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Mt. Baldy and Continental Trailways (California)
This card started life issued by Continental Trailways, possibly in the 50s, then was mailed in 1974 (stamp intact and postmark largely so) after being discovered in Arizona. A bit of postmark smudging on front but in this case it just adds to the character. Grade: 2

Code: 37800001
Price: $3.50
Greyhound Bus Depot, Lexington (Kentucky)

If bus terminals looked like this now, more people might take the bus. Maybe it’s a chicken-and-egg situation. Unused Central Kentucky News Co. card K.249 (and 5DK-76) from the 1960s. Grade: 2

Code: 37800002
Price: $2.00
Harvard Square, Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Tichnor Bros. card K-2539, unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37800003
Price: $5.00
Stan’s Cafe and Greyhound, Grafton (North Dakota)

Stan’s Cafe closed years ago. Greyhound, and this card, live on. Unmailed card has the date “Oct. 2, 1957” inked in on the back, together with a travel agent’s rubber stamp. Grade: 4

Code: 37800004
Price: $4.00
Piccadilly Circus, London
Unused sepia Photochrom card 23 of an era similar to the “London under Fire” cards elsewhere in this list, but this particular card shows no war damage. It does, however, have an injunction from the Prime Minister to “Let us all strive without failing in faith or in duty.” Grade: 3

Code: 37800007
Price: $6.00
Omnibus Saurer N2C and more (Germany)
The “more” in this case includes two other vehicles, VT 137 322, and Schmalspurdampflokomotive 99 1715. Card has stamp and postmark, and two additional stickers. Grade: 4

Code: 37800008
Price: $5.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company (Hong Kong) – Neoplan (set)
Another set that we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 37800009
Price: $30.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company (Hong Kong) – Dennis Jubilant (set)
Yet another set we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 37800010
Price: $30.00
Kowloon Motor Bus Company – Daimler A (Hong Kong) (set)
Yet another set we don’t want to disturb just to find out how many cards there are–it’s wrapped tightly in cellophane and we estimate about 10 different unused cards but we cannot guarantee the exact number. In any event if you collect postcards of busses, this is right up your alley for sure. Grade: 1

Code: 37800011
Price: $30.00
Lotus Flower in Full Bloom (Macau)
A 6-meter golden lotus presented to Macau by the Chinese Government in 1999 to commemorate Macau’s handover back to China from portugal. Unused 5″x 7″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 37800012
Price: $3.00
Whampoa Square, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 37800013
Price: $4.00
Seoul, Namdaemun Gate (South Korea)
Mailed in 1989 with five different stamps and multiple postmarks. Most unfortunately, in 2008, the greater part of this structure was destroyed in an arson attack. Grade: 1

Code: 37800014
Price: $16.00
Alexandrie – Place des Consuls
The Cairo Postcard Trust, Serie 529, B&W Card 61853. Not postally used, and with a handwritten message on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 37800015
Price: $16.00
Vehicles (Lithuania)
All right, so the bus is not very obvious, and we’re not even certain the card was made in Lithuania, but it was mailed from there in 2012 with Winter Olympics stamp and Vilnius postmark. Some ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 37800016
Price: $0.50
Central Library, Manchester (England)
Not postally used, but with inked notations on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 37800017
Price: $1.00
Chemnitz in Sachsen, multiple views (Germany)
This card was mailed in 2012, with stamp, partial postmark, and blue trilingual Luftpost label. Grade: 1

Code: 37800018
Price: $2.00
Minsk, The Sverdlov and Uliyanovskaya Street (Belarus)
Mailed in 2012 with “M” stamp and full Minsk postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 37800019
Price: $3.00
Prins Alexander, 12.00 – 14.00 (Netherlands)
Large (5-7/8″ x 8-1/4″) card that somehow survived international mailing in 2012 ingood condition. We understand this is part of a series of 12 from this neighbourhood. Stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 37800021
Price: $5.00
Karosa B 741.1908 (Czech Republic)
A substantial caption explaining this vehicle is all in Czech, but Google Translate will help you understand. The card was mailed in 2012, with stamp, postmark, and blue Prioritaire sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 37800022
Price: $4.00
London bus
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, By Air Mail sticker, faint postmark, and lots of orange postal barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 37800023
Price: $1.00
2012 London Olympics (Australia Maximum Card)
On the front, a maximum card with clear postmark, nearly matching stamp, and two rows of orange postal barcoding. On the reverse, “Postage pre-paid Australia for posting in Australia and delivery worldwide,” postmarked. Grade: 3

