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Toronto, Replica open TRC car 327 (Canada)
You might wonder, why “replica”? The caption explains everything, including that this was built in 1934 to original 1893 plans. As for the card, mailed from USA (not Toronto) in 2013 with round “Global Forever” stamp and readable postmark. Creasing on lower right corner. Grade: 4
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Hannover (Germany)
Trams, on a card with gently serrated edges, mailed in 2013 with two stamps and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Lisbon, Amarelo tram
Note that this Portuguese card was mailed from Belarus in 2013, with “N” stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Minsk, a tram 1953 (Belarus)
The header is the caption on this contemporary card mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire chop. Some postal battering on the lower edge. Grade: 3
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Generic
A B&W internet card mailed from Lithuania in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Tram in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, postmark, Priority label, and address label affixed. There is also a small tear on the right edge. Grade: 4
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Met de Tram (Netherlands)
A game, of trams, in Amsterdam’s History Museum. Card mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, United Air Lines
Can we assume this postcard flew on United Airlines from the USA to Hong Kong? Either way, it got here, with round “Global Forever” stamp and readable postmark. Some postal abrasion on the reverse, not really major. Grade: 3
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Generic trolley
Someone would know where this is — we suspect it’s in the USA — but there’s no caption. The card was mailed from Netherlands in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Franconia Notch State Park, Cannon Mountain Aerial Tram (New Hampshire, USA)
Mailed in 2013 with round “Global Forever” stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Anaheim Disneyland, Old Dobbin
We did a cursory Google search and all the other Old Dobbin cards we found were horizontal, while this one has a vertical layout. The main caption says “Journey through the ‘Good Old Days'”. The card was mailed in 1980, with 10-cent stamp and partial postmark, and slight staining on the reverse. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Cable Cars atop Russian Hill
Unused card. We idly wonder how many different cards there are with this same view. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Cable Car turntable at Powell and Market
Nice, unused card. When we were there, we saw more cars, more people, and a lot of rain. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Chinatown and Cable Car
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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San Francisco, Cable Car Sepia (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Cable Car Tracks
Unused, high-quality cards. Two are available. Grades: 1
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Berlin, Potsdamer Platz (Germany)
Mailed in 1928, with two different stamps and clear postmark. Upper right corner tip is missing. Grade: 3
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Toronto, Chinatown Gates
Compare this with our 33000040 — different city. Issued by Canada Post in 2013, pre-printed maximum-card-style postage on the reverse, and mailed in 2013 with legible postmark and bilingual Par Avion. Grade: 1
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Powell Street Cable Cars, San Francisco
Unused Mike Roberts card B238 (S25), serrated edges. Aging. Grade: 2
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Streets of Old Sacramento, multiple views (California)
Unused Smith Novelty card S-077. Grade: 1
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Heavenly, Lake Tahoe, cable car (47534) (USA)
Unused card #47534. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 1057
Beginning a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows No. 1057, ca. 1948 (the card is contemporary, however), honoring Cincinnati, Ohio, on San Francisco’s F Market Line. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 1050
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows No. 1050, ca. 1948 (the card is contemporary, however), on San Francisco’s F Market Line. Slight smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Historic Cable Car No. 23
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows the cable car on the Powell & Hyde Line, with Alcatraz in the background. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcars No. 162 and 130
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows two streetcars of ~1914 vintage on San Francisco’s F Market Line. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 162 at Fishermans Wharf
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows #162, a streetcar of ~1914 vintage on San Francisco’s F Market Line. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 162 with Muni
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows #162, a streetcar of ~1914 vintage of San Francisco’s F Market Line fleet, with Muni Light Rail vehicles. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 1052
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows #1052, a streetcar of ~1948 vintage of San Francisco’s F Market Line fleet, honoring Los Angeles. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 1059
Continuing a series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows #1059, a streetcar of ~1948 vintage of San Francisco’s F Market Line fleet, honoring Boston. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Historic Streetcar No. 1888
The last in our series of unused cards issued by Market Street Railway. This one shows #1888, a streetcar from Milan of ~1928 vintage, shown at the Ferry Building. Grade: 1
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Minsk. A Tram. Year 1934 (Belarus)
Our header is the caption, not the date of the card, which was mailed in 2013 with “Ovis musimon” “M” stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Stockholm, tram
Mailed in 2013, with two stamps, postmark, and blue Prioritaire label. Orange postal barcoding on reverse. Grade: 1
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DDR Trolley (Maximum Card) (East Germany)
A Maximum Card from the end of the DDR era, issued in November 1986. Mailed much later, though, in 2014, with four more stamps, partial postmark, and postal abrasions on the back. Those just add character. Grade: 3
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Prague tram
Russian-made internet card, and two are available. One was mailed from Russia in 2013 with stamp and large Volgograd postmark (Grade: 2, $1). The other was also mailed from Russia, in 2014, with six stamps, two faint postmarks, and Air Mail imprint (Grade: 1, $1).
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Zaporizhia, Lenin Prospekt (Ukraine)
Soviet-era card from 1960 of this Ukrainian city, mailed in 2013 with (Ukrainian) stamp and Kyiv postmark. Grade: 1
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Latvian tram (?)
There’s no caption on this internet card, so we are just projecting from the destination sign. The card itself was mailed from Ukraine in 2013, with four stamps and Lviv postmark. Grade: 3
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CVAG, electric narrow-gauge tramcar no. 334 (Germany)
Photo from 1979 but the card from much later, showing this tram at the Rottluff terminus. Mailed in 2014, with three different stamps and postmark, together with the blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Elblag (Poland)
Mailed in 2014, with four stamps and bilingual blue Priorytet label affixed. Grade: 1
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Coloured old tram
The internet postcard was produced in Ukraine; the tram definitely wasn’t. But the card has three different, large Ukrainian stamps, bilingual Par Avion sticker, and postmark. Grade: 1
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Kenosha Streetcar Line (Wisconsin, USA)
Postal markings are here and there on the card’s reverse, but none hit the round “Global Forever” stamp, which makes the stamp worth more than the card costs. (Just letting you know.) Some postal bumping around the corners. Grade: 3