Government Buildings/State Capitols – Page 7

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Lima, Palacio Torre Tagle (Peru)
Once again, Wikipedia to the rescue: “The Torre Tagle Palace is a Spanish Baroque palace located at Jr. Ucayali 363, in downtown Lima, Peru, a couple blocks east of the Plaza de Armas. The palace currently is home to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Now we have two of these unused cards available. They are in roughly the same condition. The fronts are identical but the reverses are not. They both come from Ediciones de Arte Rep, no. 517. One has serrated edges and somewhat shorter English and Spanish captions. The other has normal edges and bilingual pitches to sell a guidebook. Grades: 1

Code: 31600258
Price: $3.00
Piura, Civic Center and Post Office (Peru)
In 1972, someone wrote a long message that completely covers the reverse, so the card was not postally used. Grade: 4

Code: 31600259
Price: $2.00
Montevideo, Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)
Unused 3-7/8″ x 7-1/4″ card, showing the facility inaugurated on 25th August 1925. Extensive captions in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Grade: 1

Code: 31600260
Price: $3.00
Montevideo, Vista aerea del Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)
Unused, heavily aged Ediciones Impresora Uruguaya card No. 426. Great old view of the city. Grade: 3

Code: 31600261
Price: $5.00
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Washington, DC)
Unused, very old B.S. Reynolds Co. card Z116. Age spots on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 31600263
Price: $3.00
Patent Office (Washington, DC)
Old, aged, unused, unattributed card Z-119. Just as a break, we’ll give you Wikipedia’s description of the building: “Designed in the Greek Revival style by architect Robert Mills, construction started in 1836, and the massive structure took 31 years to complete. United States patent law required inventors to submit scale models of their inventions, which were retained by the Patent Office and required housing. Once home to many early government departments, today the structure houses two museums of the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.” Grade: 2

Code: 31600264
Price: $5.00
Mexico City, Palacio Nacional de Mexico
With a Spanish caption, this linen card was mailed in 1939 with stamp and postmark there. At some point, someone stuck a small round blue sticker on the lower right reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 31600265
Price: $3.00
Mexico City, Secretaria de Comunicaciones
Unused, older, real-photo card with some corner creasing, not serious. Grade: 3

Code: 31600266
Price: $2.00
London, The Lobby, House of Commons
Unused, ancient Valentine’s Series card 7909. Grade: 1

Code: 31600267
Price: $2.00
Birmingham, Council House & Art Gallery (England)
The writer was in England when he wrote this card, long ago; but he mailed it in the USA, with stamp and clear postmark that omitted the year. The heavily aged card has been in an album for much of its life. Grade: 4

Code: 31600268
Price: $1.00
Brasilia – DF – Supreme Federal Court (Brazil)
Unused, mildly aging postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 31600269
Price: $2.00
Madison, Aerial View looking Northeast, State Capitol (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H311 (94), also showing Lake Mendota on one side and Lake Monona on the other. Long ago, someone penciled the dates 1936-1939 on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 31600270
Price: $5.00
Brasilia – DF – Palace of the Archs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
Unused, very heavily aged card. Grade: 3

Code: 31600273
Price: $2.00
Brasilia – DF – Army’s Ministery (sic) (Brazil)
Unused card, heavily aged but otherwise unmarked. Note golden embossment on lower left front. Grade: 2

Code: 31600274
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Sunset – Esplanade of the Ministries (Brazil)
Somewhat battered, old, unused card with a short name written in the message area. Significant aging. Grade: 4

Code: 31600275
Price: $1.00
Brasilia – DF – Bruno Giorgi “Meteor” and National Congress Palace (Brazil)
Unused, aging but clean card. Grade: 2

Code: 31600276
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – National Congress Palace (Brazil)
Aging, unused card with a name written into the message area. Grade: 3

Code: 31600277
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Air view of the congress (Varig) (Brazil)
We select this as a highly representative entry from our Brasilia collection. Unused, some age foxing, issued by Varig, the airline company that essentially stopped operating in 2006. (Varig’s logo is on the reverse.) Grade: 2

