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  • Alcatraz and cable car, San Francisco

    Unused Hill card 5P29836 probably from 1960s and in as-new condition. It’s Hyde Street. Grade: 1

    Code: 34700001

    Price: $2.50

    Alcatraz and cable car, San Francisco

  • Al Capone’s cell, Alcatraz (San Francisco)

    Two Mike Roberts cards from the 1980s are available, serrated edges, and aging along with the cell.  One is unused (Grade: 3, $3) and the other was mailed in 1985 with three different stamps and Seattle postmark (Grade: 2, $4).  Yes, we can say, having visited there: the cell is bleak

    Code: 34700002

    Price: $3.00

    Al Capone’s cell, Alcatraz (San Francisco)

  • Alcatraz, San Francisco

    Very old, real photo card from Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 966, of Alcatraz Island while it was very much in operation. Unused, unmarked. Grade: 1

    Code: 34700003

    Price: $19.00

    Alcatraz, San Francisco

  • Alcatraz, aerial view (San Francisco)

    Selithco card 1619, unused but with travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse. If you have an eagle eye, you can spot small differences in Alcatraz photos over time. Grade: 4

    Code: 34700004

    Price: $2.00

    Alcatraz, aerial view (San Francisco)

  • Old Jail, Nantucket (Massachusetts)

    Old, battered, unmailed American Art Post Card Co. card 628, folded in half and with a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse. Not so nice but if you’ve been looking for a card of Nantucket’s old jail, here it is. Grade: 5

     

     

    Code: 34700005

    Price: $2.00

    Old Jail, Nantucket (Massachusetts)

  • Sing Sing Prison (Ossining, New York)

    This unmailed card has a small purple diamond-shaped marking inside the postage area. The card itself was published by J. Ruben, Photographer, of Newburgh NY and bears index number 104860. It may just have been bad luck but we couldn’t find anything about this specific card in Google. Only because of the rubber stamp, Grade: 4

     

    Code: 34700006

    Price: $9.00

    Sing Sing Prison (Ossining, New York)

  • Bilibid Prison (Manila)

    Apart from normal aging, this unused Cardinell-Vincent card is undamaged. Manufactured for Roberts, Inc. Grade: 2

    Code: 34700008

    Price: $12.00

    Bilibid Prison (Manila)

  • Fannie Bay Gaol (Darwin, Australia)

    Card was never mailed, and is beginning to age a bit on reverse, but otherwise in excellent condition. Dates from about 1996. Grade: 2

    Code: 34700009

    Price: $4.00

    Fannie Bay Gaol (Darwin, Australia)

  • Montgomery County Courts Building, Dayton (Ohio)

    It’s all here:  the county’s judicial center, sheriff’s office, and jail.  Unused Dexter Press card 90048-C.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700010

    Price: $1.00

    Montgomery County Courts Building, Dayton (Ohio)

  • Jail, Barrie (Ontario)

    Unused card with a thumbtack hole that goes through the tree leaves so you don’t see it.  Grade: 4

    Code: 34700011

    Price: $1.00

    Jail, Barrie (Ontario)

  • Tower of London

    Mailed in 1972 with one stamp, a blue Air Mail sticker affixed, and faint postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700012

    Price: $1.50

    Tower of London

  • Ross Female Factory, Tasmania (Australia)

    The card depicts a UNESCO World Heritage-nominated site that served as a prison for female convicts in the 1840s.  That’s the good news.  The other news is that the card has two rows of orange postal barcoding on the front, and the back is a mess of stickers, labels, and even one of the stamps is pasted right over the other one.  Generously we will call this Grade: 4.

    Code: 34700013

    Price: $1.00

    Ross Female Factory, Tasmania (Australia)

  • Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine (Florida, USA)

    Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 5A-H730 (and S.A. 94) of this former prison.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700014

    Price: $2.00

    Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine (Florida, USA)

  • Marquette Branch Prison Sunken Gardens, Marquette (Michigan)

    Unused L.L. Cook card 1529V (112447) of these gardens in front of the prison.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700015

    Price: $2.00

    Marquette Branch Prison Sunken Gardens, Marquette (Michigan)

  • Historic Jail and Museum, Independence (Missouri)

    Unused Tetricolor card 69658, not to be confused with our entry #34700017 which has a completely different photo but identical caption.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700016

    Price: $2.00

    Historic Jail and Museum, Independence (Missouri)

  • Historic Jail and Museum, Independence (Missouri)

    Unused Tetricolor card 69659, not to be confused with our entry #34700016 which has a completely different photo but identical caption.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700017

    Price: $2.00

    Historic Jail and Museum, Independence (Missouri)

  • Texas State Prison, rodeo (Huntsville)

    Quirky unused View-Gram card 57001.  Just fading a bit.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700018

    Price: $5.00

    Texas State Prison, rodeo (Huntsville)

  • The Public Gaol, Williamsburg (Virginia)

    Unused “local” card 2733.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700019

    Price: $2.00

    The Public Gaol, Williamsburg (Virginia)

  • Dachau, concentration camp (Germany)

    It hurts to enter cards like these, and we are not always certain how to handle them.  This B&W entry was mailed from Finland (big stamp; no postmark) with Priority label.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700020

    Price: $8.00

    Dachau, concentration camp (Germany)

  • Inside the Walls, State Prison (Lansing, Kansas)

    In 1910, Anna mailed this card to Cousin Oscar with a nice tongue-in-cheek message–at least we hope it was.  Stamp and full postmark are there.  Edge abrasions.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700021

    Price: $14.00

    Inside the Walls, State Prison (Lansing, Kansas)

  • New Jersey State Reformatory

    Mailed in 2011 with 98-cent stamp and Albany (NY) postmark.  Red air mail marking on reverse, along with address label affixed.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700022

    Price: $4.00

    New Jersey State Reformatory

  • St. George River and Bridge showing Prison, Thomaston (Maine, USA)

    Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. postcard 4356.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700023

    Price: $4.00

    St. George River and Bridge showing Prison, Thomaston (Maine, USA)

  • Turku, Kakolan Vankila (Finland)

    Two of these are available, both mailed.  There are six stamps of small denominations on one, but none of them are postmarked.  There’s also a green “Economy” label affixed (Grade: 4, $3).  The other was mailed with one stamp and postmarked in 2012 (Grade: 1, $3).

