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Holiday Inn (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia)
There it is, in your face: Greetings from Borneo. Three of these unused cards from the 1980s Holiday Inn are available. Grades: 1
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Tambun Inn (Ipoh, Malaysia)
At the time we got the card (1980s) it called the Tambun Inn “Ipoh’s most prestigious hotel.” Wonder if that is still true? Unused. The scan cuts a little bit off the lowest caption. Grade: 3
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Burau Bay Resort (Malaysia)
Two of these 5″ x 7″ cards from 1991 are available, stamps and postmarks there, showing the “delightfully designed Burau Bay Resort.” There’s a lot more but we’re not on their payroll. Grades: 2 ($3) and 1 ($4).
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New World Hotel, Cao Dai priest (Saigon)
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card issued by the New World Hotel in Saigon. Grade: 2
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New World Hotel, Perfume River (Saigon)
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card issued by the New World Hotel in Saigon. Grade: 2
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New World Hotel, Saigon flower market
Unused 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card issued by the New World Hotel in Saigon. Grade: 1
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St. Louis Hotel, slave block (New Orleans)
A desirable card of an undesirable time. This card appears in several historical reference books. The example we have here is unused, from the early 1900s, C.T. American Art #A-12864. Wonderful condition. Grade: 1.
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Fairview Manor (St. Petersburg, FL)
If we could charge based on sentiment alone, this card would be priceless. But we are more realistic than that. It was not postally used, and has a black rubber stamp mark on the reverse. The card dates from about 1952, and about all we can say here is that if you have been looking for one of these cards, here it is. Grade: 4
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Yearning Resort (PR China)
When you visit this sprawling resort in southern China, you get a large ticket whose perforated portions are collected the further in you go, leaving you with pre-stamped postcards with maps filling the message space, but room for address. It sounds more complicated than it is. Two of these are available. Grades: 1
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Mark Hopkins (San Francisco)
Unused, but noticeably aging. Grade: 2
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Radisson Seoul Plaza Hotel, food (Korea)
Unused card from the late 1990s or maybe early 2000s. Grade: 1
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Hotel Merlin (Kuala Lumpur)
When this unused card was printed, the Merlin was the “Largest Hotel in Malaysia.” That title may have passed, but in its day the Merlin was quite the social centre. Grade: 1
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Kinshicho Tobu Hotel (Tokyo)
It’s nice that they clarify this is a shot of the exterior. Unused card. Grade: 2
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Kinshicho Tobu Hotel, main lobby (Tokyo)
Unused card from about 2000. Grade: 1
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Hotel du Rhone (Geneva)
The unused card and the hotel are perfectly OK. Grade: 1
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Radisson Seoul Plaza Hotel, exterior (Korea)
Unused card from the late 1990s or maybe early 2000s. Grade: 1
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Raffles Hotel (Singapore)
Arguably Singapore’s most famous hotel, Raffles survives. This card has serrated edges and was mailed in Malaysia in 1986 with Johor stamp and nearly all of a postmark. Grade: 3
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Alice Springs Pacific Resort (Australia)
Four unused cards are available, vintage 1990s, beginning to age somewhat on the reverse. Grades: 2
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Sydney Hilton, Marble Bar (Australia)
Five cards are available, with serrated edges. Here are the details: Three are unused and just as you see in the scan (Grades: 1, $4.50). One is the same card as the scan, and was mailed, with stamp but no postmark, in 1984 (Grade: 4, $2). One is unused, but where the scan shows “Hilton International Sydney,” this card has “Sydney Hilton.” Same photos, though (Grade: 1, $4.50).
