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Tomb of President McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
This is a companion card to 10136008 which shows the McKinley home. But this card does not mention the publisher. The tomb is in West Lawn Cemetery of Canton. Unused card, and if you buy both of these (08 and 09) the combined price can be $11. Grade: 2
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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (Honolulu)
This unused card was bought in 1963 and tucked away. It’s as-new apart from mild aging on the reverse. It has three printed attributions on the back, so we’ll call it Nani Li’i card S-255. Grade: 1
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U.S.S. Arizona (Honolulu)
Unused Nani Li’i card S-191, dating from some point between the raising of the flagpole in 1950 and construction of the memorial itself in 1961. Grade: 1
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Chinese Cemetery (Hong Kong)
Yes, there’s a symbolism to the price. Unused card published by Lau Ping Kee of Hongkong (#18125), with a small stain on the reverse and significant corner indentations from having been in an album for a very long time. Grade: 3
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Tomb of the Unknowns (Arlington, Virginia)
Two unused Capsco cards K-8126 from the 1960s, pre-dating Vietnam, are available. Grades: 1
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Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (Nanjing, China)
This card was mailed from Chengdu in 1998, and has three stamps with two mostly legible postmarks. There’s also a red postal Par Avion rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Kwangchow Uprising, mausoleum of martyrs (China)
This Foreign Languages Press card (no index number) was mailed in 1978 with s stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Interior of Jehangir Tomb, Lahore (Pakistan)
The reverse is fully printed with a map, area, and population facts about the country before it was divided. But it’s roughly the right size to be a postcard (3-1/4″ x 5-1/2″) and from the front you’d never know. Grade: 1
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Graves in China
Superb unused card 209 from Universal Postcard & Picture Co. in Shanghai. Yes it’s a bit dark, but then so is the theme. Definitely a specialty card. Grade: 1
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Imperial tombs of Xixia, Yinchuan (China)
Published by Foreign Languages Press in Beijing, in the 1980s or earlier, this card was mailed from Beijing in 1991, and has three stamps, two of which are magnificently large and scenic; two full postmarks; and a bilingual red par avion chop as well. This card would be a prize for your collection. Grade: 2
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Mohd. Quli Tomb (Hyderabad, India)
Card mailed in 1977, with one stamp but illegible postmark. Minor edge and corner creasing. Grade: 2
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Khai Dinh mausoleum (Hue, Vietnam)
Unused, as-new card. Grade: 1
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Tombs of the Mamelukes
Old, unused C. Ballis B&W postcard with floral embossment around margins. Small visible crease on front; aged reverse with small pencilled price marking in upper right. Grade: 3
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Sphinx and Pyramids, son et lumiere (Giza, Egypt)
Lehnert & Landrock Lambelet card 515 bought in 1969, and never mailed. Serrated edges. Essentially as-new condition. Grade: 1
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Khefren Pyramid (Giza)
Two of these are available. The first was mailed from Cairo in 1969 and has two stamps but postmarks are not legible. That card has a crease in upper left front corner (Grade: 3, $9). The other is unused and really in as-new condition (Grade: 1, $5)
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Giza pyramids (Egypt)
Unused, unmarked, with serrated edges and in terrific condition front and back. Card dates from mid-1960s but with this scene you know it could have been the 1260s. No apologies for placing it in this category! Grade: 1
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Great Sphinx and Kheops Pyramid (Egypt)
Card from 1969 was never mailed and is in superb, unmarked condition. Grade: 1
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The Pyramids (Giza, Egypt)
We wonder whether urban sprawl has affected the scene since this 1960s card was made? Never mailed, really almost as-new but for the beginning of aging on reverse. We recognise that postcards of the Pyramids are hardly in short supply. But who knows, this might be just the one to complete your collection. Grade: 1
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The Sphinx and Khephren Pyramid (Giza)
This Lehnert & Landrock card was mailed from Cairo in 1969. It has four stamps but postmarks are not completely legible. Very minor postal battering but no real defects. Grade: 2
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Khephren and Mykerinos Pyramids (Giza)
This unused Lehnert & Landrock card dates from 1968. It has insignificant abrasions on the front and is unmarked on reverse. Grade: 2
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Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone (Arizona)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card C-41 (and OC-H798). Grade: 1
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Le Pere Lachaise (Paris)
Mailed from Paris in 2003, with stamp and nearly full postmark. Grade: 1
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Tomb of President James Polk (Nashville)
This unused Kropp Co. card 5991 of the early president, who is said to have died from chronic diarrhea, is a little misleading. The front caption, as you see, says “Capitol Hill.” True, but it’s the Tennessee state capitol, not the federal capitol. Grade: 2
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Don Rak War Cemetery, Kanchana Buri (Thailand)
Memories may fade but the unused card is clear. Grade: 1
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Tomb of Noble Ramose, 1405 BC (Cairo)
Very heavily written on the reverse and mailed from the USA in 1988 with a 33-cent Verville stamp. Grade: 4
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Ngaben funeral ceremony (Bali)
Unused, contemporary card. Grade: 1
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Westminster Abbey, London
We freely admit that postcards of this building are not in short supply. But maybe this is just the view you’ve been looking for? Unused Hinde card with significant tape abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Pyramid at night (Egypt)
The ultimate cemetery. Giza/Cheops view on unused Tiba card. Grade: 1
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Pyramid of Cheops (Egypt)
Giza view on unused Tiba card. Grade: 1
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Confederate Cemetery (USA)
Oddly, this unused, contemporary card does not say where the cemetery is located. A little Googling would help you find out. Grade: 1
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Mary Washington Monument, Fredericksburg (Virginia)
Unused Curteichcolor card 3DK-215. Note the resemblance to the “other” Washington Monument? This one is over Mary’s grave. Grade: 1
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Heaven and Hell (Hong Kong)
One of a series of late 1990s-vintage cards showing photos from the 1960s. The caption, in English and Chinese, explains this vista of a squatter settlement in front of a cemetery. Unused. Grade: 1
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King of Southern Yue Mausoleum, Guangzhou (PRC) (in folio)
This photo shows only the back cover of this unwrapped and unused folio. Ten different cards (you see them here, including the mausoleum) are connected by a perforated edge inside. Each card has bilingual Chinese and English captions. Grades: 1
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South Celebes, Tana Toraja, funerals (Indonesia)
Two of these contemporary, unused cards are available. Meaning no pun or offense whatsoever, they are ghastly. Grades: 1
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Washington, Arkansas (USA)
Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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James Marshall Monument, Coloma (California)
Dedicated to James Marshall of gold rush fame. The unused card was not so lucky. Worn, and with inked notations in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale (California)
Unused card issued by Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Assn. There’s an inked notation in the postage area, and latent corner creasing. Grade: 3
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James W. Marshall (Coloma, California)
Unused Dexter Press card D51 71705-B, heavily aged on reverse. Grade: 4
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, entrance (Glendale, California)
Unused Plastichrome card P19781, pointing out that the entrance is “guarded by the largest set of wrought iron gates in the world.” Or was; we don’t know. Grade: 1
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Old Pioneer Cemetery, Ft. Ross (California)
Unused card with a few lines and notations on the reverse. Grade: 3