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Museo de La Plata, Orangutan (Argentina)
From a series of old cards from this museum, an unused sepia card, aging. The poor animal was donated to the Museum from el Jardin Zoologico de Buenos Aires. Grade: 2
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Kaliningrad, Zoopark (USSR)
Unused CCCP-era card. Pre-printed postage. Grade: 1
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Kadiak (sic) Bear, New York Zoological Park
We think it should be “Kodiak” but it’s an old (1902), unused “Only official post card” from New York Zoological Society. Aged. Grade: 2
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Buenos Aires, multiple views
All these views are identified in Spanish on the front, and English on the back, and include La Boca, the Monument to Labour, and a lake in the Zoological Gardens. Mailed in 1957 with stamp and partial postmark. Very heavily aged, but undeniably authentic. Grade: 3
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San Antonio, Brackenridge Park, Monkey Island (Texas)
Someone very lightly pencilled a 1943 date on the back of this otherwise unused card. Grade: 3
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Bern, Bärengraben (Switzerland)
Unused, old, undivided back card. Corner abrasion. Grade: 3
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Melbourne Zoo, Meerkats (Australia)
Winsome little animals, and it’s easy to see why some people wrongly want to keep them as pets. If they are to be in captivity, meerkats are far better off in Melbourne Zoo. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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New York Zoological Park, Tlinket Totem Pole
Also spelled Tlinget, a people of the North American northwest, but whose totem pole found its way to New York and is pictured on this unused 1906 official NYZS B&W card No. 1549D. If you do collect totem pole postcards, you might want to consider this one. Grade: 1
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Roanoke, Pet Deer at Children’s Zoo on Mill Mountain (Virginia, USA)
Just when we thought we had seen everything on a postcard, we have this little girl with her arm in a sling. Let’s hope the “Pet Deer” didn’t get too frisky. The zoo opened in 1952 (so the unused card must have been shortly after that) and is still there. Grade: 2
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Crocodile Farm & Zoo, Samut Prakarn (Thailand)
Unused card T-137. Grade: 1
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San Diego Zoo (California), Orchids
Mailed in 1996, with 20-cent stamp and San Diego postmark and a bit of a sad message. By the way, the orchids shown are Pansy Orchid (Miltonia – Red Gable) and Paphiopedilum insigne sandarae. Grade: 2, $1.00
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Taman Safari Indonesia, Bogor
We’ve visited this highly interactive zoo and mingled with all sorts of animals we would never meet otherwise. Not so sure how good all this is for the residents, but it was a memorable time. The card was mailed in 2020 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Van Kleef Aquarium (Singapore)
Van Kleef Aquarium was an oceanarium located along River Valley Road and had 6,500 animals when it opened in 1955. The decision to develop it was made in 1935 by the Municipal Commission, and while the site and name of the aquarium were chosen by 1936, the aquarium was only approved in 1939. Construction began in 1940, but work was halted after piling was completed due to rising material costs, only resuming in 1952 on a new site. One might guess the World War was also a factor in the delay. The aquarium opened in September 1955, and remained popular through the 1970s, but by 1991, despite having been renovated between 1986 and 1987, it was viewed as out of date and closed in May 1991. Subsequently reopened as World of Aquarium in October 1991, which closed less than two years later due to poor business, and again as Fort Canning Aquarium in 1993, it eventually closed for good in 1996 and was demolished two years later. Yet here it is, on an unused older card. Grade: 1
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Pyongyang Zoo animals (group of 9) (DPR Korea) (Maximum Cards)
Our scan shows you four of the nine maximum cards in this grouping, all unused, all issued in 1974. Captions are in Korean and English, and include: Fox, Lynx, Leopard, Wild boar, Wolf, Lion, Small-eared cat, Bear, and Tiger. Grade: 1
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Central Zoo (set of 5) (DPR Korea) (Maximum Cards)
All or part of all five maximum cards are visible in the scan, a set from 1979 and captioned only in Korean. Grade: 1
