Showing 201–221 of 221 postcards

  • Soull (sic) Tower, Niš (Serbia)

    They mean Skull Tower.  Two unused cards are available.  Grades: 1

    Code: 36100246

    Price: $4.00

    Soull (sic) Tower, Niš (Serbia)

  • Soull (sic) Tower – night, Niš (Serbia)

    It’s Skull Tower.  Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 36100247

    Price: $4.00

    Soull (sic) Tower – night, Niš (Serbia)

  • Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma (California)

    Unused Curteichcolor card 8CK2194 whose caption might need rewriting now.   Grade: 1

    Code: 36100248

    Price: $1.00

    Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma (California)

  • 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

    Code: 36100249

    Price: $1.00

    Forest Law (sic) Memorial Park, Hall of the Crucifixion, Glendale (California)

  • 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

    Code: 36100250

    Price: $1.00

    Helen Hunt’s Grave, Colorado Springs (USA)

  • 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

    Code: 36100251

    Price: $3.00

    Jamestown, church and graveyard (Virginia, USA)

  • Soldier’s National Monument, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, USA)

    Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address here.  Unused Plastichrome card P304656.  Grade: 1

    Code: 36100252

    Price: $2.00

    Soldier’s National Monument, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, USA)

  • 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

    Code: 36100253

    Price: $2.00

    Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb (Illinois, USA)

  • Plymouth, Burial Ground (Massachusetts, USA)

    This unused Mike Roberts card C12830 (MA1423) shows the Governor Bradford Monument.  Grade: 1

    Code: 36100254

    Price: $2.00

    Plymouth, Burial Ground (Massachusetts, USA)

  • Montreal, Saint Joseph’s Oratory, The Main Altar of the Crypt (Canada)

    Spooky old sepia card.  Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 36100255

    Price: $2.00

    Montreal, Saint Joseph’s Oratory, The Main Altar of the Crypt (Canada)

  • 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

    Code: 36100256

    Price: $1.00

    Antonio Cinquini – one visitor

  • Antonio Cinquini – two visitors

    Kindly see our description for card 36100256, and add one person (above, not below).  Grade: 2

    Code: 36100257

    Price: $1.00

    Antonio Cinquini – two visitors

  • 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

    Code: 36100258

    Price: $3.00

    Gaspe (PQ), Grand Greve (Canada)

  • 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

    Code: 36100259

    Price: $3.00

    Paris, Le Pantheon, Urn containing Leon Gambetta heart

  • El Escorial, Panteon de los Duques de Montpensier (Spain)

    Unused, aging, clean card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 36100260

    Price: $2.00

    El Escorial, Panteon de los Duques de Montpensier (Spain)

  • 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

    Code: 36100261

    Price: $0.50

    Rome, Tomb of Cecelia Metella

  • 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

    Code: 36100262

    Price: $2.00

    Siracusa, Cripta di S. Marciano nell’antica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni (Italy)

  • 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

    Code: 36100263

    Price: $4.00

    Moscow, Lenin’s Mausoleum

  • 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

    Code: 36100264T

    Price: $14.00

    Tokyo, Yasukuni Shrine

  • 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

    Code: 36100265T

    Price: $8.00

    Agra, Taj Mahal (India)

  • 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

    Code: 36100266

    Price: $1.00

    Vienna, Bestattungsmuseum (Austria)

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