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Platteville, The Mining Museum (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 41506-D. This seems to be part of a museum complex now. Grade: 1

Code: 34400578
Price: $2.00
Watertown, Octagon House (Wisconsin, USA)
From Wikipedia, condensed: “The Octagon House, also known as the Octagon House Museum or the John Richards Octagon House, was built in 1854 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is one of many octagon houses built in the United States in the mid-19th century.” The unused E.C. Kropp card 4976N has an unusually detailed caption, right down to how much bread the oven could handle. Impressive. Grade: 1

Code: 34400579
Price: $3.00
Ancient Chinese Paintings – 24 Solar Terms (Summer) (Maximum Cards) (set of 6) (Taiwan)
See our description for entry 20325474. Here comes Summer, and for this we show you the front cover and one of the cards in the set, issued in May, 2023. These are the Pre-cancelled, Chinese version. Grade: 1

Code: 34400580
Price: $18.00
Bogota, Balsa Muisca (Colombia)
… in the Musea del Oro, and here on this unused postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 34400581
Price: $3.00
Kenya’s Rift Valley
This unused card was issued by the National Museum of African Art, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., in 1983. It shows “an attentive audience (watching) two Maasai elders playing mbao”. We lived exactly there, in the Masai region in Kenya, for quite awhile and never saw anyone playing mbao. Just the wrong places at the wrong times, maybe. Grade: 1

Code: 34400582
Price: $2.00
Cultural Landmarks in Hong Kong (set of 6)
Issued by Hongkong Post in 2023, unusually without any reference number of their own, this is a set of six cards showing, of course, cultural landmarks: the Cultural Centre, Xiqu Centre, City Hall, the Palace Museum, the Museum of Art, and another exhibition venue, M+. We have two sets. One is normal, unstamped and unused postcards (Grade: 1, $16) and the other has the same cards prepared in almost perfect maximum-card style where the stamps are close enough to the cards’ designs and the cancellations identical for all cards (Grade: 1, $24).

Code: 34400583
Price: $16.00
Alto Valved Horn
Beginning a series of postcards, all unused, from the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona (USA). The instrument is from 1866; the card from 2010. Grade: 1

Code: 34400584
Price: $2.00
Plucked Lute
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this is a 20th-century plucked lute from India. Grade: 1

Code: 34400585
Price: $2.00
Raven Rattle
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this is a 19th-century (c. 1850) wooden item from the Tlingit peoples of USA/Canada. Grade: 1

Code: 34400586
Price: $2.00
Pineapple Model Ukulele
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this dates from about 1935 in Hawaii. Grade: 1

Code: 34400587
Price: $2.00
“The Puppeteer” Acoustic Guitar
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this is a 1995 gift to the Museum from Canada. Grade: 1

Code: 34400588
Price: $2.00
“Legnani” Model Terz Guitar
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this is a 19th-century (1828-1830) multi-media instrument from Vienna. Grade: 1

Code: 34400589
Price: $2.00
Nyatiti (Lyre)
Continuing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, this comes from the Luo ethnic group in Kenya and dates from 1976. Grade: 1

Code: 34400590
Price: $2.00
Mouth Organ
Completing our series of unused cards from the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, the German name for this is Martinstrompete and it dates from about 1930. Grade: 1

Code: 34400591
Price: $2.00
Vienna, Bestattungsmuseum (Austria)
The Bestattungsmuseum Wien (Vienna Funeral Museum) gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death, and adds information on historical and current funeral services in Vienna. This card was not postally used, but has an explanatory note added to the back. Grade: 4

Code: 34400592
Price: $1.00
Vienna, Museum of Military History (Austria)
HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) in Vienna, on an unmailed card whose reverse has a long message. Grade: 4

Code: 34400593
Price: $1.00
Hong Kong Museums Collection – Selected Tea Ware (Set of 8)
Our scan shows you one of eight tea ware-themed cards in this set issued as “Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 75” by Hongkong Post in 2024. They have pre-printed, coloured postage and a special philatelic cancellation. If by some chance you specialise in tea postcards, this set will anchor your collection. Grade: 1

Code: 34400594
Price: $22.00
Bucharest, The Village Museum (Romania)
A window into various scenes from this popular museum. The card was mailed from Canada (not Romania!) in 2024, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 34400595
Price: $1.00
Lhasa (Tibet), Holy City, Pilgrimage Road Set (PR China)
This is an unopened set of cards, in the original cello-wrap, showing what may be 30 scenes of Potala Palace and other notable sights in and around Lhasa. We base our estimate of 30 cards on the 30 thumbnail shots on the reverse of the cardboard cover, which we will scan and e-mail to you if you are interested. All text on the outer cover is in Chinese. Grade: 1

Code: 34400596
Price: $79.00

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