Postcards (The Police)
Introduction
This article summarizes postcards produced for The Police. It's hard to tell when each individual postcard was sold. So here's a roughly chronological list (judging from the main picture) of The Police's postcards.
Summary of Postcards
| Image | Description | Production year | Original price | Additional info on backside |
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Postcard from Italy | YYYY | unknown | C 217 THE POLICE - Printed in Italy |
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Postcard from unknown origin | YYYY | unknown | Z.1052 Quadrophenia |
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Postcard from France
showing a picture from Surrey Sound Studios in 1979 |
YYYY | unknown | R 11 - POLICE - Printed in France |
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Postcard from France
probably showing a photo from 1979-04-23 |
YYYY | unknown | R 23 Collection TEXADO - Printed in France |
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Postcard from France
showing a photo from 1979-05-29 |
YYYY | unknown | R 49 - Police - Printed in France |
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Postcard probably from the USA
showing a photo from 1979-05-29 |
YYYY | unknown | no information on backside |
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Postcard probably from the USA
showing a photo from 1979-05-29 |
YYYY | unknown | no information on backside |
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Postcard with picture from 1979-11-16 - probably from the USA | YYYY | unknown | no information on backside |
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Postcard from the UK
showing a photo from 1979-06-22 |
YYYY | unknown | PC 8041 The Police - Group Portrait |
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Postcard from France
showing the Reggatta de Blanc picture |
YYYY | unknown | Les Affiches de Concert - THE POLICE |
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Postcard from Spain
showing a photo from 1979-11-28 (Lynn Goldsmith photo session) |
YYYY | unknown | FC-235-50 The Police |
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Postcard from Italy
showing a photo from 1980-04-03 |
YYYY | unknown | 20030 Sting dei Police - Photo by D'Alesio |
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Postcard from Italy
showing a photo from 1980-04-04 |
YYYY | unknown | 20017 Police |
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postcard from France | YYYY | unknown | DI11 - The Police |
 
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Postcard from Germany | YYYY | unknown | --- |
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sticker postcard from Germany | YYYY | unknown | no information
not even a postcard look on the back, but the front says "Postkarte" |
 
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promotional postcard for the 1980-11-23 concert | 1980 | unknown | an ad and the Bookie's Club 870 on the back |
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Postcard from unknown origin
photo from summer 1981 |
YYYY | unknown | PC 8 - Sting of The Police - Photo by Lynn Goldsmith |
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photo from 1981-09-24 | YYYY | unknown | "THE POLICE A&M" on backside --- sticker from "Official Police Info", NL |
 
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promotional Ghost In The Machine postcard | 1981 | unknown | from the USA - A&M / Roxanne Music Overseas Ltd. |
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Postcard from the UK | YYYY | unknown | >>Sting<< No.: 410 |
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Postcard from Italy
photo probably from 1982-01-10 or 1982-01-11 |
YYYY | unknown | 718 The Police - Photo by G. Beullac |
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Postcard from unknown origin
photo from January 1982 |
YYYY | unknown | PC 7 - The Police - Photo by Lynn Goldsmith |
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Postcard from the USA | 1988 | free | promotional postcard from photographer Lynn Goldsmith |
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Postcard from unknown origin
Lynn Goldsmith photo from 1983-01-17 |
YYYY | unknown | 80 bis STING |
 
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Postcard from "Rock Post-Cards" magazine Vol. 1 | 1984 | US$ 3,00 | the magazine also featured a 1/2 page "article" about each band |
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Postcard from the UK
probably taken on 1983-05-18 |
YYYY | unknown | STING PC 618 |
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Postcard from France
probably taken on 1983-05-18 |
YYYY | unknown | STING ST-58 |
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Postcard from the UK
photo taken on 1983-05-20 |
YYYY | unknown | STING b. 1951 - Photograph by Terry O'Neill |
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Postcard from France
photo taken on 1983-05-20 |
YYYY | unknown | RECORD-2 THE POLICE |
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Postcard from France | YYYY | unknown | No 623 - THE POLICE - Printed in France |
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Postcard from the USA
photo taken in mid-1983 |
YYYY | unknown | STING CL./Personality #131 |
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Postcard from France or Canada
photo taken 1983-07-20 |
YYYY | unknown | RECORD 47 THE POLICE |
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Postcard from the USA
photo taken 1983-07-20 |
1984 | unknown | STING - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-18 |
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Postcard from the USA
photo taken 1983-07-20 |
1984 | unknown | STEWART COPELAND - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-16 |
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Postcard from the USA
photo taken 1983-07-20 |
1984 | unknown | ANDY SUMMERS - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-17 |
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Postcard from unknown origin
photo taken 1983-07-20 |
YYYY | unknown | THE POLICE - ph. TERENCE SPENCER |
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Postcard from the USA | 1984 | unknown | HSC-08024-17 |
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Postcard from France
showing a French tour poster |
YYYY | unknown | THE POLICE A-C 294 |
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Postcard from the UK showing a photo from 1983-10-04 | YYYY | unknown | HEROES Classics - HRC 006 |
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Postcard from France
showing the poster for 1983-10-07 |
YYYY | unknown | CC571 - THE POLICE |
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Postcard from Italy
showing a Sting photo from 1984-01-30 or 1984-01-31 |
YYYY | unknown | 20338 Sting - Photo by Gianni Basso |
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Sticker postcard from the USA | 1984 | unknown | 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08026-07 |
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set of 10 postcards from Italy:
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YYYY | L. 10.000 / 5,16 € | 9 of those 10 postcards feature a Sting photo from The Police times |
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set of 6 postcards from Italy:
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1985 (December) | L. 3.000 | 4 of those 6 postcards feature a Sting photo from The Police times |
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Postcard from Japan
showing Every Breath You Take: The Singles design |
1986 | probably free | promotional postcard from A&M / Canyon Records, Inc. |
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Postcard from the USA
showing The Very Best Of Sting & The Police picture |
1997 | probably free | promotional postcard from A&M for the November 25 release |
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promotional postcard from Germany - showing The Very Best Of Sting & The Police picture | 2002 | free | this postcard was sent from Universal Germany to German households |
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