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Department of Commerce Building (Washington, DC)
Unused B.S. Reynolds card 32119, whose caption quaintly states “The Department of Commerce Building, now in course of erection, will be the largest unit forming the triangular group of new public buildings.” Completed in 1932, it was renamed after Herbert Hoover in 1981. Grade: 1

Code: 31600191
Price: $4.00
Proposed Department of Justice (Washington, DC)
The caption on this unused card pins down plans for the new building. The card itself has a roughly half-inch tear at the left edge. Grade: 5

Code: 31600192
Price: $1.00
Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
An unused old card, whose elaborate and florid caption takes up nearly half of the message space. Grade: 1

Code: 31600193
Price: $5.00
Allentown, Beautiful Lehigh County, multiple views (Pennsylvania, USA)
The caption on this unused card identifies everything, including the county courthouse, a velodrome, Leaser Lake, and the world headquarters of Mack Truck. Indeed, something for everyone. Grade: 2

Code: 31600195
Price: $2.00
Cayenne, La Prefecture (French Guiana)
B&W real-photo card, serrated edges, not postally used but a long message from a wide-eyed newcomer written in 1966. Grade: 4

Code: 31600196
Price: $12.00
World Philatelic Youth Exhibition 1996 (set of two) (Maximum Cards) (Indonesia)
As Maximum Cards, these are nice enough: unused, clean, with just a touch of postmark smudging from the source. One card shows Pos Indonesia’s HQ building, and the other shows Satay House in Bandung. We will just make the minor comment (no pun intended) that these are a little boring for a “World Philatelic Youth Exhibition.” Two sets are available. Grades: 1

Code: 31600197
Price: $10.00
Heilbronn, Townhall and clock (Germany)
Mailed in 2014 with three stamps, postmark, and trilingual Priority label affixed. Grade: 2

Code: 31600198
Price: $1.00
Brookings, Court House (South Dakota, USA)
Real-photo card, not postally used but with Howard G.’s name typed in the upper left reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 31600200K
Price: $3.00
Leavenworth, First City of Kansas, multiple views (USA)
The seven views in this unused card include City Hall, the Leavenworth County Court House, Carroll House Museum, Hollywood Theater, Riverfront Community Center, Harvey House, and Centennial Bridge over the Missouri River. Conspicuously missing: a huge prison. Grade: 1

Code: 31600202
Price: $2.00
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County Court House and Jail
Mailed in 1909, with stamp and clear postmark and message. Grade: 2

Code: 31600206
Price: $9.00
London, Sunset over the Houses of Parliament
A card for many categories, mailed with stamp and indistinct postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 31600208
Price: $1.00
London, Houses of Parliament by night
Mailed in 1989 with 27p stamp, blue air mail sticker, much of the postmark, and some ink transfer on the front. About as typical a mailed postcard as you could ever find. Grade: 3

Code: 31600209T
Price: $1.00
Saigon, L’Immeuble de la Presse et de l’Information
From a series of unused, coloured, French-made (“Editions P.C.”) real-photo postcards, aging at an appropriate rate. Grade: 1

Code: 31600210
Price: $7.00
Miami County Court House, Peru (Indiana, USA)
In 1944, when this card was mailed (stamp and postmark are there), collectors’ exchanges were going strong. One hopes that Mrs. W. got what she wanted from Mrs. G. Someone (probably Mrs. G.) has added a date in the address area. Grade: 3

Code: 31600212
Price: $2.00
Acuarelas de Asunción (Paraguay)
Acuarelas = Watercolours, on this unused card whose views include Palace of the Government, National Pantheon, and Guarani Hotel. Captioned in Spanish, English, and German. The card is clean but aging. Grade: 2

Code: 31600217
Price: $14.00
Elland Road, Leeds (England)
Unused card produced in 1995 or 1996, with an extensive caption explaining everything. The Town Hall appears. Grade: 1

Code: 31600218
Price: $2.00
Budapest, Houses of Parliament
Unused but with four strips of tape on the back. Grade: 5

Code: 31600219
Price: $1.00
Buenos Aires, night view – Municipalidad, Cabildo, Plaza de Mayo
Unused 4″ x 7″ Edicolor card 5.074, aging. Grade: 3

Code: 31600220
Price: $3.00
Buenos Aires, Municipalidad y Av. de Mayo al atardecer
“Atardecer” means late afternoon, but we’ll call it sunset, a view on this 4″ x 7-1/8″ card not postally used but with a Portuguese message on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 31600221
Price: $3.00
Buenos Aires, Plaza Colon y Ministerio de Guerra (Argentina)
Now the Ministry of Defense, on an unused vintage postcard, appropriately but mildly aged. Grade: 1

