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Istanbul, six multiple views 34/1076
Unused Keskin card 34/1076. Captions are all in Turkish. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, six multiple views 34/1077
Unused Keskin card 34/1077. Captions are all in Turkish. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, multiple views 34/1250
Unused Keskin card 34/1250. The four scenes are identified in English, and include Taksim Square, the Grand Bazaar, and the Spice Bazaar, along with the Blue Mosque. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, Hagia Sophia
Unused Keskin card 34/1376. See this art as being at Hagia Sophia the museum, not as THE museum. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, castle and bridge 34/1391
Unused Keskin card 34/1391. Captions are in Turkish only. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, interior 34/1425
Unused Keskin card 34/1425. The caption on the reverse only says Istanbul-Turkiye without naming the specific location. Our guess is that it’s inside either the Blue Mosque or Hagia Sophia, but no guarantees on that. Grade: 1
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Antalya, SunExpress
Unused but aging card. Grade: 2
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I (heart) Istanbul (set of 7)
These seven extremely sturdy, unused cards are in their original cellowrap packaging. Our scan shows you the reverse sheet with thumbnails of the seven cards. The front shows just one of the cards. Grade: 1
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Town at night
Let’s call this one of our mystery locations. It looks like it was produced by a company in Istanbul called “Ankara Cad.” That guarantees nothing, but leaves us fairly certain the town is in Turkey. Unused. Grade: 1
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Constantinople, Roumeli Hissar (castle)
Rumelihisarı or Boğazkesen Castle is a medieval fortress located in Istanbul on a series of hills on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The fortress also lends its name to the immediate neighborhood around it in the city’s Sarıyer district. And in 1923, someone wrote a long message, with address (we think), in a most florid handwriting — but the card was not postally used. Grade: 4
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Constantinople, view of Beylerbeyi
Beylerbeyi is a neighborhood in the Üsküdar municipality of Istanbul. It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the north of the Bosphorus Bridge. This is an old (1920s?), unused card, aged but worthy of a collection from the old days. Grade: 2
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Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, ornament
You’ll be familiar with sets of cards whose cardboard wrapper incorporates two more cards on either side. That’s what’s probably happened here, as this card has been trimmed on one side. Otherwise unused. Grade: 2
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Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, Harem complex
You’ll be familiar with sets of cards whose cardboard wrapper incorporates two more cards on either side. That’s what’s probably happened here, as this card has been trimmed on one side. Otherwise unused. Grade: 2
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Antalya, Theatre at Aspendus
Also spelled Aspendos. Here’s a card from Turkey, mailed from Israel with two different stamps and postmark, from a sender in Lebanon, to the USA. And now the card is in none of those. Grade: 3
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Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, Treasury Section
Years ago, a set of cards had been sold with a cardboard cover whose two sides could also be used as postcards if they were separated. This is one of those two sides. It’s unused, and has some extra leftover paper at the top, so if someone trimmed carefully it would look exactly like a normal but older postcard. Grade: 3
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Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, Miniature
Years ago, a set of cards had been sold with a cardboard cover whose two sides could also be used as postcards if they were separated. This is one of those two sides. It’s unused, and looks much like a normal but older postcard. This “miniature” is from the 17th century. Grade: 3