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Ypres, St. Martin’s Church, South Portal
See card 20507081 for a fuller background. Unused. Grade: 1
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Ypres, Panorama
Similar to the description for card 20507081, and also unused, but with a vertical fold through the middle. Grade: 3
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Ypres, The Cloth Halls
See card 20507081 for the general description. But a little information about the Cloth Hall, abridged from Wikipedia: “The Cloth Hall is a medieval commercial building, and was one of the largest commercial buildings of the Middle Ages, when it served as the main market and warehouse for the cloth industry. The original structure, completed in 1304, lay in ruins after artillery fire devastated Ypres in World War I. Between 1933 and 1967, the hall was reconstructed to its prewar condition … at 125 metres (410 ft) in breadth, with a 70 metres (230 ft)-high belfry tower. The building now houses the In Flanders Fields Museum. In 1999, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site.” Unused card, Grade: 1
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Nameche, Hotel de la Verandah
What a great setting, and what an atmospheric picture, on a not-so-great undivided back card whose lower right corner is missing. For that matter, so is the stamp … but the 1904 postmark is there. Grade: 5
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Pavilion of Great Britain
There was an Expo, or maybe a World’s Fair, in 1958 (when this card was mailed), and apart from still having two of its original stamps, other stamps are missing and the card was folded. It’s not in good condition. Grade: 5
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Bruxelles – La Place de Brouckere
As with so many old continental postcards, this one was mailed from a different country (Switzerland) in 1952 but the stamp and clear postmark are there. Some water staining in the message area. Grade: 4
