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Caernarvon Castle (Wales)
Unused Valentine’s “Carbo Colour” card. Grade: 1
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Ross-shire, Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle (Scotland)
The card’s caption tells you much of what you might want to know, and the card itself was mailed in 1987 with 26p stamp and blue airmail sticker and clear Inverness postmark. Grade: 1
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Isle of Skye, Duntulm Castle (Scotland)
The unused card is generous in highlighting Duntulm Castle, considering the overall view. It is believed that, in prehistoric times, a broch or dun known as Dun Dhaibhidh stood here but then the castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was subject to feuds between the rival MacLeod and Macdonald clans. In 1618 the Privy Council and Donald Gorm Og, the 9th chief, signed a charter requiring him to repair Duntulm. This was done, and a second tower was added. Around 1650, the castle’s importance peaked, when further improvements were made, and a rectangular structure or house was built within the wall. Around 1732 the castle was abandoned, when Sir Alexander MacDonald built a new residence, Monkstadt House, 5 miles to the south, robbing much of the castle’s stone as building material. (We wondered why there are so many ruins.) Grade: 1
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Osaka Castle (Japan)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Osaka Castle, night and moon (Japan)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Brașov, Bran Castle (Romania)
One can easily imagine Count Dracula living there — if there had actually been a Count Dracula, that is. This 4-1/2″ x 8″ card was mailed from Romania in 2023 and has two stamps and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Brasov, Bran Castle (Romania)
This otherwise unused card has what we *think* is a rubber-stamped chop on the reverse attesting to the authenticity of the card. What you see in our scan is all in the design: those are not actual stamps. Royalty, for certain. Grade: 1
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Brasov, Bran Castle, night (Romania)
Oversized (4-1/4″ x 8″) unused card of a Transylvania location where Dracula would have felt right at home — if he had existed, of course. Grade: 1
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Gruß aus Heidelberg, multiple views (Germany)
Mailed from Italy in 1998 with two different stamps and reasonably clear postmark, this greetings postcard’s four scenes are clearly identified and give anyone a good idea of what Heidelberg’s all about, including Alte Brücke (Old Bridge) and castles. Grade: 1
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Albanian Castles
Unused Arba card 498. Grade: 1
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Brașov, Bran Castle (Romania)
Romania really knows how to milk the Dracula legend, and atmospheric cards like this one are a huge help towards that end. The card measures 4-3/8″ x 8-1/8″ but was mailed from Canada (not Romania) with three different stamps and postmark. Grade: 3
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Bistrița-Năsăud, multiple views (Romania)
Bistrița-Năsăudis a county in Transylvania, and the views — including Dracula’s Castle at Piatra Fântânele — are identified on the reverse. That’s edelweiss, by the way. Unused. Grade: 1
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Státní zámek Jánský Vrch (Czech Republic)
Státní zámek Jánský Vrch, a castle located in the Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region. The castle stands on a hill above the town of Javorník in the north-western edge of Czech Silesia, an area once part of the Duchy of Nysa. This postcard was mailed in 2024, with three stamps and a “chop” indicating the card came from the castle itself. Grade: 1
