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Soull (sic) Tower, Niš (Serbia)
They mean Skull Tower. Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Soull (sic) Tower – night, Niš (Serbia)
It’s Skull Tower. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma (California)
Unused Curteichcolor card 8CK2194 whose caption might need rewriting now. Grade: 1
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Forest Law (sic) Memorial Park, Hall of the Crucifixion, Glendale (California)
It should be Forest Lawn, we know, but the caption missed one letter. Unused card SC6577 (#1018) published by Forest Lawn itself. Grade: 1
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Helen Hunt’s Grave, Colorado Springs (USA)
This unused old Sanborn Souvenir C.T. Art-Colortone card 7A-H80 (2121) takes liberties with Ms Hunt’s name, as “Helen Hunt” and “Helen Hunt Jackson”. She was, then, famous for having written “Ramona,” though we gently fear the fan club for that book might be growing smaller by now. Grade: 1
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Jamestown, church and graveyard (Virginia, USA)
The caption on this unused card 1A2341 published by The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, in Richmond, packs a lot of information about this scene into a small space. Grade: 1
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Soldier’s National Monument, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, USA)
Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address here. Unused Plastichrome card P304656. Grade: 1
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Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb (Illinois, USA)
For some reason, we have four of these unused, aging Curteichcolor cards 9C-K577. The caption makes the tomb sound like a monumental version of the Golden Gate Bridge: they start working on it, then when the work is finished, they start over again. Several of Lincoln’s family are interred there. Grades: 1
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Plymouth, Burial Ground (Massachusetts, USA)
This unused Mike Roberts card C12830 (MA1423) shows the Governor Bradford Monument. Grade: 1
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Montreal, Saint Joseph’s Oratory, The Main Altar of the Crypt (Canada)
Spooky old sepia card. Unused. Grade: 1
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Antonio Cinquini – one visitor
With some gyrations, we can read Mr. Cinquini’s name on the tombstone. But that’s all we could do, and Google proved once again that there really are no unique names in the world now, including his. This is one of that genre of cards, real-photo, with no further information. So though this unused card offers no more, and has a kind of wavy reverse surface, he and his visitor will certainly live as long as this postcard does. Grade: 2
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Antonio Cinquini – two visitors
Kindly see our description for card 36100256, and add one person (above, not below). Grade: 2
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Gaspe (PQ), Grand Greve (Canada)
The strange thing is, if you Google “Grand Greve” to learn more about it, all you get is a place in Nova Scotia, not Quebec as this card indicates. But the unused card’s caption is quite specific, so we’ll go with that. Grade: 1
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Paris, Le Pantheon, Urn containing Leon Gambetta heart
Google told us what we needed to know, but anything remotely useful from us would need to fill many pages, so we’ll leave it. What a complex history. The card is old, B&W, unused, and has a small bit of the upper right corner missing, as well as some spotting. Grade: 4
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El Escorial, Panteon de los Duques de Montpensier (Spain)
Unused, aging, clean card. Grade: 1
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Rome, Tomb of Cecelia Metella
The most important thing to note is a major abrasion on the lower left of this card, mailed in 1963, whose stamp and postmark are still there. And who was Cecelia Metella? Turns out there were several people by that name, all ancient, though this one’s story is: “The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia. It was built during the 1st century BC to honor the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a consul in 69 BC, and the wife of the Marcus Licinius Crassus who served under Julius Caesar and was the son of the famous triumvir with the same name, Marcus Licinius Crassus. The mausoleum was probably built in 30–10 BCE by her son.” Abridged from Wikipedia, that is still probably more than you wanted to know. Grade: 4
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Siracusa, Cripta di S. Marciano nell’antica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni (Italy)
We could go into another long story, but will give you a rest this time. Unused, aged, vaguely creepy old postcard. Grade: 2
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Moscow, Lenin’s Mausoleum
Well then, Lenin died in 1924. His mausoleum as we know it now opened in 1930, and this postcard was made in 1935 then mailed (maybe) in 1937. The stamp is long gone but the postmark is there. The card is in poor condition but oozes age and character. Grade: 5
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Tokyo, Yasukuni Shrine
This must be one of the most controversial (and problematic) locations in Japan if not all of Asia. We will leave it to you to discover why that is, if you don’t already know: we try to stay out of diplomatic issues whenever possible. However this is just a postcard, with the shrine’s image having been captured after the end of World War II. Unused 1950s card, Grade: 1
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Agra, Taj Mahal (India)
A large (5-1/8″ x 7″) card for a large monument, mailed in 1986 with: three stamps, a blue airmail sticker, a mostly readable postmark, and another chop indicating that the card had first been “Missent to Bangkok”. By a miracle, it found its correct destination. We’ll give this postcard Grade: 1
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Vienna, Bestattungsmuseum (Austria)
The Bestattungsmuseum Wien (Vienna Funeral Museum) gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death, and adds information on historical and current funeral services in Vienna. This card was not postally used, but has an explanatory note added to the back. Grade: 4
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Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Shihuang’s Mausoleum (Set of 5) (PR China)
Our scan shows you one of the five cards, and most (not all) of the cardboard cover for this set TP43, issued by China Post and fully captioned in English and Chinese. Each card has a different, pre-printed, coloured stamp somewhat matching the main photo. AND, each card has an individual (i.e., for the set) serial number: this set is #0029924. Grade: 1