Code: 37800024
Price: $6.00
Map of Taiwan, many elements
Unused contemporary card. Find the bus! Grade: 1

Code: 37800025
Price: $5.00
Hong Kong Busses (set)
A set of ten unused cards showing ten different Kowloon Motor Bus vehicles over the years, including but not limited to: MCW Metrobus 11M, Volvo Wright B9TL, Neoman A34, Daimler E, and Mercedes Benz 0305. If you’ve been noticing our different sets, this one is not the same as #37800009 or 37800010. Grade: 1

Code: 37800026
Price: $30.00
Our Hot Dog’s Postcard (Hong Kong) (set)
This set of 12 unused cards is distinctive and nicely done. It has nothing to do with hot dogs. It’s a set of 12 cards of old Hong Kong busses in a variety of settings: urban, rural, on the road, being inspected, etc. Captions are all in Chinese. The set is wrapped in heavy cardboard, and our scan shows the cover (which closes using a string tie similar to a mailing envelope) and one of the 12 cards. Postage according to our normal rate schedule. Grade: 1

Code: 37800027
Price: $36.00
Celebration Reuniformation of China Postcard – parade floats (Hong Kong)
See also entry 20308520. This parade celebrating Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997 took place alongside city traffic, and busses. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 37800028
Price: $4.00
London Buses
Mailed from Germany in 2012 with stamp, partial postmark, and blue trilingual Priority label. Grade: 4

Code: 37800029
Price: $1.00
San Francisco, Famed Market Street
Unused Plastichrome card 5P35082 showing “one of the widest business streets in the world.” (Jaywalkers, beware.) Grade: 2

Code: 37800031
Price: $2.00
San Francisco, View of City and Bay from Twin Peaks
Mailed in 1957 with stamp and full San Francisco postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 37800033
Price: $3.00
Honolulu, Nuuanu Soto Mission
Unused Nani Li’i card S-137 of a Temple built in 1950 by “Honolulu’s followers of the great religious teacher, Buddha.” Grade: 2

Code: 37800035
Price: $2.00
Danny’s Cliff Chalet (California)
Unused card, slight staining on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 37800036
Price: $1.00
Ford Motor Company, Central Office Building, Dearborn (Michigan)
Unused, unattributed card (issued by Ford, though), with some smudging and abrasion on both sides. Grade: 3

Code: 37800037
Price: $1.00
Entrance to Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Detroit (Michigan)
Unused Tichnor linen card 68294, aging and with a black mark on the right front wall. Grade: 2

Code: 37800038
Price: $2.00
Skoda 706 RTO busses (Czech Republic)
The photo dates from 1972 but the contemporary card was mailed in 2013 with stamp and Prioritaire label. Grade: 1

Code: 37800039
Price: $4.00
Portland, Meier & Frank Co. (Oregon, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card C8426 from the late 1950s. Interesting note in the caption: “Has world’s longest continuous Escalator system.” The building, not the bus. Grade: 2

Code: 37800040
Price: $1.00
Nathan Road, Hong Kong
There’s no caption on this unused card, which is meant to represent any generic big city. But we know where it is, because we go by that exact spot often. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 37800041
Price: $2.00
London
Unused, uncaptioned card from China. China does London well. Grade: 1

Code: 37800042
Price: $1.00
Railway Station 1962, Minsk (Belarus)
The view would be of 1962 but the card was mailed in 2013 with an “N” stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 37800043
Price: $3.00
Barcelona, 19th Century busses (Spain)
More-or-less contemporary card of an old photo, mailed in 2013 with stamp and very large, little bit blurry postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 37800044
Price: $2.00
San Diego Zoo, Flamingos (California)
Do you collect flamingo postcards? Well … Unused entry SDZ-4 of the Animal Color Series from the San Diego Zoo: Flamingos with the San Diego Zoo Tour Bus in the background. A rubber-stamped date “Mar 1962” on lower left reverse, and also written on the lower right front. Grade: 4

Code: 37800045
Price: $1.00
Boston 3252 (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused card of MBTA car 3252 at Watertown, one of three in Boston 200 Bicentennial dress. The photo was, according to the caption, taken on 17th July 1975. Grade: 2

Code: 37800046
Price: $2.00

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