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The Hoisting of the National Flag, 1911 (Agim Zajmi) (Albania)
Unused card from Tirana, dated 1982. Heavily aged, but clean. Grade: 2 (SOLD)

Code: 34200259
Concord, Grave of British Soldiers (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused vintage postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 34200261
Price: $1.00
Military action (Maximum Cards) (Set of 6) (PR China)
Our scan shows you four of the six cards in this set, issued by China National Philatelic in 2016. The other two cards of course have a similar theme and design, and if you want to see them, let us know. QR code on the backs. Unused, with Chinese-only captions, set MC-114. Grade: 1

Code: 34200263
Price: $12.00
Period of Anti-US Joint Struggle (set of 2) (DPR Korea)
The two cards in this unused set have bilingual Korean/English captions (“Paektusan rifles would not forgive!” and “A merciless blow to sworn enemy for hundreds of years!” respectively), and very large and colourful pre-printed postage on the reverses. Grade: 1

Code: 34200264
Price: $18.00
Tarawa, war relics (Kiribati)
Unused 4″ x 8-1/4″ card. Grade: 1

Code: 34200265
Price: $6.00
Yenan (set of 12) – cover (PR China)
Jonesing for Yenan postcards? This is an unused set of 12 from 1971, and as the text shows, the focus is on early days of Chairman Mao, with military overtones. See entry 20307873B for sample cards. The cover is badly abraded but the cards are fine. Grade: 2

Code: 34200266A
Price: $14.00
Yenan (set of 12) – sample cards (PR China)
See entry 34200266A for the general description. Here’s a sample of four of the 12 cards in the set. Because of the abraded cover, Grade: 2

Code: 34200266B
Price: $14.00
Jiangxi, Lu Shan (set of 10) – cover (PR China)
Mount Lu or Lushan, also known as Kuanglu in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in southeastern China, and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country. (Thanks to Wikipedia for this.) We offer a set of ten unused glossy cards from 1972, on a variety of themes associated with the mountain and surrounding area. See also entry 34200267B. The cover is somewhat abraded; the cards are in good condition. Grade overall: 2

Code: 34200267A
Price: $12.00
Jiangxi, Lu Shan (set of 10) – four sample cards (PR China)
See entry 34200267A. Here are four of the ten cards.

Code: 34200267B
Price: $12.00
Caracas, Circulo de las Fuerzes Armadas (Venezuela)
Unused, older card — with blue beach umbrellas! Grade: 1

Code: 34200268
Price: $3.00
“Alabama” Greetings (USA)
“What’er we be”? O, the possibilities! Unused card 41318. The views include Cheaha State Park, Bellingrath Gardens, a Jupiter missile, DeSoto Falls, and Vulcan, the Iron Man. Grade: 1

Code: 34200269
Price: $1.00
San Diego, USS Midway Museum (California)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34200270
Price: $1.00
The 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March … (PR China)
We ask you to look back to our entry #20307825 (for PR China) and the few that follow, showing a 2015 series of unused cards–blank on the reverse–commemorating specific anniversaries, events, or notable dates. Each card had pre-printed postage on the front. So now we have a similar series from 2016, each with an individual reference number as well as the series number, which in this case is JP 215. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34200271
Price: $1.00
Once a Marine … (USA)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34200272
Price: $2.00
East New Britain Province, old japanese world war II submarine base (Papua New Guinea)
Official card from Post PNG. This interesting and poignant area is littered with caves and tunnels as reminders of the conflict. One card is unused (Grade: 1, $6) and the other has a large stamp with full Kokopo postmark from 2017 but no other handwriting. (Grade: 1, $12).

Code: 34200273
Price: $6.00
Rabaul, WWII Japanese Barge Tunnel (Papua New Guinea)
As of this writing, the scene pictured on this card is not overly commercialised or developed — but that may change before too long. Unused card from Post PNG, with this in the stamp area: “Domestic Postage Paid Papua New Guinea – Additional Postage required if sending overseas”. We’re also guessing there is not a lot of domestic postcard traffic in PNG. Grade: 1

Code: 34200274
Price: $7.00
Alpes-Maritimes – Vue sur Sospel et le Fort du Barbonnet (France)
Between the postmarks and the message, we think this card was mailed in 1914. Stamp is still there, multiple postmarks, but the view may have changed. Grade: 3

Code: 34200275
Price: $8.00
Toulon – Marine de Guerre (France)
Stamp is here, and postmark that reluctantly reveals the year as “19_9”. Guessing 1939, but … Multiple views of different ships in the military fleet, including Courset (Cuirasse), Algerie (Croiseur), Surcouf (Sous Marin), and Bearn (Porte Avions). Instructive. Grade: 3

Code: 34200276
Price: $6.00
Contra-Torpilleur “Tigre” (France)
Mailed in 1941. One very clear–and another less distinct–postmark are there, but no stamp. Instead, a round “chop” indicating a stamp was not necessary as the card was posted by a soldier. Grade: 3

Code: 34200277
Price: $7.00
Marine Militaire Francaise – “Belier” Torpilleur d’Escadre (France)
Written by a soldier to a soldier in 1914, here’s an iconic wartime postcard with multiple 1914 postmarks but no need for a stamp (as an imprint on the reverse shows). Entirely apart from the historical value of the postcard, we enjoyed seeing that the name of the recipient was Monsieur Pierre Fromage. Yes, we know it’s not a unique name but we enjoyed seeing it anyway. Grade: 3

