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The Rock from the Bay (Gibraltar)
In 1927, dad wrote to Buddy and explained everything; then he mailed the card (with Italian stamp) from Naples, noting that “there are always English war ships close by to aid the fort in case of danger.” How these particular ships got into the picture, we refer back to the creative mind of the artist. Grade: 3

Code: 32400179
Price: $18.00
S.S. United States
Brief history of the ship: built in 1952, out of service in 1969, and since 1996 at Pier 82 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. As for the card, Annemarie sent it back to the USA from Southampton (England) in 1959 after her voyage. Stamp and postmark are there, along with her nice message; but there is extraordinary staining on the reverse. Even so, we give this Grade: 4

Code: 32400180
Price: $9.00
General view of Monte Carlo
At least in our Japan and Hong Kong categories, we have a few other cards like this: made for sale to a USA customer base, way back in the day. Unused, unattributed card. Grade: 2

Code: 32400181
Price: $5.00
Rock from Eastern Beach (Gibraltar)
Unused, heavily aged Millar & Lang (Glasgow) card No. 5. Grade: 3

Code: 32400182
Price: $9.00
The Harbour, Montreal
Mailed from Montreal in 1905 with stamp and legible postmark, this is Montreal Import Co. card 62514 (and 109). A bit of staining on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 32400183
Price: $19.00
Greetings from Nova Scotia, fishing boat (Canada)
This card we think sets a record for fitting into the greatest number of different categories on this website: Canada, fishing, greetings, lighthouse, and boat. But that’s mostly for our amusement, not yours. It was mailed in 1959. The postmark is there, but the stamp is gone. This pushes the grade down to Grade: 4

Code: 32400184
Price: $5.00
Cruise ship entering Grand Harbour (Malta)
Unused Proud Publishing Ltd. card S-78 from The Maltese Islands. Grade: 1

Code: 32400185
Price: $8.00
Maltese Luzzu (Malta)
Unused Perfecta Advertising Ltd. card 519. Grade: 1

Code: 32400186
Price: $8.00
Bandar Sri Begawan, Kampong Ayer water taxi
Unused 5″ x 7″ card of this water village and water taxi, with Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in the background. Grade: 1

Code: 32400187
Price: $11.00
Foil novelty
Many years ago, though we cannot tell from the message or the postmark, this card was mailed to Baltimore. The stamp is there; the upper left corner isn’t. We do not know the exact name for this type of card, which is embossed all over, including the ship itself, which further stands out as a sort of foil. Grade: 4

Code: 32400188
Price: $5.00
Day Scene from Kowloon 097 (Hong Kong)
Seriously? We would make no guarantees at all that this card (Tourists Cards series 097, 5-1/2″ x 7″) wasn’t heavily photo shopped. These batwing junks are almost never around, and they do leave a small wake in the water. The sky is almost never cloudless or this blue. But they wanted iconic Hong Kong, and they built it into the card. Grade: 1

Code: 32400189
Price: $4.00
Santa Barbara Harbor, California (Union Oil no. 8)
Over the years, Union Oil Company of California issued a series of cards (“See the West with 76 Gasoline”) depicting western U.S.A. landmarks. This unused card is one of those, from 1939. Grade: 2

Code: 32400190
Price: $4.00
Confluence of the Fontanka and Moika, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 32400191
Price: $3.00
Matson Lines, S.S. Mariposa and S.S. Monterey
Details of these two vessels on a card mailed from Australia (with stamp and Sydney postmark, and bilingual blue airmail sticker) in 1960. Significant postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 32400192
Price: $16.00
M/S Viking XPRS, Helsinki (Finland)
Everything you would ever want to see of Helsinki, and–believe it or not–every one of these photos is explained in three languages in the caption on the reverse. Mailed in 2011, the stamp and Priority label are there, but no postmark at all. Grade: 4

Code: 32400193
Price: $5.00
View of San Francisco in 1846-7
This unused M. Rieder card 11876, made in Germany, looks almost as old as the scene it portrays, but of course it’s not–probably early 1900s. Grade: 3

Code: 32400194
Price: $9.00
Famous Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem (The American Export Lines)
Unused card produced for The American Export Lines on behalf of “The Four Aces,” four vessels offering a 43-Day Yankee Cruise to the Mediterranean (SS. Excalibur, SS. Exochorda, SS. Exeter, and SS. Excambion). Exceptionally, we reproduce here, from Wikipedia, what it says about one of those ships: “SS Exochorda, a 473-foot, 14,500-ton cargo liner in service with American Export Lines from 1948 to 1959. A member of the line’s post-war quartet of ships, “4 Aces“, Exochorda sailed regularly from New York on a Mediterranean route. Originally built in 1944 as the military attack transport USS Dauphin (APA-97), the ship was extensively refurbished prior to her service as a passenger-cargo liner. Following her service as a cruise liner, the vessel served as the floating dormitory ship SS Stevens for the students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, NJ. At the end of her service life she was scrapped, in 1979.” These are things we learn when we scan and enter postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 32400195
Price: $6.00
Unloading River Junks (Singapore)
Unused old card with rounded corners. Grade: 1

