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Cleveland, Bird’s-Eye View of Art Museum and Fine Arts Garden (Ohio)
Unused, old and heavily aged linen C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H1763 (C.22). Grade: 2

Code: 34400392
Price: $2.00
Martello Tower, St. John (New Brunswick, Canada)
At first, we thought this was a lighthouse, but after Googling we learned differently. Dating from the War of 1812, the tower–now called Carleton Martello Tower–is one of nine surviving in Canada and is more correctly defined as a stone defence tower. As for the postcard, mailed in 1909 with stamp and postmark but also many abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 34400393
Price: $4.00
National Palace Museum (Taiwan) (Maximum Cards) (set of three)
Our scan shows the three (unused) cards in this set, and the cover (lower right). The cards commemorate the opening of the Southern Branch of the Museum and were issued in 2015. Grade: 1

Code: 34400394
Price: $9.00
Birkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (England)
Unused Valentine’s “Sepiatype” series, No. G2972, with this interesting instruction in the stamp area: “J Stamp if with only sender’s name and address and 5 words conventional greeting”. Grade: 1

Code: 34400395
Price: $2.00
Berlin, Lustgarten, Altes Museum, Dom (Germany)
Unused old card, aged but clean. Grade: 1

Code: 34400396
Price: $1.00
Bayreuth, Villa Wahnfried (Germany)
From Wikipedia: “Wahnfried was the name given by Richard Wagner to his villa in Bayreuth. The name is a German compound of Wahn (delusion, madness) and Fried(e), (peace, freedom). The house was constructed from 1872 to 1874 … The front of the house shows Wagner’s motto “Hier wo mein Wähnen Frieden fand – Wahnfried – sei dieses Haus von mir benannt.” (“Here where my delusions have found peace, let this place be named Wahnfried.”) The grave of Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima lies on the grounds of Wahnfried. The house has been a museum since 1976.” The unused sepia postcard is very heavily aged, but clean. Grade: 2

Code: 34400397
Price: $2.00
Berlin, Dom, Lustgarten, Altes Museum
Not postally used, this very old postcard has a message completely covering the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 34400398
Price: $1.00
Colmar, Musee des Unterlinden, La Chapelle (France)
Unused sepia card from Societe Schoengauer. Very old. Grade: 2

Code: 34400399
Price: $1.00
Firenze – Palazzo Pitti (Italy)
In 1910, the person who bought this card wrote a notation on the reverse, giving thoughts about the visit. So, not postally used. Grade: 3

Code: 34400400
Price: $2.00
Firenze – Palazzo del Podesta (Bargello) (Italy)
In 1910, the person who bought this card wrote the date on the reverse. So, not postally used. Grade: 3

Code: 34400401
Price: $2.00
Milano – Castello Sforzesco (Italy)
Though this card was mailed in 1935, it was from the USA, with stamp and postmark, from one member of a postcard-collecting club to another. Upper left corner torn. Grade: 5

Code: 34400402
Price: $0.50
St. Augustine, The Municipal Lightner, Museum of Hobbies (Florida)
Despite the way the caption is written, this may be more accurately called the “Lightner Museum of Hobbies”. It used to be the Hotel Alcazar … and this is an unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34400405
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, Swift’s “Food for Life” Exhibit (USA)
Mailed in 1958, with a 3-cent stamp and New York postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 34400406
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History (USA)
Mailed in June, 1941, with stamp, full postmark, and (to us, at least) an interesting message of the era. How much we would like to know how long Marge finally lasted there. Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 34400407
Price: $3.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industries, Jackson Park (Illinois)
Unusually, this unused Curteichcolor card 1C-K188 got the museum’s name wrong (should be Industry). Grade: 1

Code: 34400408
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry
Unused Plastichrome card P30651, whose reverse caption calls this the “World’s Busiest Museum”. (The Louvre in Paris might dispute that.) Grade: 1

Code: 34400409
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, Jackson Park
Unused Curteichcolor card 1C-K188, noticeably aging. Grade: 2

Code: 34400410
Price: $1.00
Chicago, The Museum of Science and Industry
Unused Plastichrome card P13143. Beginning to show its age, but clean. Grade: 1

Code: 34400411
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, “Slave Arms” (USA)
Not what you might think. Caption says: “Gigantic ‘slave arms’ are used by the demonstrator … to handle ‘radio-active’ materials in the ‘Atoms for Peace’ display”. Unused, aging Plastichrome card P30655. Grade: 1