Code: 34200278
Price: $12.00
Newport, US Naval Training Station, War College and Administration Building (Rhode Island, USA)
Unused, Berger Bros. linen card 62467. Grade: 1

Code: 34200279
Price: $1.00
Surabaya, MONKASEL (Indonesia)
An unused card for many categories, reflecting Indonesians’ fondness for calling things and places by acronyms. Any search engine will tell you the odd story of MOnumen KApal SELam. Grade: 1

Code: 34200280
Price: $3.00
Okinawa, Cave of Former Japanese Navy Headquarters (Japan)
Continuing a series of unused cards, captioned mostly in Japanese and Chinese, but with the key identification also in English (or we should say western letters). Grade: 1

Code: 34200281
Price: $2.00
Okinawa, Reimeinoto (Japan)
From a series of unused cards, captioned (usually) briefly in Chinese, then Japanese, then more of an often-colourful and enjoyable English. Grade: 1

Code: 34200282
Price: $2.00
Okinawa, Kenjinoto (Japan)
From a series of unused cards, captioned (usually) briefly in Chinese, then Japanese, then more of an often-colourful and enjoyable English. For this card, not enjoyable but descriptive: “Dedicated to the teachers and school boys of Okinawa Normal School who battled with Japanese Forces until death in the War.” Grade: 1

Code: 34200283
Price: $2.00
Gulfport, Entrance to U.S. Veterans Hospital (Mississippi, USA)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 8851 of “one of the most beautiful veteran’s homes in the country”. Grade: 1

Code: 34200284
Price: $1.00
Martinsburg, Newton D. Baker Veterans’ Administration Hospital Center (West Virginia, USA)
Mailed in 1948 by a patient who clearly wanted to go home, this card has its stamp and postmark, and an extra small rubber-stamp indicating that the recipient answered it. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. What makes this postcard more distinctive, it seems like the original caption was along the top edge but something went wrong so the producer overprinted that black line and put a new caption at the bottom. Anyway … Grade: 3

Code: 34200285
Price: $2.00
Gulfport, Confederate Monument, Harrison County Courthouse (Mississippi, USA)
Maybe it’s just because we are so far away, but Mississippi postcards have been harder for us to source. As for this unused E.C. Kropp entry 12581N, after a quick Google search, and as of August 2017, the statue has survived America’s national purge of Confederate symbols. No idea right now what happened after that. Grade: 1

Code: 34200286
Price: $2.00
Yuma, Quartermaster Depot (Arizona, USA)
Part of the military outpost of Fort Yuma in the late 1800s, on this unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34200287
Price: $1.00
Natchez, Ante-Bellum Mansion on Site of Fort Rosalie – Gen. Grant’s Headquarters (Mississippi, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 2A-359N, whose brief caption is cleverly descriptive and mentions General Grant’s role (he was to become U.S. President). Very minor foxing on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 34200288
Price: $2.00
Providence, Rhode Island (USA) – multiple views
We’re thinking if you live in, or come from, Providence, you might want this. Not postally used, it has a message totally covering the reverse, from very long ago. The scenes are all identified, and may be too small to make out in the scan, so we will identify them for you: City Hall and Soldiers Monument; State Capitol; New Armory; Brown University; Central Fire Station; New Post Office; State Normal School; St. Francis Xaviers Convent; Westminster St.; Roger Williams Park; and St. Peter’s and Paul’s Cathedral. That’s a lot for one postcard. Grade: 4

Code: 34200289
Price: $4.00
U.S. Marine HQ in Beirut, Lebanon – 1983
Unused Mike Roberts card CL-RR.#130 (SC18582) whose caption details favourable public reaction to President Reagan’s assumption of responsibility for this bombing. Grade: 1

Code: 34200290
Price: $3.00
Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio (Texas, USA)
Often heard as Brooke Army Medical Center, on this unused, slightly aging Dexter Press postcard 45621 (DB-196). Grade: 1

Code: 34200291
Price: $1.00
Fort Wellington, Prescott (Ontario, Canada)
This is the 1838 blockhouse at the Fort Wellington National Historic Site. So far, so good. The card was mailed in 2019, and has orange postal barcoding on the reverse, but what makes the card really distinctive are the three (uncancelled) different bear stamps. Grade: 1

Code: 34200292
Price: $1.00
Tobacco Counter, Post Exchange, Army Air Base, Salt Lake City (Utah, USA)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 13062N. Grade: 1

Code: 34200293
Price: $2.00
Natchez Trace Parkway, Brices Cross Roads (Mississippi, USA)
Unused card heralding Confederate victory. Grade: 1

Code: 34200294
Price: $2.00
7th CISM Military World Games, Wuhan 2019 (Maximum Cards) (set of 4)
These four (unused) cards, issued in October 2019, come in a cardboard cover with holographic sticker. We cannot help but observe that organizers must have breathed a sigh of relief (so to speak) that the Games ended when they did, despite controversies. Two sets are available. Grade: 1

Code: 34200295
Price: $19.00
Destination Argonne Ardennaise (France)
From the Vouziers Tourism Office, a scene from the Circuit of Sergeant York (Chatel-Chehery), mailed in 2019 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 34200296
Price: $2.00
National Military Park, Old Warren County Courthouse, Vicksburg (Mississippi, USA)
Unused old postcard of a building completed in 1861. Grade: 1

Code: 34200297
Price: $2.00
Fort Lincoln State Park (North Dakota, USA)
If we assume this structure is the same as the one on our entry 10135005, can you spot the main difference? Unused card of this U.S. Army post used by Gen. George Custer. Grade: 1

Code: 34200298
Price: $2.00

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