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Hotel London (London, Ontario)
Unused card from the 1950s, rounded corners. Minor latent creasing, and the reverse has a travel agency’s rubber stamp mark. Grade: 4
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Sioux Narrows Hotel dining room (Ontario)
From the 1950s, unused card (with rounded corners) of the dining room of the Sioux Narrows Hotel. The front has minor abrasions. The reverse has a pencilled note along with a travel agency’s rubber stamp marking. Grade: 4
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Big Chief Lodge, Orillia (Ontario, Canada)
The story is worth more than the card. It was mailed (with stamp and postmark) to a USA address, and then forwarded to another, causing the large and full postmark on the front. The sender–the proprietor of the lodge–was a descendant of Buffalo Bill, and the card bears the proprietor’s full signature. Alas, the condition of the card is terrible. Full disclosure! Grade: 5
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Big Chief Lodge, Manitou Lodges (Canada)
Three cards are available. Two are aged, unmailed, and have a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse (Grades: 4, $1.50). One had been mailed but the stamps have been torn off and it also has the rubber stamp (Grade: 5, $1).
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Big Chief Lodge, #1 Cottage (Canada)
Two unmailed cards are available, each heavily handled. One has a 4-cent Canadian stamp but no address or message. Both have the travel agent’s rubber stamp in the address section. Grades: 4
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Chieftan Motel, Orillia (Ontario, Canada)
Unused card from the 1950s, with rounded corners. Apart from a travel agency’s rubber stamp in the address area, there is a pencilled indication that the proprietor is related to Buffalo Bill. Grade: 4
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Sioux Narrows Hotel (Canada)
Dexter Press card 68338, with rounded corners, unused but with the travel agency rubber stamp marking on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Maple Glen Motel (London, Ontario)
From the 1950s, Dexter Press card 70391, rounded edges, marked with travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Chengdu (PR China)
Two unused cards are available, from the 1990s. At the time, it seemed quite luxurious to have a Holiday Inn in Chengdu. Probably still does. Grades: 1
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Furama Hotel, Dalian (PR China)
Five cards are available, apparently issued or at least sanctioned by the Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Administration–not sure why, as Dalian is quite far from Shanghai. Four are unused, and these show a misprint near the stamp area: “the Pelple’s Republic of China” (Grades: 1, $4). The fifth was mailed in 1997 with three stamps and two complete postmarks, but those stamps cover the misprint (Grade: 1, $6).
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Jianguo Hotel (Beijing)
Two cards are available, commemorating the hotel’s 15th anniversary in 1997. One is unused (Grade: 1, $4). The other was mailed from Malaysia (NOT China!) in 1998, with two Malaysian stamps but only partly readable postmark (Grade: 3, $5).
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Jianguo Hotel (Shanghai)
Nice unused card that makes this hotel look quite formidable. Grade: 1
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Gitic Riverside Hotel, Guangzhou (PR China)
Unused card, beginning to age a little bit. Grade: 2
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Gitic Riverside Hotel, room (Guangzhou, PR China)
Unused card, beginning to age a little bit but still excellent. Grade: 1
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Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing
Two unused cards are available. As-new. Grades: 1
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Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana
“The largest and finest in the Caribbean,” a hotel pictured on a well-before-Castro card, unmailed and heavily creased, and with a travel agent’s rubber stamp in the address section of the reverse. Grade: 4
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Langham Hilton, London
Two unused 5″ x 5.9″ cards are available. One is Grade: 1 ($3.50), and the other one–mottling–is Grade: 3 ($2.50).
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L’Hotel des Invalides, Paris
French card, but mailed from Japan in 1997 with three stamps and two full postmarks as well as affixed (personalized) airmail sticker and blue airmail rubber stamp. Grade: 4
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Regal Airport Hotel (Hong Kong)
Unused card of the hotel that was (at the time) “linked to Hong Kong International Airport by an air-conditioned walkway.” Well, the airport is gone since 1998 and the hotel now has a different name. The card, however, is here for you. Grade: 1
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Regal Airport Hotel (Hong Kong)
Unused companion card to 20308235. Grade: 1
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Grand Hyatt Hotel, lobby (Hong Kong)
Three of these 4.6″ x 6.5″ unused cards are available. Grades: 1