Code: 34400412
Price: $1.00
Rock Island Arsenal, Browning Memorial Museum, Court of Patriots (Illinois, USA)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34400414
Price: $0.50
Harold Warp Pioneer Village, Original Pony Express Station (Minden, Nebraska, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 13228-B. The card only places this attraction “132 Miles West of Lincoln”, so we looked it up. Grade: 1

Code: 34400416
Price: $1.00
Cincinnati Art Museum, “Ruins of the Chateau Pierrefonds” (J.B.C. Corot)
Unused real-photo card. Grade: 2

Code: 34400417
Price: $1.00
Philadelphia, Independence Hall (Pennsylvania, USA)
Old, undivided back, unused card calling Independence Hall “The most famous building in America.” If not that, then certainly one of the most historical. Grade: 2

Code: 34400418
Price: $2.00
Police Museum — 2005 (set of 10) (Hong Kong)
Issued by the Hong Kong Police Force Museum in 2005, our scan shows the cardboard cover and one card from this 10-card B&W unused set. Everything is from the old days, various formal squad portraits both indoors and outside. Grade: 1

Code: 34400419
Price: $22.00
Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington (Virginia)
We have before referred to how similar cards from this angle can be. Here’s yet another version. Unused View Gram card BSS 120 (1355). Grade: 1

Code: 34400423
Price: $1.00
Main Hall, Mt. Vernon Mansion (Virginia)
Very old, unused yet heavily handled Leet Brothers card R-22580. Grade: 3

Code: 34400424
Price: $3.00
Watertown, Master Bedroom in the Octagon House (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused L.L. Cook card 32808-B. Grade: 1

Code: 34400425
Price: $0.50
Watertown, Parlor in the Octagon House (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused L.L. Cook card 32809-B. Grade: 1

Code: 34400426
Price: $0.50
Watertown, Dining Room in Octagon House (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused “local” card 125446. Grade: 1

Code: 34400427
Price: $0.50
Watertown, Basement Kitchen in the Octagon House (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused L.L. Cook card 32807-B, dated 1960. Grade: 1

Code: 34400428
Price: $0.50
Watertown, Interior of the Building (Wisconsin, USA)
The building in question is Mrs. Carl Schurz’s First Kindergarten in the U.S. in 1856. You can compare this unused L.L. Cook card 32811-B with our entry 10150102, and wonder what’s the difference. The answer: not much. Grade: 1

Code: 34400429
Price: $0.50
London, The Guildhall (sic)
Unused, aging Valentine’s Series card 40891. We do not know of Guildhall ourselves, but are admonished by online sources not to use “The” as this postcard does. Maybe it was correct at the time? Grade: 1

Code: 34400430
Price: $3.00
The National Museum (Washington, DC)
Captioned “The New National Museum,” the card’s postmark doesn’t show the year clearly but the 2-cent stamp is there. Grade: 3

Code: 34400431
Price: $2.00
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Grand Entrance
The sculptured figure is of Prince Albert. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34400433
Price: $2.00
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, The John Madjeski Garden
Unused card with a small dent in the top from being knocked against something before. Grade: 2

Code: 34400434
Price: $1.00
Yilan, Lanyang Museum (Taiwan)
Unusual card in that it was dispensed from a vending machine and mailed in 2016 with a large red “Postage Paid” chop. Grade: 2

Code: 34400435
Price: $2.00
Maximum Cards of Ancient Chinese Paintings from the National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
The title of this set of eight Maximum Cards is so long, it wouldn’t all fit into the header. The subtitle therefore is: Immortal Blossoms of an Eternal Spring (I). The front of the cardboard cover appears at the bottom of the scan, and two of the eight cards above. If you want to see the others, please ask us. Grade: 1

Code: 34400436
Price: $22.00
National Gallery of Art, Columbia Jay (J.J. Audubon) (Washington, DC)
We won’t call this a true Maximum Card because it doesn’t meet the usual criteria, but it is First Day of Issue (in 1963) and otherwise unused. Grade: 1

Code: 34400437
Price: $3.00
Berat, Muzeu Onufri (Albania)
The Onufri National Iconographic Museum is inside the Berat Castle, which means a short walk or a long drive to get up there. It has quite a few nice displays, which they might want to start protecting soon against all manner of possible situations. Unused card, with detailed captions in Albanian and English explaining the views. Grade: 1

Code: 34400438
Price: $4.00
Berat, Muzeu Etnografik (Albania)
Ethnographic museums are scattered all around Albania, as well they should be, with such a rich and varied history. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 34400439
Price: $4.00

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