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London, Four Generations
HM Queen Elizabeth II with members of her family on 23rd October 2013. All identified in the extensive caption. Unused. Grade: 1
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Leeds Castle, Dawn Mist
Not only is this a nice example from among so many castle postcards, it has two (uncancelled) 1ST stamps just missed by the orange postal barcoding. Grade: 4
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Isle of Wight
Unused, slightly aging, unattributed card PT22718. Grade: 1
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Castles of Sussex
All six are identified on the back of this unused card, but for the benefit of search engines–and therefore of us–we’ll list them for you: Herstmonceux, Bodiam, Hastings, Pevensey, Lewes, and Arundel. We would like to see them all. Grade: 1
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Wells Cathedral, Lady Chapel
Described on its own website as “The ‘most poetic of the English Cathedrals’ in the heart of medieval Wells; England’s smallest city,” this part of the church appears on an unused Frith’s Series card No. 2566B. Grade: 2
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London, a Yeoman of the Guard
Compare this with our entry 20516335, but different publisher. This is unused but heavily aged Celesque Series C.10570. Grade: 2
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Cornwall, Helford River
Mailed in 2017, two stamps and overlapping incomplete postmarks. Grade: 1
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Bath, The American Museum
Mailed in 2018 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at the Garter Ceremony
Unused Photographic Greeting Card R.121 (C11728), unaccountably but prominently stating “Greetings U.S.A.”, and with a short mark on the upper left reverse. Grade: 2
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Bradford on Avon
Not postally used, this 5″ x 7″ card has a message written on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Gloucestershire, Hidcote Manor Gardens
Mailed in 1990 with blue airmail sticker, four stamps, and mostly readable postmark. Grade: 2
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Windsor Castle, the Henry III and Round Towers
Unused but highly aged and with an abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Leicester, Humberstone Gate
Unused Leicester postcard, serrated edges, heavily aged but clean. Grade: 2
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York, The City Walls and Minster
Unused A. Salmon card. An abrasion through the reference numbers on the reverse. Grade: 4
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The West Front, Chester Cathedral
Unused, somewhat aging card whose minor abrasions on the reverse do not interfere with the caption. Grade: 2
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Windsor, multiple views
Unused. Scenes are identified in the captions, and there are some minor abrasions on the reverse. Grade 3
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Chester, Eastgate
Unused older card, aging, minor abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 2
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York, Minster
Unused J. Salmon card 1-09-07-05/613c with album marks on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Cumbria, Kendal, Netherfield Bridge
Unused Plastichrome card P56513 with a significant abrasion from an album on the reverse. Grade: 5
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York, The City Walls and Minster
Unused, aging J. Arthur Dixon card YK.1339. Very minor abrasions on reverse. Grade: 2
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Cheshire, Chester, Grosvenor Park
Unused J. Arthur Dixon card CHES.1685, with an abrasion through part of the caption. Grade: 5
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Brixham, Victoria Pier Lighthouse
Also known as Brixham Harbour Lighthouse, the drawing is definitely of this. The postcard however has never been anywhere near there, as it was printed in and mailed from Russia, with seven stamps and four postmarks. Grade: 3
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Kingston Lacy, multiple views
Ah, British postcards. So many of them, so many places, so much to show. Wish we could acquire them all. This one: mailed in 2020, with a Euro/World postage meter label, Royal Mail airmail label, and pasted message label. Grade: 3
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London, The Monument
With this old postcard you need to have heard of “The Monument” before because its location is not identified, but we — and Wikipedia — will help you: “The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column near the northern end of London Bridge. Commemorating the Great Fire of London, it stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 feet (62 m) in height and 202 feet west of the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666. Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it was built on the site of St Margaret, New Fish Street, the first church to be destroyed by the Great Fire.” So with this information and the postcard in hand, you can go visit. Unused, aged appropriately. Grade: 1
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London, Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament
As the postmark clearly shows, this card had been mailed in Iowa (USA) in 1910. The stamp of course is long gone, but there’s little to recommend the card apart from it being authentically old. Grade: 4-
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Stratford-upon-Avon, The Kitchen, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Unused Cotman-Color Series card SP 181. Grade: 1
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Broadway Worcs, Old Cottages
J. Salmon postcard *2512 of a water colour drawing by A.R. Quinton, unused and in terrific condition. Grade: 1
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London, Houses of Parliament Looking to Westminster Bridge
We do sometimes wonder why so many purely European postcards were mailed from the U.S. in the early 20th century. Here’s another: a fine card, nicely captioned, and mailed from Maine in 1910. The stamp and postmark and long, interesting message are all there. Maybe at that time there was nothing of note in Maine? Grade: 3
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Bath, View in the Roman Baths
Unused Valentine’s real-photo card 90175, serrated edges and a bit battered. Grade: 3
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Canterbury Cathedral, The Sanctuary
Unused, sepia, Walter Scott real-photo card, significantly aged. Grade: 3
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Hindscarth and Robinson, Vale of Newlands
Unused real-photo card with a major stain in the upper left corner. Grade: 4
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Westcliff-on-Sea, Cliff Gardens & Esplanade, by night
Unmailed Valentine’s Post Card 36-1 (G4-333), with a message covering the reverse. Grade: 4
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London, Buckingham Palace
Not a rare subject of a postcard, and not a particularly good example of one either, but if you have been looking for this specific view, here it is: mailed in 1970 with postmark and Air Mail sticker, but no stamp. Grade: 4
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London, St. Paul’s Cathedral
Not sure when it was made, but this unused card looks like it came right off the rack. Grade: 1
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London, Houses of Parliament
Unused Photographic Greeting Card Co. 182. Grade: 1
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Avon, West Front of Bath Abbey
Unused J. Arthur Dixon card PAV/22642. Grade: 1
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Warwick Castle, The Great Hall
Unused, sepia, Walter Scott real-photo card K 867. Grade: 1
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London, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben
Unused and quite clean Photographic Greeting Card Co. C11804. Grade: 1