I began collecting postcards in mid-August of 2013, after looking through my aunt's collection and thinking it seemed like a fun hobby. Along the way, something obviously went very wrong.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Species: Black Swan
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Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United states
Postage Date: Uncirculated
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Species: Blue Wildebeest
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Card Text Back: White-Bearded Gnu - Dallas Zoo - 621 East Clarendon Drive - Dallas, Texas
Location: Dallas Zoo
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Pierre A. Fontaine
Printing Company: Mission Card Co.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Species: Bird - Gray Jay
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Card Text Back: The Gray Jay appears in Book of North American Birds published by the Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Species: Horse
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Card Text Back: Panorama from th south rim - Big Bend National Park, Texas - The grandeur of Big Bend National Park is dramatically revealed from the 7,500 foot South Rim. The Rio Grtande Valley and Old Mexico are visible for many miles to the north, east and west.
Location: Big Bend National Park
Country of Origin: United states
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: W. Ray Scott
Printing Company: National Park Concessions, Inc.
Species: Domestic Turkey
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Card Text Back: Cuero, Texas, is the Turkey center of Texas. The Turkey Trot is almost an annual festival when thousands of turkeys from nearby turkey ranches are marched down the main street of Cuero.
Location: Cuero, Texas
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: Don R. Bartels
Species: Caribou
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Card Text Back: Bull Caribou feed on grass and tundra vegetation. Their antlers, which grow up to an inch a day, are protected by a layer of skin called velvet, which is shed in the fall.
Card Text Back: Camden-Rockport, Maine - Two of the famous Belted Galloways are pictured here. They were first inmported from Scotland in 1948. They claim to produce better beef than other breeds.