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Mission Dolores, San Francisco (California)
Linen card 75503, or 15 if you think modestly, from Scenic View Card Co., probably 1940s. Unused, aging a bit, just normal. Grade: 3

Code: 35000001
Price: $2.00
National Shrine of Immaculate Conception (USA)
Unused Capsco card K-15584 from the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 35000002
Price: $1.00
Condé-en-Brie (Aisne), l’Eglise (France)
The most wonderful thing we recall about Condé-en-Brie is that the Marquise de Sade had a family chateau here. As for the postcard, in 1917 someone wrote a message in French to his lady friend, completely covering the reverse, so the card was not postally used. Hope she got it — someone did, because the card survived. Grade: 4

Code: 35000003
Price: $3.00
Methodist Church (Hebron, Indiana, USA)
Unmailed Curteich card 2C100 has the date “December 15, 1954” pencilled on the reverse, along with a travel agent’s rubber-stamped name. Grade: 4

Code: 35000004
Price: $1.00
Million Buddhas Precious Pagoda (Georgetown, Malaysia)
Card mailed in 1997, with Perak stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 35000005
Price: $4.50
Church (Iowa)
This turn-of-20th-century real photo card went through a fire, judging from smoke damage to reverse. Based on its history, we think it’s a Lutheran church in either Iowa or Norway. Do you know? No damage to photo on front. Grade: 4

Code: 35000006
Price: $3.00
Trinity Church (Boston)
Trinity Church, “one of the finest examples of Romanesque Architecture in the world,” with more historical facts on this unused Colourpicture card P64190 (B-173) from the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 35000007
Price: $2.00
Blue Mosque domes (Istanbul)
Technically from Malaysia, this card was issued in conjunction with the 1990 World of Islamic Civilization in Kuala Lumpur. Mailed in Malaysia in 1990, it has Johor stamp and full postmark. One perforated edge. Grade: 3

Code: 35000008
Price: $3.00
SS Peter and Paul Cathedral, Philadelphia (USA)
Mailed in 1986 with a 44-cent Junipero Serra stamp but mostly illegible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 35000009
Price: $1.00
Santa Ana Cathedral (El Salvador)
Front of this 1967 card showing Escudo Nacional, Hotel El Salvador, and Parque Libertad is in great condition but the back is heavily aged, way beyond its years. Never mailed. Grade: 3

Code: 35000010
Price: $4.50
Recoleccion Church (Antigua)
Card was mailed in 1967 and has intact stamp, but postmark isn’t legible. Minor creasing doesn’t really affect the photo. Grade: 2

Code: 35000011
Price: $6.50
Monastery of Sao Bento (Rio de Janeiro)
Unused card of Saint Benoit Monastery, as-new condition in front and only the most minor aging on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 35000012
Price: $3.00
Siem Reap, corner of Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
Cambodia was emerging from its dark period when this card was mailed in 1989. Stamp is intact and postmark is partly legible. Card has most minor corner abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 35000013
Price: $16.00
Siong Lim Temple (Singapore)
This card was mailed in Malaysia in 1990, with stamp and part of a postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 35000015
Price: $3.00
Kwan Tai Temple, Tai O (Hong Kong)
Oversized (5-1/2″ x 7″) card mailed in 1995 with one stamp, just part of a postmark, and blue tri-lingual airmail sticker affixed but also partly obscured by the US Postal Service’s ubiquitous white pasted strip. The front is fine, just the reverse suffers. Grade: 4

Code: 35000016
Price: $8.00
Mosque, Mopti (Mali)
Card is from the mid-1960s, though were it not for seeing the top of a car, it could be from the mid-1560s. Card was never mailed, has minimal edge abrasion, and likewise minimal aging on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 35000018
Price: $7.50
St. Philomena Church, Mysore (India)
Exceptionally “domestic” in appearance (and size: 3-3/8″ x 5-1/4″), this card was mailed from Malaysia–not India–in 1986. It has a Malaysian stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 35000019
Price: $5.00
Jama Masjid (Delhi, India)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 35000020
Price: $4.00
Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto
Beautiful snow scene. Unmailed, undamaged card from 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 35000021
Price: $3.50
Kakhwang-jon in Hwaom-sa Temple (South Korea)
From 1996, a nice card mailed with two stamps but only a blurry postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 35000023
Price: $4.00
St. Paul’s Church (Macau)
Early (no crowds!) real photo card of the St. Paul ruins. Though gently fading, no marks or tears on this never-mailed card. Grade: 2