Code: 31600222
Price: $8.00
Buenos Aires, Casa de Gobierno – Pl. Mayo (Argentina)
Ancient, unused, aging real-photo card. Clean. Grade: 2

Code: 31600223
Price: $14.00
Buenos Aires, Cabildo, Municipalidad y Diagonal
Unused card, aging noticeably. Printing on the reverse is slightly misregistered, making the card look as if someone had trimmed the edge, though that was not the case. Grade: 3

Code: 31600225
Price: $4.00
Tucuman, Casa de Gobierno, Vista nocturna (Argentina)
Not postally mailed, this Grafica card #331 (4″ x 7-1/8″) has a very extensive message in Portuguese covering the back. Grade: 4

Code: 31600227
Price: $2.00
Nassau, The Governor’s Mansion (Bahamas)
Mailed in 1981 with stamp and postmark. Showing its age, but otherwise clean. Grade: 2

Code: 31600228
Price: $6.00
Municipalidad, Santiago (Chile)
These views are all identified (in Spanish) in the caption on the back of this card, mailed in 1990 with two stamps and large postmark. It’s an aging card with bumps and bruises, but all-in-one, after all. Grade: 3

Code: 31600230
Price: $6.00
Habana Moderna, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba
Older, aging, unused card with two pieces of tape along left reverse edge. Grade: 3

Code: 31600231
Price: $2.00
Havana, Sciences Academy
Not postally used, but with messages throughout the reverse, and two pieces of tape at the top reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 31600232
Price: $2.00
La Habana, El Capitolio (Cuba)
Like the previous card in this 1998 series, this has a large and colourful pre-printed “postage paid” stamp in the right area, and this time there’s a partial postmark. There is also some tape on the right reverse edge. Grade: 3

Code: 31600233
Price: $3.00
Asuncion, Palacio de Gobierno (Paraguay)
Not postally used, but with a 1975 date written on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 31600234
Price: $3.00
Asuncion, House of Representatives (Paraguay)
Unused A.G.M. card #4. The front is good; the back is unmarked by writing but abraded around the edges. Grade: 4

Code: 31600235
Price: $3.00
Asuncion, Congreso Nacional (Paraguay)
Continuing a series of unused old cards. Highly aged but otherwise unmarked. This is card #F.514. Grade: 3

Code: 31600236
Price: $4.00
Palacio de Gobierno, Asuncion (Paraguay)
From a series of unused old cards. Highly aged but otherwise unmarked. This is card #F.507. Grade: 3

Code: 31600237
Price: $3.00
Asuncion, Plaza Juan de Salazar y Espinoza al fondo el Congreso Nacional
Continuing a series of unused old cards, some issued under authority of Direccion General de Turismo. Highly aged but otherwise unmarked. This is card #A 3 and we have two available in similar conditions. Grades: 4

Code: 31600238
Price: $3.00
Paramaribo, Tower Building of Ministry of Finance (Suriname)
This unmailed card is in awful condition. There’s a wistful message in English covering the reverse and all we can say is that we hope Guely felt the same about Danny. Grade: 5

Code: 31600240
Price: $4.00
Caracas, Concejo Municipal – Plaza Bolivar (Venezuela)
Unused, older card 134 with some abrasions leftover from being in an album. Grade: 4

Code: 31600241
Price: $4.00
Budapest, Parliament (Hungary)
In maybe the 1980s this card was mailed from Austria (not Hungary, unless you want to close one eye to history), with stamp and indistinct postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 31600242T
Price: $2.00
Moscow, The Kremlin at night
That’s what the captions (in four languages) say, though some of these multiple views seem to have been during the day. But we quibble. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and large, full Moscow postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 31600244
Price: $1.00
Buenos Aires, Casa de Gobierno
Larger (4″ x 8-1/4″) unused card whose bilingual captions take up the entire message area. There is a lot of bumping around the edges. Grade: 3

Code: 31600247
Price: $2.00
Buenos Aires, Casa Rosada
Unused card 1132. Grade: 1

Code: 31600248
Price: $2.00
Buenos Aires, Casa Rosada 1074
Unused card, floridly and bilingually captioned as “Pink House with violet petunias”. Grade: 1

Code: 31600249
Price: $2.00

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