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Osorno Volcano and Petrohue River (Chile)
Unused, heavily aged card. Grade: 3
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Frutillar, Region de Los Lagos, multiple views (Chile)
Not postally used, this 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″ card has a 1990 date and other minor information in the address area. All four views, including Osorno Volcano and Museo Aleman, are identified in the caption. Grade: 4
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Volcán Poás (Costa Rica)
Unmailed card with a message written into the address space, in 1987. Did you know the volcano has erupted 39 times since 1828? Neither did we. Grade: 4
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Arenal Volcano (Costa Rica)
Unused card with bilingual captions. There are two heavily aged pieces of tape on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Alaskan Volcano
Unidentified but “Snow-capped active volcano” on this unused Mike Roberts card. Grade: 2
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Masaya, Crater Santiago (Nicaragua)
Two of these cards are available, bilingual captions of which the English reads: “Different aspects of its magma”. One card is unused but with lots of spotting on the reverse (Grade: 3, $2). The other was not postally used but has lots of words and drawings all over the reverse (Grade: 5, $0.50).
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Telica Volcano, Leon (Nicaragua)
Not so much a gem among volcano postcards, but undeniably authentic. Mailed with a postage meter, year undetermined because some missing tape has abraded the postmark area. Grade: 4
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Leon, Cerro Negro Volcano (Nicaragua)
Not the most exciting of cards, but it depicts an eruption in 1971. Unused. Aging. Grade: 2
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Lagunas Blanca and Verde, and Licancabur volcano (Bolivia)
Unused Belleza Boliviana card No. 229, captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Arequipa, multiple views (Peru)
Older Arte Rep card 510, with a long Spanish caption identifying things, followed by some English. This is Misti Volcano (19,000 ft.). Not postally used, but with a person’s name written into the address area. Serrated edges. Grade: 4
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Bali, Pura Besakih and Mt. Agung volcano (Indonesia)
The Serai is a hotel in Bali with surprisingly few online reviews, unless of course it’s not there any more. In any event, they added their name to a popular series of cards sold in Bali. Unused. Grade: 1
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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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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea Volcano, Halemaumau Firepit
Unused H.S. Crocker card S-761, dated 1983. Grade: 1
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Crater Lake National Park, Wizard Island (Oregon, USA)
Unused, old E.C. Kropp card 32252. Superb condition for the age. Grade: 1
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Bali, Mount Agung (Indonesia)
The Serai is a hotel in Bali with surprisingly few online reviews, unless of course it’s not there any more. In any event, they added their name to a popular series of cards sold in Bali. Unused. Grade: 1
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Cinder Cone in Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)
Unused Stanley A. Piltz Pictorial Wonderland linen postcard 0B-H1012. Grade: 1
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Mt. Rainier, as seen from Sunrise Point (Washington, USA)
This unused linen Curt Teich card 4A-H1210 would have specially appealed to people who couldn’t think of much to write. The caption on the back, headed “The Greatest Glacial Mountain in the U.S.,” is extraordinarily long and wide-ranging. Grade: 1
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Sitka, Lover’s Lane and Mt. Edgecumbe (Alaska)
Real-photo card mailed in 1930, with stamp and nearly all of the postmark. Minor edge abrasion. Grade: 2
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Japan
It sure looks like a volcano, but to know the details you’ll need to be able to read the Japanese-only caption on this unused card. Some age-related smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Sangay volcanoe in activity with Jibaro with a shotgun (Ecuador)
We thought it was OK to use the exact English caption as the header. (There’s also Spanish.) Unused Graficas Feraud card. Grade: 1
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Nevados en Ecuador
An aerial view of Quito, with Mt. Cotopaxi in the background. “Nevados” = “snow-capped”. This card was mailed (year unknown) and has its stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea Volcano
To be exact, the Pu’u O’o Vent, on an unused card with the date 11/87 gently marked on the back. Grade: 3
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Santa in Hammock (Vanuatu)
Unused postcard from Vanuatu Post. Grade: 1
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Volcano Post – Mt. Yasur crater rim (Vanuatu)