Code: 35000024
Price: $49.00
Kun Yum Temple (Macau)
Front of this unused card from 1970s is in great condition. Reverse is aging gently. Grade: 2

Code: 35000025
Price: $14.00
Kun Iam Tong Temple (Macau)
Two of these 1970s cards are available, hopefully one scene in Macao that will remain as it has been. One card is unused (Grade: 1, $12), while the other was mailed in 1983, with two stamps and full if somewhat messy postmark (Grade: 1, $24)

Code: 35000026
Price: $12.00
Penha Church (Macau)
Unused card from the 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 35000027
Price: $5.00
Chinese Temple, Penang (Malaysia)
Fading real photo card, unused but aging significantly on front and back. Unmarked otherwise. Grade: 3

Code: 35000029
Price: $14.00
Snake Temple exterior, Penang (Malaya)
Real photo B&W card, unused but with corner album indents, clean reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 35000030
Price: $12.00
Snake Temple interior, Penang (Malaya)
Companion card to 20316040, also unused, but this one has a crease on upper right front corner. Grade: 4

Code: 35000031
Price: $8.00
Nam Thin Thong Temple (Ipoh, Malaysia)
1950s view of a temple we used to see from the main road all the time and now regret never having detoured to visit. Unused “Malayan Color View” card PK1003, aging but undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 35000033
Price: $8.50
Mosque (Singapore)
B&W unused card with index number 433664, had been in album but corner indentations are almost invisible. Unmarked otherwise. Grade: 2

Code: 35000034
Price: $9.00
Jame Mosque (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
KL’s iconic mosque is still at the confluence of two rivers but now surrounded by modern urban life. Unused real photo card, edges beginning to curl but basically aged normally. Grade: 2

Code: 35000035
Price: $16.00
Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove (California)
It’s unlikely this unused 6″ x 9″ card would survive being mailed. It hasn’t even stood up to being stored away very well. Edges are battered, and some latent creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 35000036
Price: $3.00
Al-Azin Mosque (Malacca, Malaysia)
This 5″ x 7″ Oriental Pearl card 13086 was mailed in 1991 with one stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade; 1

Code: 35000037
Price: $3.50
Masjid Kampong Puteh (Kelantan, Malaysia)
Two cards are available. One has clean front, Kelantan stamp and nearly full postmark (Grade: 1, $4), while the other has postmark smudging on front, Pahang stamp, full postmark, and some white correction fluid on reverse (Grade: 4, $2).

Code: 35000038
Price: $4.00
Masjid al-Muhammadi (Kota Bharu, Malaysia)
Two cards are available. Both were mailed in 1991 by the same person at the same time. Commemorative stamps and partial postmarks, but one is perfect on front (Grade: 2, $4) and the other has a bit of smudge (Grade: 2, $3.50).

Code: 35000039
Price: $4.00
Jame Mosque (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Though the two cards available were mailed in 1990, the photo is much older. You would see changes now! One card has Johor stamp with mostly readable postmark (Grade: 2, $6) while the other has a ripped stamp and illegible postmark (Grade: 4, $4).

Code: 35000040
Price: $6.00
Siamese Temple, Petaling Jaya (Malaysia)
Four of these cards, mailed many years apart, are available. The best is Grade 1 ($5) and the worst is Grade 4 ($3). The others are in between.

Code: 35000041
Price: $5.00
Haji Ali Mosque, Worli (Bombay)

From mid-1970s, when Mumbai was Bombay, an unused, as-new card, undamaged. Grade: 1

Code: 35000042
Price: $5.50
Valdresbanen (Norway)
The full caption on this old real-photo card reads “6-28-29 Nordsinni kirke – N. Land. Valdresbanen.” So we know it’s a church. The back of this card, as with several others in this series, contains a letter in Norwegian, with pencilled English translations under some of the words. It was not postally mailed. Grade: 4

Code: 35000043
Price: $6.00
Jame Mosque (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Two 1991 cards. One has Melaka stamp and partly legible postmark, and a tiny indentation at top (Grade: 2, $4) while the other also has a stamp but postmark is not readable and there is also some white correction fluid on reverse (Grade: 3, $3.50)

Code: 35000044
Price: $4.00
Famous mosques (Malaysia)
Card was mailed in 1991 but the partial postmark urging people to report corruption missed the stamp entirely. Is that an omen, or what? Bare amount of ink smudge on front. Grade: 3

Code: 35000045
Price: $3.50

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