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Haapsalu, Bishop’s Castle (Estonia)
Unused card with perforated edges top and bottom from having been in sequence in a folio. Grade: 1
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Royal Castle, Warsaw (Poland)
Mailed in 2011 with three of the same stamp, and readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Savonlinna, Olavinlinna Castle (Finland)
Mailed in 2011 with three uncancelled stamps, and blue Priority and address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Prague, Karluv most and Hradcany (Czech Republic)
Mailed in 2011 with three different stamps, and blue Prioritaire label affixed. Grade: 1
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Castle of Mir from the North-West view, winter landscape (Belarus)
Mailed in 2011 with four stamps and most of two postmarks, any collector of Belarus postcards should want this one. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Ksiaz Castle (Poland)
Nice, clean Castle postcard mailed in 2011 with three different stamps, postmark, and no problems at all that we can see. Grade: 1
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LumiLinna Snow Castle (Kemi, Finland)
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, Oulu postmark, and Priority and address labels attached. Grade: 3
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Harlech Castle (England)
Mailed in 2012, with 76p stamp and postmark, along with orange postal barcoding. Abrasion on upper front. Grade: 5
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Zámek Hořovice
Caption is in Czech, but this is a castle from the 19th century. The card was mailed in 2012 with stamp and postmark, and Prioritaire label. Grade: 2
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The Riga Castle (Latvia)
This card was mailed in 2012, has three stamps, and two fully legible postmarks. Grade: 1
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Smoliany castle ruins, Vitebsk region (Belarus)
Actually, just multiple views (including Lake Naroch) on this 3-7/8″ x 8-1/4″ card mailed from Minsk in 2012 with three stamps, postmark, and blue airmail mark. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Ireland, multiple views
A card for many categories, mailed in 2011 with coloured E0.82 metered postage label, Priority label, and a Santa Claus sticker. Apart from the bar, it also shows Kilkenny Castle (from the 12th century) and Jerpoint Abbey. Someone has also rubber-stamped the logo of a fish on the reverse. Very busy. Grade: 4
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Royal Castle, Warsaw (Poland)
Beautiful contemporary card, mailed in 2012 with three stamps, three postmarks, and Priorytet bilingual “chop” mark. Grade: 1
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Olavsky Podzamok (Slovakia)
Confusing. The card was mailed from the Czech Republic in 2012, with stamps and postmark and Prioritaire label. The sender says this castle is in Slovakia but the train was built in Czech Republic, or maybe Czechoslovakia if the caption (which is either in Czech or Slovak) is actually saying that the train was built in 1958. We know nothing. The card is nice, though: Grade: 1
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Saranda, Castle of Ali Pashe Tepelena – Butrint (Albania)
Unused card from this historical and not-yet-spoiled site. Grade: 1
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Kampodilsky Castle and towers (Ukraine)
Bilingual caption tells us that the three towers are: Ruzhanka, Kushnirska, and Lyanskoronska. We have a particular spot in our heart for one of those. The card was mailed in 2012 with four different stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Bad Kosen, Rudelsburg Castle (Germany)
Sepia, real-photo card mailed from the former DDR in 1960 with two stamps and multiple but faint postmarks. Very minor corner abrasion on lower front left. Grade: 2
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Mir Castle (Belarus)
Mailed in 2012 with three different stamps, and postmarks, but also with major postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Lublin Castle at night (Poland)
Do you like castle postcards? How can you do better than this contemporary 3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ card, mailed in 2012 with two different stamps, postmark, and bilingual Priorytet label? Grade: 1
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Windsor Castle, London
Unused Pitkin card. Grade: 1
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Kraków, Wawel (Royal Castle)
Not postally used, this 3-5/8″ x 8-1/2″ card’s reverse is fully taken up with a message and two extra stickers. Grade: 4
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Edinburgh, The Grassmarket and Castle (Scotland)
Now that really is a castle. Unused card from the “Dainty” Series. The front is good for its age, and the reverse is just very old. Grade: 3
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Royal Castle at The Wawel, Krakow (Poland)
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and Warsaw postmark, this is the classic contemporary Polish tourist postcard, yet already a bit stained and aged. The reverse caption identifies everything, in English and Polish. Grade: 3
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Music Room of Death Valley Scotty’s Castle (California)
Specifically, the stage and grill work in front of the Welte Mignon organ. Unused H.S. Crocker card F-12. Grade: 2
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The Music Room of Death Valley Scotty’s Castle (California)
Unused H.S. Crocker card F-11, somewhat more aged than the other two in this sequence. Grade: 2
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Eisenach, Wartburg von Westen (Germany)
Absolutely typical old German tourist postcard. The stamp is overlaid by a postmark whose date we cannot read. Well, we can read it but not translate it: 21.5.12.6-7. (Maybe that’s 1921?) Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Der Rolandsbogen (Germany)
Wikimedia Commons describes this as “a remained window of the decayed Castle Rolanseck.” The postcard was mailed in 1920 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3
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Edinburgh Castle
Mailed in 1956, with stamp, postmark, and some message on the front. Grade: 4
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Bodrum Castle, Mugla (Turkey)
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed from Malaysia (not Turkey!) in 2013, with stamp and postmark. The five sites on the front are identified in the caption on the reverse, and include Aziziye Mosque in Konya, and Bodrum Castle in Mugla. The castle is in upper middle. Grade: 3
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Bavaria, Herrenchiemsee Castle (Germany)
Unused old and aged card, probably 1940s because on the bottom reverse it says “THIRD US ARMY ‘TOURS'”. There’s a back-story here, but we don’t know it. Grade: 1
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Lisboa – Um Aspecto do Castelo de S. Jorge (457) (Portugal)
Unused, older real-photo card with minor remnants (on the back) of having been in an album. Grade: 2
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Lisboa – Um Aspecto do Castelo de S. Jorge (456) (Portugal)
Unused, older real-photo card. Grade: 1
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Lisboa. Um trecho do Castelo S. Jorge (Portugal)
Unused, older real-photo card with minor remnants (on the back) of having been in an album. Grade: 2
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Prague, Vitava River, Charles Bridge and Prague Castle
Unused card, small mottling on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Castles of Trakai and Kaunas (Lithuania)
Specifically, this card shows: The Castle of Trakai, The Castle of Kaunas, The Amber Museum, and The Hill of Crosses near Siauliai. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark and Pirmenybine label. Grade: 1
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Castle of Turku (Finland)
Maybe not vintage, but older card mailed from Tampere in 2013 with “Moomin” stamp and postmark. The caption informs that The Castle was a prison from the 18th century. Grade: 2
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Black Hills, Stuart Castle (South Dakota, USA)
Just about all the information you might need is in the caption of this unused Plastichrome card P23156. Grade: 1
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Walt Disney World, Cinderella Castle, Fantasyland (Florida)
Official card, mailed in 1971 with 6-cent stamp and multiple but incomplete postmarking. The front is very clean. Grade: 2
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Istanbul, Küçüksu Çeşmesi (Fountain) and Rumeli Castle
Mailed, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Castle Gate, Khotyn (Ukraine)
The four key views — in Kyiv, Lviv, and Khotyn — are identified in the caption of this unused card. Grade: 1