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Lokomotiva 242.205-3 CD u Nezvestic (Czech Republic)
We doubt we have this header right but the long captions are almost all in Czech, and this is what we see first. Mailed in 2014, with four different stamps, three postmarks, and a blue Prioritaire label affixed. A great example of a railroad postcard. Grade: 1
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Victoria, Dandenong Ranges, Puffing Billy (Australia)
Mailed in 2014, the card has stamp and Air Mail sticker, illegible postmark, and orange postal barcoding across the front. Grade: 3
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Santa Maria, train and strawberries (California)
Mailed in 2014 with two stamps and postmark, this is an unusual combination of pictures. Other rubber stamp legends on the reverse. Grade: 3
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White Pass & Yukon train (Canada)
Unused card, serrated edges. The scene is on a bridge at Carcross, Yukon, along the route from Skagway to Whitehorse. Grade: 1
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Los Angeles, Union Station (California)
Unused Curteichcolor card L.217 (6DK-1941). Grade: 1
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Sun Valley, “Meeting Place” – Union Pacific Railroad (Idaho, USA)
Another in Union Pacific Railroad’s occasional series of places they went and tours they offered. Unused card with the company logo on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Los Angeles, Union Station (with text)
Unused, significantly aged Kolor Sales Ko. card KSK-1263 (51433-B) from Dexter Press. Not to be confused with our item #34800353, which has the same photo, same reverse, and same manufacturer’s numbers but without text on the front. Grade: 3
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Los Angeles, Union Station (without text)
Unused, aging Kolor Sales Ko. card KSK-1263 (51433-B) from Dexter Press. Not to be confused with our item #34800352, which has the same photo, same reverse, and same manufacturer’s numbers but without text on the front. Grade: 3
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Los Angeles, Union Station 706
Unused, vintage pseudo-linen Longshaw Card #706. Grade: 1
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Steam Locomotive 5231 (USSR)
USSR-era locomotive on a contemporary photoFabrique card mailed from Ukraine in 2013 with two stamps (one is uncancelled) and Kyiv postmark. As you may see, there’s a postmark on the front, too. Grade: 4
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Kaibab National Forest, White-tail Kaibab Squirrel – Union Pacific (USA)
Unused card 122325 issued by Union Pacific Railroad to commemorate locations and routes its tours took. UPR logo on the reverse. Aging. Grade: 2
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Indianapolis, View of Union Station (Indiana, USA)
Unused, linen-style Dexter Press card 26446 (D-5). Grade: 1
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In the Colorado Rockies (Union Pacific) (USA)
Another in the Union Pacific Railroad series of cards showing favoured destinations. Unused, #82400, with prominent Union Pacific Railroad logo on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Albuquerque, Santa Fe Mission Depot (New Mexico, USA)
Unused vintage postcard, and the caption doesn’t hint at all that this is a railway depot. Grade: 2
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Raton Tunnel
Unused Fred Harvey “Phostint” card 12986, very minor small stains on the reverse and with a caption that occupies nearly all of the message area. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, Mormon Temple and Tabernacle (Utah) (Union Pacific Railroad)
Union Pacific prepared a series of cards highlighting their destinations and transit points. Each of the cards in the extended series has Union Pacific’s logo on the reverse. Unused card 88363. Grade: 1
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Lake Mead (Union Pacific Railroad) (USA)
Another from Union Pacific Railroad’s series of cards showing areas served by Union Pacific. We have two of these unused cards (#28 in the series), with the UP logo on the reverse. Grades: 1
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Yellowstone National Park, The Great Falls (Union Pacific) (Wyoming, USA)
From Union Pacific Railroad’s series, this is unused card 81900, with large logo on the back. Grade: 1
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The Spiral Tunnels (CNR) (Canada)
For this, a good search engine is your best source of information. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, California Zephyr (USA)
Not uniquely, but rarely among postcards, something you can just gaze at and ponder how nice it would be to be in the scene. Well, we think so, anyway. Unused card from the railroad itself. Grade: 1
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Big Tree … (USA)
There’s a substantial caption in red letters at the bottom front of the unused, vintage Edward H. Mitchell card, but we can’t make it out. Grade: 3
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Los Angeles, Union Station P20259
Unused Plastichrome card P20259, aging slightly. Grade: 2
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Los Angeles, Union Station Ticket Concourse
Mailed in 1949, the postmark is there but the stamp is long gone. Grade: 4
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Los Angeles, Union Station Waiting Room
Two of these unused, C.T. Art-Colortone linen cards 9A-H918 are available. Grades: 1
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Rails across Kansas (USA)
A five-line caption on the back of this unused card packs a lot of information about the Cyrus K. Holliday locomotive #1 (or #132, the caption gives two choices) on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Grade: 1
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Union Station, Kansas City (Missouri, USA)
Unused. Grade: 1
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1920 train artwork, Minsk (Belarus)
Large (6″ x 8-1/4″) card mailed in 2014 with predictable postal battering along the way. Stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 4
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Rainier National Park, Mirror Lake (Union Pacific) (USA)
Unused card 88367, upper perforated edge, from Union Pacific Railroad’s tour series. Large logo on the reverse. Grade: 1
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The Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad’s Locomotive Number 237
Unused Mary Jayne card 31914, with information about the railroad in the caption. Two of these are available. One (Grade: 1, $2) is a bit nicer than the other (Grade: 2, $1).
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Regia Autonoma de Transport Bucuresti – Iarna 1954 (Romania)
In Romanian, Iarna means Winter, and so it is on this card mailed in 2014 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Old train (Czech Republic)
Our header for this contemporary postcard doesn’t do the extensive caption any favours, but it’s all in Czech so you might want to do that research yourself. Mailed in 2014, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2
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Poland
The train is from Poland but this is a Russian internet card, mailed from Russia with two stamps and postmark in 2014. Grade: 1
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Alaska Railroad, EMD MRS-1 Unit Number 1605
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ611. Grade: 1
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Amtrak’s Desert Wind
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ1159 from 1994. Grade: 1
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Amtrak’s “Panama Limited”
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ390. Grade: 1
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Amtrak’s San Diegan
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ450. Grade: 1
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Amtrak’s San Francisco Zephyr
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ451. Two of these are available. Grades: 1
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Atlantic Coast Line’s “Number 38”
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ082. Two of these are available. Grades: 1
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Dash 8-40CW Unit #948
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ1348 from 1996. Grade: 1
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Baltimore, Maryland’s Light Rail Line
Unused Mary Jayne card MJ1153. Grade: 1