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Freiburg i.Br. Münster (Germany)
The cathedral, on an old, unused card. Grade: 1
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Köln, Cathedral – Dom (Westseite) (Germany)
Unused Eduard Holzermann card, with album marks and smudging. Grade: 3
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Köln, Der Kölner Dom von Suden (Germany)
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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Milano – Torre di S. Gottardo (Italy)
Unused sepia card. Grade: 2
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Roma – Pantheon di Agrippa
Unused card, age-related smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Roma – Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Unused Adolfo Como card 19, sepia and very notably aging. But still, Grade: 2
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Roma – Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore
Unused, sepia, Alterocca card 107. Grade: 1
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Roma – Chiostro di S. Paolo
Unused, sepia, Alterocca card 66. Grade: 1
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Roma – Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro
A rather old view of Rome on a rather old, unused, unattributed sepia postcard. Grade: 2
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Toledo, St. Isabel St. and Cathedral (Spain)
Unused. Grade: 1
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Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale (California)
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 3B-H292. Grade: 1
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Glendale, Methodist Episcopal Church (California)
Unused E.C. Kropp vintage postcard 27506N. Grade: 1
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Ruins of San Diego Mission (California)
Unused Christiance card A-827, heavily aged and with major abrasions on the reverse — but the front is still age-appropriate. Grade: 4
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San Francisco, Mission Dolores, Founded 1776
Unused, linen, Scenic View Card 43771. Notably aging, but clean. Grade: 2
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Mission San Juan Capistrano (California)
Linen card with serrated edges, mailed in 1961 with abraded stamp, and postmark. Grade: 3
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Llangollen Parish Church (Wales)
Actually St. Collen’s Parish Church, with its Fine Tester Ceiling of carved oak, erected early in the 15th century. Many things last longer in the U.K. Unused card. Grade: 1
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San Miguel Mission (California)
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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National Shrine of Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC)
Unused Plastichrome card P61901. Grade: 1
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Chicago, Church of “Our Lady of Sorrows” (Illinois, USA)
Mailed in 1917, with stamp and clear postmark. Grade: 1
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Peoria, First Methodist Episcopal Church (Illinois, USA)
Old, unused, C.E. Wheelock & Co. card 49658. Grade: 1
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Indianapolis, Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Indiana, USA)
The cathedral dates from 1907, this unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-1161 (IN.48) from much later than that. Grade: 1
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New Orleans, The St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Memorial
Unused card with an X inked into the upper right front corner. Grade: 5
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Boston, The “Old North Church” (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card SA1260 (SC5671) from the 1960s or earlier. Grade: 1
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Springfield, Christian Science Church (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused “Tichnor Quality Views” card 64340. Grade: 1
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Kansas City, Catholic Cathedral (Missouri, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen postcard OB-H2610 (maybe it’s 0B-H2610, we want to make the search engines happy) and #108 as well. Grade: 1
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St. Louis, Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (Missouri, USA)
Unused Tichnor Bros. “Lusterchrome” card K-16550. Grade: 1
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Bandar Seri Bagawan, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque (Brunei)
This card was stamped and mailed from Hong Kong (not Brunei!) in 1984 and has a small bit of postmark transfer near the front top. Grade: 4
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New York City, Wall Street
Because this unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K858 (631) fits into so many categories, we’ll repeat the caption here: “Wall Street, center of financial district, showing U.S. Treasury Building at right, with Trinity Church in background”. Some aging. Grade: 1
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New York City, Trinity Church
Unused, very old card whose caption belies in part one of the Ten Commandments: “The wealthiest church in America …” Grade: 2
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New York City, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Unused Mainzer card S-3 (C11653). Aging. Grade: 1
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New York City, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The caption on this unused Dexter Press card 59063 (507) starts “When finished it will be the largest Gothic Cathedral in the World.” As a comparison, we refer you to the history of the Winchester House in California. Grade: 1
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Syracuse, Syracuse University, Hendricks Chapel (New York, USA)
Not postally used, but with a name and 1974 date in the address area. Grade: 4
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Portland, Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, Monastery and Rose Garden (Oregon, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-1707. Grade: 1
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Philadelphia, Fountain on Parkway showing Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul and City Hall (USA)
It’s the Swan Memorial Fountain, on this unused but aging linen Curteich-Chicago card 3A-H129 (#115). The caption on the reverse explains the fountain in vivid and lengthy detail. Grade: 2
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Philadelphia, Independence National Historical Park, Old St. George’s Methodist Church
Unused, highly aged Plastichrome card P305463. Grade: 3
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Valley Forge, Interior, Washington Memorial Chapel (Pennsylvania)
If you look closely, you’ll find the front legend at the bottom of the photo. The reverse caption gives you details. Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 6B-H156, some age mottling. Grade: 2
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Lookout Mountain, Covenant College (Tennessee, USA)
Unused Color King card 99915. Aging noticeably. Grade: 3
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Salt Lake City, L.D.S. Tabernacle (Utah)
Unused Mike Roberts card C749. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Interior of Great “Mormon” Tabernacle
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 1A218 (#599) showing the pipe organ at that time “conceded to be the peer of, if not superior to, any pipe organ in existence”. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, The Tabernacle Choir and Organ (Utah)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 8A-H2434 (#905), dated 1938 and with a long caption on the reverse. Grade: 1