Continuing our series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, captioned bilingually in English and Chinese.  Grade: 1

Continuing our series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, captioned bilingually in English and Chinese.  Grade: 1

Continuing our series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, captioned bilingually in English and Chinese.  Grade: 1

Completing our series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, captioned bilingually in English and Chinese.  Grade: 1

The unused card is, essentially, an ad card from Festival Cruises.  It identifies the location as the Atlantic Coast of the Canaries.  Grade: 2

This 4-7/8″ x 6-3/4″ card is unused apart from a name inked into the message area.  Grade: 3

This 5-1/8″ x 7″ card is unused except for the name inked into the left edge of the message area.  Grade: 3

Unused card from 2001.  Minor aging.  Grade: 1

“The ‘Cadillac’ starting its trip down the St. Mary’s River toward Lake Huron”.  Unused, Plastichrome card P9601.  Grade: 1

Mailed in 2017 with an (uncancelled) NZ$2.20 stamp.  Only because there’s no postmark, Grade: 4

Even when you’re there, this is a long way from anywhere.  Unused, official Post PNG card, though creased in the way it would be if it had been in someone’s back pocket and they sat on it.  Grade: 3

… between Cape Charles and Norfolk, Virginia.  Unused but heavily aged linen card with slight staining on the reverse.  Grade: 3

We can’t quite read the postmark.  Grade: 3

If you look at the postmark, you’ll think the card was mailed in 1954.  If you look at the short message on the back (lacking any address, how was it delivered?), you might think it was 1934.  Unless your name is Celine and you write and tell us, we’ll never know.  Grade: 2

Built in 1905, a quick search reveals the vessel’s sad end:  “In 1939 the paddle steamer Brighton Queen PSS was taken over by the Admiralty for service as a minesweeper. Her naval career did not last long for she was sunk by German gunfire on June 1st, 1940, during the evacuation of the British Army from the Dunkirk beaches.”  Grade: 3

Written by a soldier to a soldier in 1914, here’s an iconic wartime postcard with multiple 1914 postmarks but no need for a stamp (as an imprint on the reverse shows).  Entirely apart from the historical value of the postcard, we enjoyed seeing that the name of the recipient was Monsieur Pierre Fromage.  Yes, we know it’s not a unique name but we enjoyed seeing it anyway.  Grade: 3

From a series of unused cards, captioned mostly in Japanese and Chinese, but with the key identification also in English (or we should say western letters).  The Hari Festival is (are?) the annual dragon boat races.  Grade: 1

From a series of unused cards, captioned mostly in Japanese and Chinese, but with the key identification also in English (or we should say western letters).  Grade: 1

When you fly into Siem Reap over this gigantic lake, you will be beset with several thoughts:  How can people live in that?  Will it ever end?  Is the airport going to be in the middle of it?  The cascading view is almost beyond description, but you forget all about it when you are then in the midst of all those temples.  Unused card.  Grade: 1