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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Terceira – 1911 (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 022187. Grade: 2
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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Segunda – 1862 (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 008643. Grade: 3
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La Serena, Avenida de Mar beach (Chile)
Colourful, unused card with much in it — including our much-loved blue beach umbrella. Captions in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Ponte Internacional da Amizade – Brasil-Paraguay
Unused but noticeably aging card. Grade: 2
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Montevideo, Yacht Club (Uruguay)
Unused 3-7/8″ x 7-1/4″ card, letting us know that the Club has been located in the Puerto del Buceo since foundation in 1906. Grade: 1
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Montevideo, Buquebus “Luciano Federico” (Uruguay)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Punta del Este, Puerto (Uruguay)
Unused, aging Ediciones Impresora card No. 815. Minor abrasions all around. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Rock Island, Illinois (USA)
It’s surprising how many of our categories this unused Mike Roberts card C16526 falls into. The caption is short but pithy with nothing but proper nouns. One of them: this is Tugboat Ann Brent. Usually we only search aircraft records, but in this case we looked into Google for the tugboat, and found this: “… on June 11, 1984, the U.S. towboat ANN BRENT, which was downbound in the Mississippi River pushing a 4-barge tow, collided with the upbound Greek tankship MANTINIA. As a result of this accident, the lead barge in the tow sank and discharged its entire cargo of No.6 oil into the river. The other barges in the tow were damaged to a lesser degree, but none of their cargoes were spilled. The MANTINIA sustained serious damage to its bow. No deaths or serious injuries resulted from this accident. The total damage to all vessels involved in this accident was estimated to exceed $500,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the ambiguity of the meeting agreement reached by the ANN BRENT’s operator and the MANTINIA’s pilot over the bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone.” Thought you’d like to know. Grade: 1
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Antwerpen, Aanlegplaats en Steen (Belgium)
Unused old card, serrated edges, aging but clean. Grade: 1
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Guernsey, Victoria Marina
Unused card GLP78. Grade: 1
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Venezia – Panorama dal bacino S. Marco
Iconic sepia view on an unused, heavily aged old card with edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 4
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Kronprinz Wilhelm, Nordd. Lloyd-Bremen; Wiener Cafe
The sender (in 1909, USA stamp and postmark) brought this card from the ship to the USA and mailed it, with her message in German. We can only imagine. Grade: 2
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Pres. Epitácio – SP – Itavera Hotel, multiple views (Brazil)
The card comes from the hotel, and the three views are identified (in Portuguese): the hotel; Igreja Matriz; and Navio Epitácio Pessoa e cais do porto. Unused, slight aging on the card. Grade: 1
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Yasawa Islands, offshore boats (Fiji)
Once again, nobody has paid us to report this (condensed) description from a Fijian travel website: “Blessed with dramatic peaks and sun-drenched white sand beaches, the Yasawa Islands is the paradise that lies Northwest of the main island Viti Levu. The region is a haven for nature lovers and a mariner’s dream for an adventurous ocean escapade. The natural exotic beauty of the Islands has earned them spots on Hollywood movie sets and is a popular choice for reality shows. Reserve your patch of paradise on a single island or hop your way through the archipelago to standout spots like the awe-inspiring Sawa-i-Lau caves, swim with mesmerising mantas or discover delightful underwater coral gardens.” We would go if we could. Unused 4″ x 8-1/4″ card. Grade: 1
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Puerto de Valparaiso, Quinta Region (Chile)
Gently aging, unused card. Grade: 1
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Iquitos, Belen District – Sunset (Peru)
Unused card with minor foxing (age staining) on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Jolly Roger and Sunset Cruise (Barbados)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Sporting Barbados
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1
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The grand view of Hong Kong Harbour
The view on this unused card N987C is about as artificial and unreal as it would be possible to print. But not everyone would know that — unless they read this. We laugh just looking at the card and how it was put together. Grade: 1
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Kaohsiung (set of 4) (Taiwan)
Four individually packaged cards, connected at the top with a cardboard sleeve, so the scan can only show you the first card (featuring 85 Skytower). The other three cards include a night skyline view of the Love River and 85 Skytower; Cijin Ferry; and Sunset over Sizihwan Bay. Unused. Grade: 1
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Monterey Bay, Fishing boats at anchor (California)
Unused H.S. Crocker card C-186, aging and with a small diagonal crease on the upper left corner. Grade: 3
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Dearborn, Greenfield Village, Suwanee (Michigan, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 2C-K7 showing an “ancient paddlewheel river steamer”. Grade: 1
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St. Louis, The Gateway City and Admiral excursion steamer (Missouri, USA)
If you are collecting Gateway Arch postcards, here’s another one for you. Unused, with MCG reference code 021288. Grade: 1
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Chicago, Lincoln Park, Boat House
For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, you can have this 108-year-old (as of today) card, mailed with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Wisconsin Dells, The Chicagoan at the Sugar Bowl (USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P41402. Grade: 1
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S.S. Alaska, Alaska Steamship Co.