Code: 31600278
Price: $4.00
Brasilia – DF – National Congress and moon (Brazil)
Unused, gently aging card. Grade: 1-

Code: 31600279
Price: $2.00
Brasilia – DF – Partial view of the Itamarati Palace (Brazil)
Also spelled Itamaraty, this structure houses Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations. Unused, notably aged card. Grade: 2

Code: 31600280
Price: $2.00
Brasilia – DF – Buriti Palace (Brazil)
Buriti Palace is the seat of administration of the Federal District. Gardens nearby are absent from the photo. The card is unused and aging, and the reverse is messy with spots and various stains. Grade: 3

Code: 31600281
Price: $1.00
Brasilia – DF – Quartel-General do Exercito, Setor Militar Urbano (Brazil)
Unused card, though very heavily aged. Grade: 3

Code: 31600282
Price: $4.00
Brasilia – DF – Supreme Federal Court (Brazil)
Unused, significantly aged. Grade: 2-

Code: 31600283
Price: $2.00
Brasilia – DF – Ministerio de Justica, Vista Noturna (Brazil)
They do the best they can with postcards of government buildings, but even so … Unused, aging card. Grade: 3

Code: 31600284
Price: $2.00
Brasilia – DF – Nocturne view of Justice Palace (Brazil)
Unused older card, still in better condition than most. Grade: 1

Code: 31600285
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Catetinho, First Presidential Residence (Brazil)
Unused, slightly aging card with a caption in the tiniest of print. Grade: 1

Code: 31600286
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Palace of Dawn/Palacio da Alvorada (Brazil)
Older card, not postally used and with messages all over the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 31600287
Price: $1.00
Brasilia – DF – Palacio da Alvorada (Brazil)
Mailed in 1968 using a postage meter, so all that is very clear. The card has aged — appropriately. Grade: 1

Code: 31600288
Price: $5.00
Brasilia – DF – Catetinho, First Presidential Residence 708 (Brazil)
That “708” is just to differentiate other Catetinho cards. This one: unused, mild aging. Grade: 1

Code: 31600289
Price: $3.00
Brasilia – DF – Justice Ministry (Brazil)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31600290
Price: $2.00
Asuncion, Palacio de Gobierno (Costado) (Paraguay)
Unused older card, aging but still within the range of Grade: 1

Code: 31600292
Price: $3.00
Parliament from across the Careenage (Barbados)
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 31600293
Price: $3.00
National Heroes Gallery, Museum of Parliament (Barbados)
This is an unused ad card, 4″ x 8″ including a perforated coupon that can be redeemed (if you’ve paid the admission fee) for a “complimentary *souvenir t-shirt (Offer valid while stocks last)”. Grade: 1

Code: 31600294
Price: $4.00
Republic of China (Taiwan) Centennial
Unused card in the shape of the country, in the original packaging. Shows the Office of the President. Grade: 1

Code: 31600295
Price: $4.00
London from the Air, Houses of Parliament & Westminster Abbey
Real-photo Card L.P.476A, mailed in 1955 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 31600296
Price: $4.00
Palais de Versailles – Facade principale (France)
Unused, heavily aged. Grade: 2

Code: 31600297
Price: $2.00
White House at Night (Washington, DC)
Unused Colorchrome card 104841. Grade: 1

Code: 31600298
Price: $2.00
Department of Justice (Washington, DC)
Unused old Colorchrome card 136302. Front is good but reverse is substantially and severely degraded. Grade: 5

Code: 31600299
Price: $0.10
Pension Office (Washington, DC)
Unused Washington News Company card, whose caption says “at 200 by 400 feet, is the largest brick building in the world”. It’s funny. If you go to Google now to see what the web considers to be the largest brick building, you will come away thoroughly confused. Malbork Castle, built 800 years ago? Cathedrale Ste-Cecile in France? (If the postcard says so, it must have been true. Right?) Grade: 1

Code: 31600300
Price: $3.00
First Division Monument and War and State Departments (Washington, DC)
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card 19633, whose eight-line caption has at least six proper nouns explaining everything. Grade: 1

Code: 31600301
Price: $3.00

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