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<font size=5><center>'''Heraldic QSL cards'''</center></font> | <font size=5><center>'''Heraldic QSL cards'''</center></font> | ||
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QSL card derived its name from the Q code "QSL". A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question (when the code is followed by a question mark). In this case, 'QSL?' (note the question mark) means "Do you confirm receipt of my transmission?" while 'QSL' (without a question mark) means "I confirm receipt of your transmission." | QSL card derived its name from the Q code "QSL". A Q code message can stand for a statement or a question (when the code is followed by a question mark). In this case, 'QSL?' (note the question mark) means "Do you confirm receipt of my transmission?" while 'QSL' (without a question mark) means "I confirm receipt of your transmission." | ||
The first cards were send in the 1920s and use | The first cards were send in the 1920s and use diminished rapidly in the 1990s due to the upcoming internet. | ||
Relatively few cards are heraldic in design and some are shown here. | Relatively few cards are heraldic in design and some are shown here. | ||
The cards below are sorted on the origin of the card in present countries. | The cards below are sorted on the origin of the card in present countries. | ||
==Austria== | |||
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File:atstates.qsl.jpg|Austria States | |||
File:staegyd.qsl.jpg|[[Sankt Aegyd am Neuwalde]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Belgium== | ==Belgium== | ||
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File:marche.qsl.jpg|Family arms | File:marche.qsl.jpg|Family arms | ||
File:onl5745.qsl.jpg|Belgian Provinces | File:onl5745.qsl.jpg|Belgian Provinces | ||
File:bornem.qsl.jpg|[[Bornem]] | |||
File:liegep.qsl.jpg|[[Liège (province)]] | |||
File:liegep1.qsl.jpg|[[Liège (province)]] | |||
File:mariekerke.qsl.jpg|[[Mariekerke (Bornem)|Mariekerke]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Czechia== | |||
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File:ceskalipa.qsl.jpg|[[Česká Lípa]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Czechoslovakia== | |||
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File:cssr.qsl.jpg|[[Czechoslovakia]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Estonia== | |||
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File:tallinn.qsl.jpg|[[Tallinn]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==France== | ==France== | ||
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File:paris.qsl.jpg|[[Paris]] | File:paris.qsl.jpg|[[Paris]] | ||
File:picardie.qsl.jpg|[[Picardie]] | File:picardie.qsl.jpg|[[Picardie]] | ||
File:pyrant.qsl.jpg|[[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] and [[Béarn]] | |||
File:quebec.qsl.jpg|[[Quebec (province)|Québec]] and [[Paris]] | |||
File:14arcs.qsl.jpg|[[Sète]] | File:14arcs.qsl.jpg|[[Sète]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:dj2lq.qsl.jpg|Baden-Württemberg cities | File:dj2lq.qsl.jpg|Baden-Württemberg cities | ||
File:bochum.qsl.jpg|[[Bochum]] | |||
File:celle.qsl.jpg|[[Celle]] | |||
File:chemnitz.qsl.jpg|[[Chemnitz]] | |||
File:dessau.qsl.jpg|[[Dessau]] | |||
File:eckental.qsl.jpg|[[Eckental]] | |||
File:dm2dqo.qsl.jpg|East German cities | File:dm2dqo.qsl.jpg|East German cities | ||
File:ddrstates.qsl.jpg|East German States | |||
File:eppstein.qsl.jpg|[[Eppstein (Taunus)|Eppstein]] | |||
File:essen.qsl.jpg|[[Essen (Nordrhein-Westfalen)|Essen]] | |||
File:frankfurtm.qsl.jpg|[[Frankfurt am Main]] | |||
File:friedrichshain.qsl.jpg|[[Friedrichshain]] | |||
File:brdcities.qsl.jpg|German cities | |||
File:lander1.qsl.jpg|German States | |||
File:lander.qsl.jpg|German States | |||
File:hamburg1.qsl.jpg|[[Hamburg]] | |||
File:hamburg2.qsl.jpg|[[Hamburg]] | |||
File:heilbronn.qsl.jpg|[[Heilbronn]] | |||
File:kirn.qsl.jpg|[[Kirn]] | |||
File:lobau.qsl.jpg|[[Löbau]] | |||
File:lubbenau.qsl.jpg|[[Lübbenau]] | |||
File:ludwigshafen.qsl.jpg|[[Ludwigshafen]] | |||
File:magdeburg.qsl.jpg|[[Magdeburg]] | File:magdeburg.qsl.jpg|[[Magdeburg]] | ||
File:plauen.qsl.jpg|[[Plauen]] | |||
File:ravensburg.qsl.jpg|[[Ravensburg]] | |||
File:rostock.qsl.jpg|[[Rostock]] | |||
File:saarland.qsl.jpg|[[Saarland]] | |||
File:stadeckene.qsl.jpg|[[Stadecken-Elsheim]] | |||
File:unterkirnach.qsl.jpg|DL9GA (Unterkirnach) | File:unterkirnach.qsl.jpg|DL9GA (Unterkirnach) | ||
File:wirbelsturm.qsl.jpg|West German States | File:wirbelsturm.qsl.jpg|West German States | ||
File:brdstates.qsl.jpg|West German States | |||
File:wuppertal.qsl.jpg|[[Wuppertal]] | File:wuppertal.qsl.jpg|[[Wuppertal]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Latvia== | ==Latvia== | ||
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File:Gulbene.qsl.jpg|[[Gulbene (town)|Gulbene]] | |||
File:riga.qsl.jpg|[[Riga]] | File:riga.qsl.jpg|[[Riga]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Netherlands== | ==Netherlands== | ||
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File:mariniers.qsl.jpg|Korps Mariniers | |||
File:limburgp.qsl.jpg|[[Limburg (provincie)|Limburg]] | |||
File:nbrabant.qsl.jpg|[[Noord-Brabant]] | File:nbrabant.qsl.jpg|[[Noord-Brabant]] | ||
File:texel.qsl.jpg|[[Texel]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Russia== | ==Russia== | ||
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File:gorki.qsl.jpg|[[Gorki]] | |||
File:murmansk.qsl.jpg|[[Murmansk]] | File:murmansk.qsl.jpg|[[Murmansk]] | ||
File:yoshkar.qsl.jpg|[[Yoshkar-Ola]] | File:yoshkar.qsl.jpg|[[Yoshkar-Ola]] | ||
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File:axarquia.qsl.jpg|La Axarquia | File:axarquia.qsl.jpg|La Axarquia | ||
File:Tarazona.qsl.jpg|[[Tarazona]] | |||
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File:suriname.qsl.jpg|National arms | File:suriname.qsl.jpg|National arms | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Switzerland== | |||
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File:zurich.qsl.jpg|[[Zürich]] | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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