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Arizona State University stadium, Tempe
Smith-Southwestern card mailed in 1994, with 40-cent soccer World Cup stamp and full postmark. Mild but unimportant abrasion on reverse, not defacing anything. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, stadium
A little period piece for you. Unused Atlanta News Agency / Dexter press card 6265-C from the 1960s. Grade: 1 -
Papua, PON XX, Enembe Stadium (Indonesia)
This exotic postcard was issued by Pos Indonesia and mailed in 2021 with two stamps, faint postmark, and bilingual airmail sticker. Grade: 1
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Super Bowl XXII (San Diego, USA)
Unused card printed in 1987 for the 1988 event (Washington beat Denver). Front is excellent; reverse is mottling and aging significantly. Grade: 3
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Multiple views (Rio de Janeiro)
Card mailed in 1992 but with a postage meter. It shows Christ the Redeemer, Botafogo, Sugar Loaf, and other views. Though reverse is aging, front is in as-new condition. Grade: 2
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Metrodome (Minneapolis, USA)
Official name: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Stadium. Interesting caption saying that this place was “inflated Oct. 2, 1981 and was open for the first Twins home game on April 3rd, 1982.” The card was mailed in 1983, with airmail sticker, one stamp–and just one postmark. A little postal corner scrunching. Grade: 2
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Metrodome (Minneapolis, USA)
The structure hadn’t been inflated for long when this card was made. Mailed in 1992 with a William Piper 40-cent airmail stamp and legible St. Paul postmark, the card has the added distinction (in our eyes, anyway) of having been printed in Hong Kong. So it is now home. Grade: 1
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Target Center (Minneapolis, USA)
No, not a shopping mall. No, not an office building. A professional sports arena, for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Still there! Card mailed in 1992, with legible Minneapolis postmark over a 29-cent wood duck stamp and another 29-cent First Voyage of Christopher Columbus commemorative. Grade: 1
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Stadium Negara (National Stadium), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Two 1991 cards are available, each with stamp but illegible postmarks. Grades: 2
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North Carolina – stadium
Two of these unused cards from the 1980s are available. Grades: 1
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Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Mailed in 1975 with postmark and 8-cent stamp, the message is poignant and not altogether consistent with a postcard of a football field. But the Green Bay Packers won the day. Grade: 1
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Baseball stadium (Japan)
We know it’s a baseball stadium, but that’s all we know. If you read Japanese, you will see the large purple “chop” mark on the reverse, probably telling everything. Ask us and we’ll send the scan of that. Unmailed, aged card with minor staining. Grade: 3 -
Polo Grounds (New York City)
Unused and from the early 1910s, if you are a serious baseball postcard collector you should want this, as it appears prominently in several reference books on the topic. That’s John McGraw in the inset. The card is not attributed to any publisher; it has index number 5632 well-hidden in black on the lower right front corner. At the time of opening, in 1912, “the largest Base Ball Park in the United States,” seating 45,000. Grade: 2
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Palace of Sports, Pyongyang (North Korea)
DPRK postcard mailed from Pyongyang in 1991, with two intact stamps and postmark mostly legible. In perfect condition. That pyramid-shaped structure in the background is a hotel that awaits completion 23 years later. Grade: 1
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Mahamasina Stadium, Tananarive (Madagascar)
Mailed in 1985 with two nice stamps and postmark intact, aging on reverse and has postmark smudging across sky on front. Grade: 3
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Olympic Stadium views (Innsbruck)
Note that we’re saying these are views of the 1976 venues and not the actual games–sort of. Card was mailed in 1987, with two stamps and full Innsbruck postmark. Grade: 1
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Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Two cards are available, each with a stamp and postmark. Grades: 3
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Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Old A.S.M.K. Singapore card KL287, mailed in 1986 with stamp and most of a postmark. Aging and creased. Grade: 3
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Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg (Florida)
Unused Ward Beckett card P-31. Grade: 1
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The Colosseum, Rome
Unused card with thumbtack hole and stain on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund (Germany)
Mailed in 2010, this card has two stamps, mostly legible postmark, and orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Guangdong Olympic Center (PRC) (in folio)
Two of these unwrapped, unused, and somewhat handled folios are available. The photo here shows the back cover and therefore the ten cards connected by a perforated edge inside. Each card has bilingual Chinese and English captions. Grades: 2
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The Coliseum, Los Angeles
