{"id":51724,"date":"2022-02-01T07:39:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51724"},"modified":"2022-02-01T07:39:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:39:02","slug":"denis-wins-an-incredibly-rare-zoe-tristan-da-cuhna-qsl-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/denis-wins-an-incredibly-rare-zoe-tristan-da-cuhna-qsl-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Denis wins an incredibly rare ZOE (Tristan Da Cuhna) QSL at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Denis, who writes:<\/p>\n

Dear Thomas,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the article about the ZOE QSL card<\/a> a few years ago, I came across another QSL at an Australian auction house.<\/strong>
\nI bought it. Still waiting for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I enclose the picture of the lot I obtained. <\/strong>Names have been erased.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As Dan wrote, it is quite possible that other cards may surface one day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

best 73’s from Paris<\/strong>
\nDenis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing this, Denis. I agree with Dan as well–perhaps more ZOE QSL cards will eventually surface. With that said, I believe it’ll remain one of the rarest QSL cards out there. By the way, it’s a nice bonus that the auction included a ham radio QSL card as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Denis, who writes: Dear Thomas, Following the article about the ZOE QSL card a few years ago, I came across another QSL at an Australian auction house. I bought it. Still waiting for it. I enclose the picture of the lot I obtained. Names have been erased. As Dan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,894,43],"tags":[7733,7732],"class_list":["post-51724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-qsl-gallery","category-shortwave-radio","tag-tristan-da-cunha-qsl","tag-zoe-qsl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dsg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45407,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/zoe-more-tristan-da-cuhna-qsl-cards-in-the-wild\/","url_meta":{"origin":51724,"position":0},"title":"ZOE: More Tristan Da Cuhna QSL cards in the wild–?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: SWLing Post readers may recall the story we published last year about the appearance of a rare QSL card from Tristan da Cunha. 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