Cordillera, Hotel Portillo (Chile)
If that’s the hotel in the distant background, it’s not the star of this unused old real-photo card. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Jamaica, land of sun and sea
Unused, older John Hinde card 2JM50. Aging and with minor smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Kea
Unused Mike Roberts card C35249, with left perforated edge. The caption points out that Mauna Kea is “where members and visitors of the Hawaii Ski Association, ski”. Laule’a! Grade: 1
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Albuquerque, Sandia Peak Ski Area (New Mexico, USA)
Unused Petley card 109977. Grade: 1
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Lake Arrowhead, motor boats and water skiers (California)
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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Ski slope (DPR Korea)
Unused card saying: “In the Masikryeong District, let the shouts of ‘Hurray for the Workers’ Party! resound”. Grade: 1
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Gëzuar Uitin e Ri! (Happy New Year) (Albania)
Older (1989) postcard from Tirana, cheerily promising better things to come. Unused. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Stowe – Mt. Mansfield (Vermont, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P35375 (DS 1626) showing “the world’s most active ski area”. Grade: 1
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There goes Roger .. Pulling another fast one! (USA)
Unused linen Curteich-Chicago card C-833 (5C-H1). Grade: 1
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Greetings from Idaho (USA)
Unmailed E.C. Kropp card 16051, with a small notation inked entirely within the stamp area. Like many of these Large Letter cards, the individual views are identified in the caption on the back: Beauty Bay, Cabinet Gorge, Shoshone Falls, Sun Valley Lodge and Challenger Inn, and Canadian wild geese at Challenger Inn. Grade: 3
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The 13th National Winter Games of the PRC
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 (for PR China) and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 212. Unused. Grade: 1
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Sarajevo (Bosnia), multiple views
Unused. Keep in mind that Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. Grade: 1
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Bosnia & Herzegovina (set of 12)
We assume this is a set of 12 long (4-1/8″ x 9-1/8″) cards because our scan shows the back cover and 12 photos. But the set is unopened and still in its original cellowrap, as we received it from the Mostar post office. Actually the cards themselves are probably 6-1/4″ long, with attached stubs. Spot the picture with skiiers! In any case, Grade: 1
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Vitosha Mountain (Bulgaria)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) – Cover (PR China)
The whole thing comes in a cardboard cover measuring 8-1/2″ x 10″ (shown here). Inside, one piece that folds open to four panels. Do that, and on one side, each panel holds one postcard of a different sport (Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, and Freestyle Skiing. The cards of course are unused though each has an uncancelled stamp corresponding to the card’s particular sport. Now, flip this whole thing over and one of the panels has bilingual Chinese/English text, and one has a mint set of eight of those stamps. Another panel has details of issue from China National Philatelic, with QR code and holographic sticker guaranteeing authenticity. See our entry 38300089B for one panel. Grade: 1