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Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom (Wisconsin, USA)
There seem to be many railway museums in the USA, including this one, with its Warren & Ouachita Railway No. 1, a 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler from 1906. Unused Mary Jayne card MJ432. Grade: 1
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Whippany Railway Museum, Excursion Trains (New Jersey, USA)
Unused Mary Jayne card J18298, showing Lehigh Valley F-7 #576 arriving, and Susquehanna RDC “M-1” ready to leave, while Erie E-8 #835 “holds the Station Track”. Two of these 1998 cards are available. Grades: 1
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Whippany Railway Museum, Jersey Central GP-7 (New Jersey, USA)
Unused Mary Jayne card J18296. There’s a detailed caption. Grade: 1
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Whippany Railway Museum, Delaware & Hudson Caboose #35886 (New Jersey, USA)
Three of these unused Mary Jayne cards J18297 are available. Grades: 1
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Whippany Railway Museum, Frigid Evening (New Jersey, USA)
Unused Mary Jayne card J17753, whose florid caption explains everything. This is Reading’s Alco RS-3 (No. 492) and a water tank … Grade: 1
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Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Railroad, EMD SW-8 Unit #46
Finally (for now), an unused Mary Jayne card MJ648, considerable foxing on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Hurricane Gulch Bridge (Alaska)
Rarely does a caption pack so many statistics into such a short space. One: the bridge is at Mile 284.2 on the Alaska Railroad. Unused, aging card with a small red smudge near the postage area. Grade: 2
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Zaslaye, Railway Station “Belarus”
Mailed in 2013, this card shows a railway station near Minsk. The card has a large “N” stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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Bento Quirino – SP – multiple views (Brazil)
Unused card, captioned in Portuguese, and identifying: (1) Imagem do Padroeiro; (2) Baldwin Locomotive 1891; and (3) A.E.Q. Praça de Esportes “Ovidio Carramaschi”. An eclectic group. Small brown stains on two reverse corners. Grade: 3
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Enschede, Station N.S. (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) (Netherlands)
Unused, older card with serrated edges. Mild smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Buenos Aires, Tunnel of the Libertador Avenue under the railroad (Argentina)
Unused card, 4-1/8″x 6-7/8″, minor foxing on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Buenos Aires, Level crossing cabin in La Boca quarter (Argentina)
Unused card from the 1990s. Grade: 2
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Metro Sub-Urbano, Santiago (Chile)
These views are all identified (in Spanish) in the caption on the back of this card, mailed in 1990 with two stamps and large postmark. It’s an aging card with bumps and bruises, but all-in-one, after all. Grade: 3
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Walt Disney World, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Florida)
Unused card except for a black X inked on the lower right reverse corner. The one upper perforated edge indicates this card came from a set. It’s official Disney card HSC-609-I (PC709). Grade: 3
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Minsk, The Railway Station (Belarus)
Mailed in 2014 with a large “M” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Shanghai, train art (PR China)
Mailed in 2014, with large stamp and Shanghai postmark. Grade: 1
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Hamburg, train (Germany)
Although the photo is strong and the card (mailed in 2014, with stamp, Priority, and faint postmark) in decent condition, it’s an internet card made in Germany but captioned only generically. Grade: 3
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Vestibule of the metro station Komsomolskaya 1935 (Russia)
Captioned in eight languages, the card may show a 1935 photo but it dates from much later than that, and was mailed in 2014 with two stamps and large Orel postmark. Grade: 1
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Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego – multiple views (Argentina)
Unused card whose views include the city, Faro Les Eclaireurs – Canal de Beagle, and Tren del Fin del Mundo. Grade: 1
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I (heart) Taiwan, railway station
This card is really extraordinary. The scan doesn’t pick it up, but it’s printed with tiny iridescent speckles that look a little like snow falling, but that’s not the intended effect. So very much in this unused card. Grade: 1
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Belo Horizonte – MG – Praça da Estação (Brazil)
Unused card, beginning to age. Grade: 1
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Curitiba – PR – Luiz Xavier Avenue – Badly Mouth (Brazil)
Highly aging card, not postally used but with a name and address rubber-stamped into the address area. Grade: 4
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Curitiba – PR – Railroad Curitiba, Great Touristic Attraction (Brazil)
Unused card, beginning to show its age. Grade: 1
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Ouro Preto/Mariana – MG – Trem da Vale (Brazil)
Unused. Grade: 1
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São João del Rei – MG – Trem “Maria Fumaça” (Brazil)
Unused, aging but otherwise clean card. Grade: 1
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São José dos Campos – SP – multiple (Brazil)
All five views are identified in the Portuguese caption on the reverse. Eugenio de Melo is a district in the city. The card was mailed in 2011, with stamp and two large but indistinct postmarks. Grade: 1
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Locomotiva Fowler no. 1 (Brazil)
Unused, official Correios e Telegrafos commemorative card with serial number 010197. Aging. Grade: 2
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Serie Preservacao do Patrimonio – Ferroviario Brasileiro – Locomotiva Baldwin No. 1 (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1983. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 029216. Grade: 3
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Serie Preservacao do Patrimonio – Ferroviario Brasileiro – Locomotiva Hohenzollern No. 980 (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1983. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 011704. Grade: 3
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Maria-Fumaça (Brazil)
There’s lots more in the caption of this unused card, and it’s all in Portuguese. Grade: 1
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Chinese and Foreign Folklore (set of 6) (Hong Kong)
We have three of these unused sets of six cards each, issued by Hongkong Post in 2015 with coloured pre-printed postage, and special First Day philatelic postmarks. The scan shows two of the six cards as examples. If you want to see the others, just ask. In the original cellowrap. Grades: 1
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Royal Gorge, Grand Canon of the Arkansas (Colorado, USA)
Somewhat redundantly, there’s also a longer caption on the back of this unused Acmegraph card 8905 too. Credits to the Denver & Rio Grande R.R. Grade: 1
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Chicago, New Union Station (USA)
Unused Max Rigot Selling Co. card R-50371 whose caption says “This majestic new railroad terminal will occupy the entire block …” and as we know the structure opened in 1925, it helps to date the card. Grade: 1
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Chicago, Union Station, The Fred Harvey Restaurant (USA)
Mailed in 1928, when the railroad station had been open for about three years. The card has a clear postmark and stamp. Grade: 2
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Mount Hood, Oregon, Southern Pacific Lines (USA)
We have two of these unused old cards available. Grades: 1
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Southern Railway Train Along the French Broad River (USA)
The scene is near the Tennessee – North Carolina state line. The card is aged and unused. Grade: 2
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Mt. Rainier from Spray Park, Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)
Not postally used, but with a message pencilled into the message area. The card has a large Union Pacific Railroad name and logo on the back. Grade: 4
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Rocky Mountain National (Estes) Park, Longs Peak Trail (Colorado, USA)
Unused card 85273 prominently issued by Union Pacific Railroad. Large logo on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Montreal, Windsor Station (Canada)
Unused vintage postcard. Grade: 1
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The Old Kennels, Gisburn, Gisburn Station (England)
With the logo of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at bottom right front, their series #1905, this unused B&W card has aged heavily but is still clean. As a side note, while many of you may have seen this instruction before, it was new to us — the printed legend over the message area saying “For Postage in the United Kingdom only.” We wonder why other countries were not allowed … Grade: 2