    Code: 34700024

    Price: $3.00

    Turku, Kakolan Vankila (Finland)

  • Hameenlinna, the old county prison/museum (Finland)

    Mailed in 2012, this card has three different Åland Islands stamps and two full postmarks, with 1 Klass Priority blue label.  There is some postal battering and abrasion, which in this case just gives the card more character.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700025

    Price: $7.00

    Hameenlinna, the old county prison/museum (Finland)

  • Working Dogs in Government Services (Hong Kong) (set)

    Issued by Hongkong Post in 2012, this is a set of six different cards, each showing a different breed of dog, including that used in the prison system.  The cards in this set have no postage on either side:  they are just postcards.  Eight sets are available.  Grades: 1

    Code: 34700026

    Price: $12.00

    Working Dogs in Government Services (Hong Kong) (set)

  • Working Dogs in Government Services (Maximum Cards) (set)

    Issued by Hongkong Post in 2012, this is a set of six different cards, each showing a different breed of dog with corresponding Maximum Card stamp.   Of the six sets we have available now, two have special “Working Dogs in Government Services” postmarks; two have special “Philatelic Bureau” postmarks; and two have “GPO” postmarks.  Prices are the same regardless.  Each set in original Hongkong Post cellowrap.  One of the dogs in the set is the German Shepherd, used by the Correctional Services Department.  Grades: 1

    Code: 34700027

    Price: $39.00

    Working Dogs in Government Services (Maximum Cards) (set)

  • Prison in Trubetskoi Bastion, Peter and Paul Fortress (Russia)

    Captioned in eight languages, this card was mailed in 2012 with a very large stamp and full St. Petersburg postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700028

    Price: $5.00

    Prison in Trubetskoi Bastion, Peter and Paul Fortress (Russia)

  • Kingston (Ontario) Penitentiary (Canada)

    Unused card of a facility that will become (or has already) a museum.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700029

    Price: $3.00

    Kingston (Ontario) Penitentiary (Canada)

  • Alcatraz, San Francisco

    Mailed in 2012 with $1.05 stamp, illegible postmark, and address label affixed.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700030

    Price: $0.50

    Alcatraz, San Francisco

  • Alcatraz Cell Block B (Broadway), California

    Mailed in 2012, the card has a $1.05 stamp, heavy postmark, and bar coding.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700031

    Price: $1.00

    Alcatraz Cell Block B (Broadway), California

  • Andoman and Nicobar Islands, Cellular Jail (India)

    Unusual card, not often seen.  Mailed from India in 2012, with two stamps and mostly readable postmark–consder that to be a bonus!  Some creasing along upper edge.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700032

    Price: $7.00

    Andoman and Nicobar Islands, Cellular Jail (India)

  • San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island

    If you’re looking for the iconic Alcatraz postcard, you’ve found it.  Mailed in 1911 with stamp and postmark, and some ink transfer on the front (clearly visible in the scan).  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700033

    Price: $6.00

    San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island

  • Castle of Turku (Finland)

    Maybe not vintage, but older card mailed from Tampere in 2013 with “Moomin” stamp and postmark.  The caption informs that The Castle was a prison from the 18th century.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700034

    Price: $4.00

    Castle of Turku (Finland)

  • Kakola Prison, Turku (Finland)

    Mailed in 2013 with stamp, special large postmark, and Priority label.  This is quite a grim postcard when you see it in real life.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700035

    Price: $4.00

    Kakola Prison, Turku (Finland)

  • Alcatraz (San Francisco)

    Mailed in 2013 with two stamps and fuzzy postmark.  Address label affixed.  Grade: 3

    Code: 34700036

    Price: $1.00

    Alcatraz (San Francisco)

  • Southampton, Old Gaol

    Unused, very old postcard.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700037

    Price: $3.00

    Southampton, Old Gaol

  • Prison/Museum (Russia)

    Nice “domestic” postcard, and as you’ll note, we have not gone on to translate the extensive captioning to know exactly where this is.  The card does say, but it’s all in Russian.  Mailed in 2013 with Sochi Olympics stamp and postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 34700038

    Price: $3.00

    Prison/Museum (Russia)

  • Yuma, Territorial Prison (Arizona, USA)

    Unused card with a quirky caption.  The prison was in that use from 1876-1909.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700039

    Price: $2.00

    Yuma, Territorial Prison (Arizona, USA)

  • Hameenlinna, Prison Museum (Finland)

    Vankilamuseo, the Prison Museum, on this card mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and blue Priority label.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700040

    Price: $3.00

    Hameenlinna, Prison Museum (Finland)

  • Kamyanets-Podilsky Prison (Ukraine)

    Captioned in Ukrainian and English; mailed in 2013 with “E” stamp and full Kyiv postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 34700041

    Price: $3.00

    Kamyanets-Podilsky Prison (Ukraine)

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