Unusual and creative postage paid card (unused) with an extensive caption explaining the distinctive location of the post box. Grade: 1
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Volcano Post – Hi from Mt. Yasur on Tanna Island (Vanuatu)
Unusual and creative postage paid card (unused) from Vanuatu Post, with an extensive caption explaining the distinctive location of the post box. Grade: 1
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1961 Volcano (Tristan da Cunha)
Not to worry, every view on this unused card is identified in the caption on the back: Sunset and Government Avenue, St. Mary’s School and New Cemetery, William Glass’s grave, and “Rock” Hopper Penguin on the 1961 volcano. Grade: 1
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Multiple views (Tristan da Cunha)
Views include fishing off the Hardies, Tristan Cottage with the 1961 volcano, milking a cow, and playing golf on “the world’s remotest golf course”. Grade: 1
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Eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii National Park
Unused, aging Nani Li’i card S-124. Grade: 2
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El Jabali (El Salvador)
Older card, not postally used but with a 1984 message completely covering the reverse. Grade: 4
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Volcan Tungurahua (5,016m) (Ecuador)
One of the starker of our volcano postcards. Unused. Grade: 1
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Luzon and Mindoro map, multiple views (Philippines)
The eight views on this unused 5″ x 7″ card are all identified on the reverse. They include Paoay Church, Vigan, Pagudpud’s beach, the Hundred Islands National Park, Banaue rice terraces, the crater of Mt. Pinatubo, and the Mayon Volcano. Grade: 1
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Mabalacat, Pampanga, Barrio Dolores Church Destroyed by Lahar (Philippines)
This happened during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. Unused postcard from 1998. Grade: 1
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Tagaytay City, Taal Volcano (Philippines)
Just because we found this interesting, we are abridging the volcano’s Wikipedia entry here: “Taal Volcano is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon. It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical eruptions. All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island, an island near the middle of Taal Lake. The lake partially fills Taal Caldera. Viewed from Tagaytay Ridge, Taal Volcano and Lake presents one of the most picturesque and attractive views in the Philippines. It is located about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Manila. The volcano had several violent eruptions in the past causing loss of life in the island and the populated areas surrounding the lake, with the death toll estimated at around 5,000 to 6,000.” Unused 5″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
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Lahar Canyons, Mt. Pinatubo Zambales (Philippines)
Unused card from 1999. There’s a bump on the tip of the lower right corner. Grade: 3
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Kilauea, Puu Oo eruption (Hawaii)
Not used, but with a short 1987 date written on the back. Grade: 3
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Greetings from The Land of the Unexpected
… also The Land of the Unidentified. We have two of these unused cards, and we know where they came from because we bought them there (Papua New Guinea), and we even know the names of those two volcanoes (Tavurvur and Vulcan, near Rabaul) — but despite a completely weird attempt at design on the back, there’s no attribution and no explanation. Grades: 1
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East New Britain, Discover (Papua New Guinea)
Unused card (with Tavurvur volcano in the background), no additional captioning. The card’s reverse is very richly coloured and putting a message on there would challenge both the writer and the postal workers. Two of these cards are available. Grades: 1
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East New Britain Province, Rabaul, looking across Simpson harbour (Papua New Guinea)
Official card from Post PNG. The view from this “volcanoe observatory” is even more expansive than it seems on this postcard. The card has a large stamp with full Kokopo postmark from 2017 but no other handwriting — so you could send this card to yourself, right from your home. Grade: 1
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Greetings from … Volcano Town (Papua New Guinea)
Flip this card over and the caption invites you to visit Rabaul’s Simpson Harbour. As far as we can tell from our own experience, everything they say is true. Three of these cards are available. Grades: 1
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Rabaul, Tavurvur Volcano (Papua New Guinea)
Unused 4-7/8″ x 6-3/4″ Hyndsight views card No. 2. The stamp area bears this legend: “I like to be seen. PLEASE don’t send me in an envelope.” The caption briefly explains eruption history. Grade: 1