Unused linen card, small numerical notations on the reverse, from back in the day. Did you know the Coliseum was the scene of the 1932 Olympics? Grade: 3
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Spencer Penrose Stadium (Colorado, USA)
This unused Dexter Press card 79625-B (and #3634) shows the Lake, the Ice Palace, Spencer Penrose Stadium, and North and South Cheyenne Canyons in addition to the Broadmoor Hotel. A lot for one card. Rounded corners. Grade: 2
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Public Auditorium, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
This is unmailed Dexter Press card DT-84161-B (221-114), dated 1964 on the card and 1967 in an inked notation on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Hershey Stadium (Pennsylvania, USA)
Not the most exciting of cards, but if you’re a “stadium” collector this will fit right in. Unused linen card E-4810 (152) published by the Hershey Department Store. Grade: 1
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McGill University stadium, Montreal (Canada)
This old card has some ink on the top front, and had been mailed in 1934 in Montreal. The postmark and message are there; the stamp is long gone. Grade: 5
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Coliseum, Chicago (Illinois)
Mailed in 1933 with stamp, most of the postmark, and readable message. Significant postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Coliseum, Chicago (Illinois)
From Suhling Company of Chicago, this card mailed in 1908 with stamp and nearly all of the postmark. We love cryptic messages. Grade: 3
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Paavo Nurmi, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (Finland)
Everything you would ever want to see of Helsinki, and–believe it or not–every one of these photos is explained in three languages in the caption on the reverse. Mailed in 2011, the stamp and Priority label are there, but no postmark at all. Grade: 4
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Universiade Shenzhen 2011 stadiums (PR China) (folio of 8)
This item measures 5-1/8″ x 7-1/2″ and is in the condition we received it directly from China Post. A paper slide-through sleeve with a cellophane window contains a box holding eight (unused) cards, with each card showing a different stadium or sporting venue from these games. All captions are Chinese-language only. The cards are each pre-printed with 80 fen postage. They are not “Maximum Cards” but do have pictorial representations of the same photo as stamps on the front. Ask us and we’ll be happy to scan one of the sample cards for you. Cards themselves are all Grade: 1, but the container is bent and has slight tears, so we will give it Grade: 2 ($22). We have two more sets, in better condition (Grades: 1, $26).
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The 26th Shenzhen Summer Universiade Venues, Sculpture Postcards (PR China)
It’s a set of ten cards with artistic renditions of sporting stadiums and venues for the summer games. Each card is like a Maximum Card by having a stamp from the games on the front, but the stamp is the same on each card and has the cartoon mascot. Next to the stamp is a small actual photo of the larger artwork on the front of each card. There is no postage pre-printed on the reverse (no need), but details of the designer, engraver, authorizations, etc. All of these are packed in a very hard and thick cardboard box, which is what you see in the scan. An attached ribbon helps open the lid. This is very durable; the reverse of the cover explains the games and these “engraving postcards” in Chinese and English, and also has a holographic sticker vouching for authenticity. That’s all we can say! Grade: 1
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The Colosseum, Rome
This card was mailed from Poland in 2011 with two stamps, two full postmarks, and blue Priorytet (Polish) airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 3
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Raley Field, Sacramento (California)
Mailed in 2011, but with a postage meter label. Grade: 2
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The Stamped Postcards for the Venues of the 16th Asian Games (set) (PR China)
A folio of eight unused cards, pre-printed stamped and issued by China Post, of various stadiums. From 2010. Two of these items are available. Grades: 1
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Cowboys Stadium, Arlington (Texas)
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 2010, with two large stamps (Grade: 1, $4). The other is unused (Grade: 1, $2).
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50 Years of Minnesota Baseball (USA)
Mailed in 2011 or 2012 with five stamps and lots of Hello Kitty marks on the back. Grade: 4
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Seoul World Cup Stadium and Fountain (South Korea)
Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and partly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Busch Stadium, St. Louis (Missouri)
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, readable modern postmark, and an abrasion in the sky on the front. Grade: 4
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NSC Olimpiysky, Kyiv (Ukraine)
photoFabrique internet card of the venue for the EURO 2012 football final. We have three of these. One was mailed with two real stamps and bilingual Par Avion label (Grade: 1, $3). One looks the same but the “Par Avion” is rubber-stamped (Grade: 1, $2). One was mailed from Russia in 2014 with two stamps and another sticker (in Chinese) that looks like a stamp, but isn’t, along with psrts of two postmarks (Grade: 3, $2).