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St. Joseph’s Church, San Jose (California)
Unused Mike Roberts card C7849. Mildly aged. Grade: 1
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St. Augustine, Old Cathedral (Florida)
Unused Tichnor Bros. linen card 67372 (6-N). Aging, but Grade: 1
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St. Louis, Gateway Arch and the Old Cathedral (Missouri, USA)
The Gateway Arch was the USA’s tallest national monument when it was completed (630′) and apparently still is. The Old Cathedral was completed in 1834, of Greek Revival style. Unused “local” card. Grade: 1
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Philadelphia, Old St. George’s Church and Methodist Historical Center
Unused Mike Roberts card PHI-109 of “The World’s Oldest and Most Historic Methodist Edifice.” Grade: 2
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Philadelphia, Old Swedes Church – Gloria Dei
Unused Mike Roberts card Phi 19 of “The oldest church building in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the United States.” Grade: 1
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Philadelphia, Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s) Church
Unused, aging Plastichrome card P12856. Interesting to note from the caption that this was originally a Lutheran church and converted to Protestant Episcopal. Grade: 3
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Houston, Central Christian Church, Bell & Main Sts. (Texas)
Unmailed card from 1909, based on a short inked notation in the message area. Grade: 4
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First Baptist Church, Providence (Rhode Island, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P13005, “the Mother Church of the denominations on this continent.” Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Great Mormon Tabernacle and Sea Gull Monument (Utah, USA)
Unused C.T. American Art Colored card 55876 (544). Grade: 1
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Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg (Virginia, USA)
Unused C.T. Photo-Platin B&W card D-4555 of “the oldest church in constant use in America”. Grade: 1
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Saint Laurent du Maroni, The Church’s Square (French Guiana)
Delabergerie card 86, not postally used but with a message all over the smudged reverse. Note that some cards put hyphens in the name of this town, while others don’t. This one doesn’t. The captions are in French and English. Grade: 4
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Georgetown, Demerara, Roman Catholic Cathedral (British Guiana)
Unused, unattributed B&W vintage postcard. Grade: 1
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Ilets pres de Cayenne – Eglise de l’ilet la Mere, 1866 (French Guiana)
The drawing may be from 1866 but the card is newer, maybe 1990s (?). Not postally used, and with a long message taking up the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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Cayenne, The cathedral (French Guiana)
Unused Iris/Mexichrome card 7720. Grade: 1
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I (heart) SPB (Russia)
SPB = Anglicized Saint-Petersburg, on a 2012 card mailed in 2014 with two stamps and postmark. The photo is of The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, built between 1883 and 1907 by A. Parland. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Hereford (England)
Multiple identified views on this unused Salmon card 2-32-03-13: River Wye, Cathedral, Victoria Suspension Bridge, and The Old House. Grade: 1
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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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Nice – La Cathedrale Russe (France)
Unused Levy Fils card 233. Grade: 1
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Ruins of the Old Stone Church, Mission San Juan Capistrano (California)
Unused C.T. Photo-Colorit linen-style card 9B-H566, serrated edges. Grade: 1
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University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (USA)
Unused, aging card. But still, Grade: 1
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Colby College, Lorimer Chapel (Waterville, Maine USA)
We think this Dexter Press card M-5400, with serrated edges, was mailed from Augusta in 1977, with 13-cent stamp and full but indistinct postmark. Grade: 3
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The White Church, Barrington (Rhode Island, USA)
Appropriate that the White Church appears on this unused, vintage B&W postcard from Artvue. Grade: 1
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Oaxaca, Saint Domingo Temple (Mexico)
Mailed in 1988 with two stamps and large postmark. The card has rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Stratford-upon-Avon, Holy Trinity Church (England)
Mailed in 1985, with stamp, postmark, and bilingual By air mail label. Postal imprint on the front. Grade: 3
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Bogolyubovo, Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (USSR)
Unused Soviet-era (1980) card with a tear on the lower right edge. Aging. The card measures 3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″. Grade: 4
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Byodoin Temple, Uji (Japan)
This card was mailed from Japan in 1960, but from a U.S. military facility, so it has a U.S. 5-cent stamp and that military postmark. Unfortunately that 5-cent stamp wasn’t enough, so there’s a “Postage Due 2 cents” mark in the address area. Clearly, the Smiths paid. Grade: 2
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København. Indre af Grundtvigskirken (Denmark)
Old, unused, real-photo card of this church interior. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew
Unused. Grade: 1
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Chiang Mai, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep (Thailand)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Holy House of Mercy (Macau)
Established by the first Bishop of Macau as a charity association. From the “Macau World Cultural Heritage” postcard series, and mailed in 2023 with two stamps and full postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Sanctuary – Chicago Temple (USA)
One might not immediately think of this as being the First Methodist Church, but one would be wrong – and, as the very long caption explains on this unused Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone card 4B-H448, this was at the time “the world’s tallest church.” Charles Ray Goff was pastor at the time and a large photo of him appears on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Ayutthaya, multiple views
Upper left: Wat Phra Sri Sanphet. Upper right: Wat Chaiwattanaram. Lower left: Wat Yai Chai Mongkol. Lower right: Chedi Si Suriyothai. All these on a card mailed in 1993, with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Moldovita Monastery (Romania)
Mailed in 2014, this card has three stamps, three postmarks, bilingual blue Prioritar label, and an address label. The views on the front are captioned in three languages, including English. Grade: 3
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Brno, St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral, fireworks (Czech Republic)
Mailed in 2014 with two different stamps and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Cheapside, London, The Crypt, St. Mary Le-Bow Church
From Wikipedia: Considered the second most important church in the City of London after St Paul’s Cathedral, St-Mary-le-Bow was one of the first churches to be rebuilt by Christopher Wren. The current building was built to the designs of Wren between 1671 and 1673; the 223-foot (68 m) steeple was completed in 1680. In 1914, a stone from the crypt of St Mary-le-Bow church was placed in Trinity Church, New York. This unused London Stereoscopic Company card, heavily aged and as atmospheric as its subject, shows the centre transept of the Norman crypt, A.D. 1090. Grade: 2
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Cheapside, London, The Crypt, St. Mary Le-Bow Church (horizontal view)
See description for 35000556. Grade: 2
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Cordoba, Roman Bridge and Cathedral (Spain)
Mailed in 2014, with a very large stamp and a postmark. Grade: 2
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Coventry Cathedral, The Bishop’s Throne (England)
Unused Cotman-Color Series card 19340. Grade: 1
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Nikko, Iyeyasu Temple (Japan)
Unused card, aging. Grade: 2
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La liberazione di S. Pietro dal carcere (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze) (Vatican)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1