Code: 32400196T
Price: $5.00
Klaipeda, view of city and harbour (Lithuania)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark, alongside a blue bilingual Prioritaire sticker. Grade: 1

Code: 32400197
Price: $6.00
Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco
Mailed in the 1970s, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 32400198
Price: $1.00
Tokyo, Sumida River
So many of the old Japanese postcards don’t give good views of groups of people. This one does. Unused, Grade: 2

Code: 32400199
Price: $8.00
The Temple of Dawn, Bangkok (Thailand)
Unused card TC 578. Grade: 1

Code: 32400200
Price: $4.00
Windmill and boat
Unused card, unattributed but for the legend “Series No. 330.” That’s what we know. Grade: 2

Code: 32400201
Price: $1.00
Boats on canal
Unused card, unattributed but for the legend “Series No. 330.” That’s what we know, except that other cards also have the same number. Grade: 3

Code: 32400202
Price: $1.00
Wailua Marina, Kauai (Hawaii)
Unused Dexter Press card 15xDT-76708-C. Dated 1971. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 32400203
Price: $4.00
Sha Tau Kok – Typhoon Shelter (Hong Kong)
See our explanation for Hong Kong entry 203081066 — you will need that. This card is captioned, only in Chinese, as “typhoon shelter”. We have one otherwise unused card with both of those rubber-stamped cachets on the reverse (Grade: 1, $14), and another without the markings (Grade: 1, $9).

Code: 32400204
Price: $9.00
World Famous Lahaina Harbor (Maui, Hawaii)
If it wasn’t famous before, it certainly is after the awful fires of August 2023. Unused Dexter Press card 42822-D, serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 32400205
Price: $14.00
Lahaina Yacht Harbor (Hawaii)
Unused Dexter Press card 15xDT-26754-C, with serrated edges, and dated 1967. Grade: 1

Code: 32400206
Price: $4.00
Maid of the Mist
Yet another view of this iconic vessel in front of American Falls. We’re listing this under “New York,” among others, though the card was lithographed in Canada. Unused, Grade: 1

Code: 32400207
Price: $3.00
Rokin (street), Amsterdam
Mailed in 2011, the stamp is there but the postmark is not legible. Grade: 1

Code: 32400208
Price: $3.00
Utrecht, canal (Netherlands)
This 4-7/8″ x 6-5/8″ card was mailed in 2011 with four stamps, blue Priority label, and address label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 32400209
Price: $4.00
Boat Quay and Bumboats (Singapore)
Mailed in 2011 with two “local” stamps (the writer got away with it) and fullpostmark. Bilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 32400210
Price: $6.00
The Suffolk Heritage Coast (England)
Of particular appeal to collectors of lighthouse cards, this multi-view postcard was mailed in 2011 with a 76p stamp and blue Air Mail label affixed, but no legible postmark. Orange postal barcoding throughout the reverse. The locations are identified as Southwold, Aldeburgh, Orford Ness, Dunwich, and Woodbridge (clockwise from upper left). Grade: 1

Code: 32400211
Price: $5.00
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (Germany)
Mailed in 2011, the card has its stamp and some of the postmark, along with the blue Luftpost sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 32400212
Price: $3.00
Lighthouse and boat harbor, Oceanside (California)
Unused Columbia Publishing card 40960 T-412. Grade: 1

Code: 32400213
Price: $3.00
Ship canal and lighthouse, Duluth (Minnesota, USA)
You need to know Duluth to appreciate the atmosphere coming out from this card. Mailed in 2011 with three stamps (two uncancelled) and Burlington, Vermont postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 32400214
Price: $4.00
The North Point Commercial Area (Hong Kong)
Unused 1980s card. Here’s some trivia we’ll bet you don’t know: the harbour at the spot shown in this photo is about 45′ deep. Grade: 1

Code: 32400215
Price: $4.00
The Victoria Harbour and Star Ferry terminal (Hong Kong)
The Star Ferry terminal in this photo has been replaced and now sticks further out into what’s left of the harbour. And what had been the Ritz-Carlton Hotel–also gone, now relocated as The World’s Highest Hotel, across the harbour in Kowloon. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 32400216
Price: $5.00
Lake Lucerne, multiple views (Vierwaldstattersee) (Switzerland)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp but no postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 32400217
Price: $3.00
Finland
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, blue Priority label, and some postal battering. Nothing too serious. Grade: 2

Code: 32400218
Price: $4.00

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