Unused real-photo card. Grade: 1
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Pontoon Bridge and Raft, Mississippi River (USA)
Unused old Bosselman card 5926 in good condition. It makes no reference to any specific location. Grade: 1
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Beautiful River Scene at Florida’s Silver Springs, Electric Glass Bottom Boats
Unused Curteichcolor card 3C-K1417. Have fun comparing this with our entries 10110138 and 10110321. Grade: 1
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Plymouth, Pilgrim Hall, Model of the Mayflower (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused, clean but aging Tichnor Quality Views card #70452. Grade: 1
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Rockport, Yachts at the Entrance to Sandy Bay (Massachusetts)
Mailed in 1952, with 2-cent stamp and clear postmark. Grade: 1
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Springfield, Forest Park, Porter Lake and Paddle Boats (Massachusetts, USA)
Three of these unused linen “Tichnor Quality Views” card 78024 are available. What a long caption about Forest Park, including that it was “open to automobiles at low speed”. Grades: 1
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New York City, Ships from around the world at New York City piers
Unused Dexter Press card DR-70346-B. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, Maid of the Mist (USA)
Collecting Maid of the Mist postcards? Watch the boat change over time. And not just the boat! The caption on this unused card says its “voyagers are swathed in oilskins as a defence from the saturating spray” but when we did this trip, we got throwaway clear plastic raincoats. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, American and Horseshoe Falls from Prospect Point
…with “Maid of the Mist” thrown in for good measure. Unused Plastichrome card P3676. Grade: 1
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Ore Boat Leaving Port, on Lake Erie (Ohio, USA)
Not postally used, this Curteich-Chicago linen card 7A-H772 has a vacation notation written into the message area. Grade: 4
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Wisconsin Dells, Duck entering Lake Delton (USA)
Unused “local” card J4279. Grade: 1
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Sea Palace (Hong Kong)
Were you to Google Sea Palace, you would (as we did) be confounded by complicated and incomplete information about it and other floating restaurants that passed through Hong Kong for varying lengths of time. What we show you here, condensed from Wikipedia, demonstrates what confronts you: “In 1991, Sea Palace was renamed “Jumbo Palace”. (Our note: nothing about it pre-1991 under that name.) Shortly after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it was sold for US$800 million and towed to Manila Bay and rebranded as “Jumbo Kingdom Manila”, with much of the original ancient Chinese imperial palace style renovation retained. It closed in 2008 and was donated to the government of Shantung province in 2011, then towed to Tsingtao to be part of a seaside park. It was intended to undergo reconstruction and reopen in May 2014 catering primarily to wedding events, but renovations were still incomplete as of 2021. Local residents have tried to tour the closed boat on their own, despite the rusting hull and a safety perimeter, but the operator has not been able to reopen the restaurant.” There’s more, but you get the idea. Unused card from the mid-20th century has two expansive captions and would be a gem for you to own. Grade: 1
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Wisconsin Dells, Duck Approaching “Suicide Hill” (USA)
Unused “local” card 151949. Idly musing over how we would feel riding in what is essentially a boat yet going through the woods. It must be a popular thing to do: many people do it. Grade: 1
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Wisconsin Dells, Duck Crossing the Sand Bar (USA)
Unused “local” card 154991. Grade: 1
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Wisconsin Dells, Duck Leaving Lake Delton at Dawn Manor (USA)
Unused “local” card J4277. Grade: 1