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Lexington, Revolutionary War Monument (Massachusetts)
Unused Historama card, possibly printed in 1974 or 1975. Aging. Grade: 2
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Wenatchee Valley, overlooking apple orchards (Washington, USA)
The unused card dates at some point during the second World War, because it has this caption on the back: “This card is furnished for convenience of men in the armed services by the Washington State Progress Commission … Write the Commission for any information desired about the state or for Victory File for use in planning your first after-war vacation.” Aged and handled over the years, though still Grade: 2.
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She’s a Soldier Too
A Columbia Pictures film from 1944 on a 5-1/2″ x 8″ card mailed from the USA in 2013 with a round Global Forever stamp and blurred postmark. Postal barcoding on both sides. Grade: 2
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Kazan, The Artillery (Cannon) foundry (Russia)
Like many other Russian (and Eastern European) cards of this style, this is not really meant to be a postcard but could be used as one with some difficulty. It is 4″ x 7-7/8″ and fully preprinted with captions and historical information on the back, and–in this case–additional messages from the sender. Not postally used. Grade: 4
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On Duty.
Sweet. Unused. Old. Grade: 3
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As a lover he bade farewell to his sweetheart
Embossed, German-made card (does ANYONE see the irony in this?) mailed in the USA in 1908, with stamp and Texas postmark. Grade: 2
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F/A-18 Hornet (USA)
Unused card. US Marine Corps. Grade: 1
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Maidstone Memorial in Brenchley Gardens (England)
Photochrom card, not postally used. Someone had pencilled in some information about the monument on the reverse. Grade: 4
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The Pentagon, Arlington (Virginia)
There’s no shortage of Pentagon postcards, but the Smithsonian–which should know better, we think–loudly captions this as being in Washington, DC, when of course it is across the Potomac River in Arlington. Oh, well. Mailed in 2013 with five different stamps (two of them uncancelled) and full postmark. Perforated left edge suggests it came out of a book. Grade: 2
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Charleston, Civil War (South Carolina, USA)
Mailed in 2013 with a round Global Forever stamp, postmark, and some postal abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Welcome Our Liberators (France)
The sands of time are beginning to overcome the sands of the Normandy landing beaches. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Sword Beach (France)
Contemporary, unused card of this 1944 event. Grade: 1
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Eisenhower and Montgomery
Unused card from France, extensively captioned in French and English, explaining the D-Day invasion on 6th June 1944. Grade: 1
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Soldier with rifle behind skyline (DPR Korea)
The text says, approximately, “Let’s materialize our Army’s best practice!” We put some cards like these into “Military” but many more only appear in the “North Korea” country category, so consider looking over there too. Unused card. Grade: 1
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DPR Korea flag, and soldier
The text says: “People’s army is the nation’s strength!” See also the “North Korea” country category. Unused card. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: The Battle of Queenston Heights (Canada)
We’ve a series of unused cards commemorating events in “The Fight for Canada”. This one features Sir Isaac Brock. Grade: 1
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Fort Sam Houston Station Hospital (Texas)
Special for several reasons: (1) old and in good condition; (2) fully readable 1943 postmark; and (3) deliberately sent without a stamp because the sender was in the military. If you collect hospital postcards, you should want this. Grade: 1
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Old North Bridge, Concord (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused, very old “local” card. Grade: 1
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Museum of Military Glory, Gomel (Belarus)
The full caption reads: “Museum of military glory, branch of the regional museum of local lore. Gun of XVIII century”. The card was made in 2006 and mailed in 2013 with a colourful “M” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: The Battle of Beaver Dams (Canada)
We’ve a series of unused cards commemorating events in “The Fight for Canada”. This one features Laura Secord. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: The Battle of the Thames (Canada)
We’ve a series of unused cards commemorating events in “The Fight for Canada”. This one features Tecumseh. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: Tecumseh, Shawnee War Chief
Unused card from the Canadian Government, with a bilingual (of course) biography and a QR Code on the back to tell you everything. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: Metis Fighters (Canada)
Unused card from the Canadian Government, with a bilingual (of course) account, and a QR Code on the back to tell you everything. Grade: 1
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The War of 1812: Chief Oshawana (John Naudee) (Canada)
Unused card from the Canadian Government, with a bilingual (of course) account, and a QR Code on the back to tell you everything. Grade: 1
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Charlestown, The Fort at No. 4 (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused, unattributed card of this scene overlooking the Connecticut River. Grade: 1
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Charlestown, Old Fort No. 4, Rebuilt 1744 Bastion (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused card 156038. Grade: 1
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Portland, Battleship Oregon Memorial (Oregon, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 9C-K1811. Small smudge in stamp area. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, The Mormon Battalion Monument (Utah, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P29152, aging somewhat. Grade: 2
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Military Decoration (Maximum Card) (South Africa)
Unused Maximum Card from 11 September 1984. Grade: 1
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Pos Indonesia
Unused card with two of four perforated edges, so there had been a set. Grade: 1
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New Year 2008 (set of 5) (DPR Korea)
Similar in theme to our previous DPRK New Year entries, and with heavier paper stock than the years before 2007. A set of five unused cards, with pre-printed postage, for domestic use and entirely in Korean. Grade: 1
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New Year 2009 (set of five) (DPR Korea)
Set of five unused cards, with pre-printed postage for domestic use. Grades: 1
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New Year 2010 (set of 5) (DPR Korea)
Unused set of five, with pre-printed postage for domestic use. Grades: 1
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New Year 2012 (set of five) (DPR Korea)
Unused New Year set of five cards for 2012, all with pre-printed 10W postage for domestic use. Grades: 1
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New Year 2014 (set of 5) (DPR Korea)
For 2014, the five-card New Year set is much more substantial, at least in the paper stock. Once again, unused cards, with domestic pre-printed postage. Grade: 1
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Follow me!
This postcard of an old Second World War recruiting poster (we suppose) was mailed from Singapore with two stamps that never got cancelled. Though we are tempted to pass the card along to Singapore and have it mailed again, we won’t do that. Grade: 4
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Thanksgiving in the P.I. As the Service Man sees it. (Philippines)
An extraordinary, unused card of a poem by Gallaher, clearly dated Nov. 26, 1914 on the bottom front. Attributed to Subic Bay Press, aging but in great condition and definitely not easily found by a search engine. Grade: 1
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Cold Steel, U.S. Marines First Hand Battle
This is the first in our series of unused cards published by The Chicago Daily News, G.J. Kavanaugh, War Postal Card Department, with World War I scenes. This series seems readily available through search engines, though usually not well-described, so all we will say about our cards is that they are in excellent condition, very fairly priced compared to what we see, and we have quite a few different ones. Grade: 1
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Yanks going into action – France
See description for 34200173K. Grade: 1
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Barbed wire cut, Americans creeping …
See description for 34200173K. Grade: 1