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Quebec – Notre-Dame des Victoires (Canada)
The front of this unused card is OK. The back has been marred by tape and smudging. Grade: 5
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Montreal, Notre Dame Church, Interior (Canada)
Unused old postcard, quite heavily aged on the reverse, especially around the edges. Otherwise clean. Grade: 2
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Porch, St. Nicholas Church, King’s Lynn (England)
Card was mailed long ago and the stamp disappeared most likely shortly thereafter. Grade: 5
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Scrooby Church (St. Wilfrid’s) (England)
We intuit this unused real-photo card shows what is now St. Wilfrid’s because we did some Google homework. Significant abrasions along the right front edge, but the character of the card is still there. Grade: 3
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The Choir, Chester Cathedral (England)
Unused W.H.S. & S. “Darwent” Series card 690. Grade: 1
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London, Lambeth Palace
Unused B&W J.J. Corbyn card with a good explanatory caption. Grade: 1
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London, High Altar, Westminster Abbey
In 1908, Bunny wrote to Gertrude and was clearly enjoying her trip. Stamp and postmark are there, and this is a classic B&W Valentine’s Series postcard of the era. Grade: 1
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An Old Cape Cod Church (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused old card, with the other side having an undivided back and just the word “Correspondence” at the top, along with “Pub. by New Bedford News Co., New Bedford, Mass.” along the bottom. Grade: 1
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Anvers (Antwerpen), Vue sur la Cathedrale et les “Torengebouwen” (Belgium)
Unused Dohmen card 41, serrated edges. Aging but clean. Grade: 1
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Tower of London, East end of Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
Unused old Wellington Series card, aging heavily around the edges and admonishing the writer that the message area could NOT be used Foreign. Grade: 3
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Historical Remains of Kaesong (set of 26) (DPR Korea)
If you’ve been wanting a set of DPRK cards, may as well go for a BIG set. These 26, in a loose coloured cover (bottom right of scan), are nearly unique in having western lettering along with Korean on the fronts of the cards. We show three of the 26 in the scan, though the captions are hard to make out. These are buildings, statues, natural features, a mausoleum, Jokjosa Soibucho, all sorts of things, and at a cost much lower than most of our individual DPRK cards. Grade: 1
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Welcome to Pyongyang (set of 10) (DPR Korea)
Ten linked (accordion-style, unused) cards for which our scan shows you the cover (on the right) and three of the cards. As these are thoughtfully captioned in both Korean and English, you have a decent representation of the city as it was at that time, including Kwangbop Temple. Grade: 1
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Mt. Myohyang, Taeung Hall of Pohyon Temple (DPR Korea)
Unused card, captioned in Korean and English. Grade: 1
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Old Church at Laoag, Ilocos Norte (Philippines)
Reproduction of an old postcard into a contemporary format. Unused. Serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Nagasaki, Oura Cathedral (Japan)
Unused card, this scene captioned in Japanese only. Grade: 1
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Nagasaki, art (set of 8) (Japan)
Our scan shows you the front cardboard cover (left) and two of the eight cards in this set, which has a broadly religious theme. If you would like to know about the other six cards, just ask us. Unused. Grade: 1
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Berat, Muzeu Onufri (Albania)
The Onufri National Iconographic Museum is inside the Berat Castle, which means a short walk or a long drive to get up there. It has quite a few nice displays, which they might want to start protecting soon against all manner of possible situations. Unused card, with detailed captions in Albanian and English explaining the views. Grade: 1
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Shkodra, Catholic Churches (Albania)
Unused Arba card 535, very minor curling and creasing. Grade: 2
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The Churches of Voskopoja (cen 17-18) (Albania)
Unused Aeditions card 733. Grade: 1
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Nine churches (North Macedonia)
Unused. They should have identified the churches, but didn’t. Grade: 1
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Ohrid, St. Sofia Church (North Macedonia)
Unused card of this 14th-century church, captioned in Macedonian only. Grade: 1
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Ohrid, The Church St. Clement (North Macedonia)
Unused card, English/Macedonian captions. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, The Sultanahmet Mosque 34/996
Unused Keskin card 34/996. Grade: 1
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Istanbul, multiple views 34/1250 (Turkey)
Unused Keskin card 34/1250. The four scenes are identified in English, and include Taksim Square, the Grand Bazaar, and the Spice Bazaar, along with the Blue Mosque. Grade: 1
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Oakland, Baptist Church (California)
Mailed in 1923 with stamp and clear postmark, the card has a small abrasion on the left edge. Grade: 3
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New York City, St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Not postally used, but with a message (not in English) and address on the back. Grade: 4
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Montreal, Notre Dame Church (Canada)
Very old, unused, Valentine & Sons card. Grade: 2
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Great Yarmouth, St. Nicholas’ Church (England)
In 1909, Harry wrote a nice message to Emma but did not address or mail it. One very much hopes that Emma somehow saw it, and not that Harry returned to wherever that was and she dumped him before he could deliver the card. Grade: 4
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Abbots Kitchen, Glastonbury Abbey (England)
Unused R.A. Series real-photo card 4497. Grade: 1
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Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Castleacre Priory (England)
Mailed in 1924, with stamp and Thorpe postmark. Lizzie was really having a great holiday. Grade: 2
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Paignton, Parish Church (England)
Unused old Valentine’s Series card. It has a number but we can’t read it, maybe 13555. Grade: 2
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Venezia, Grand Canal with the Church of la Salute (Italy)
It’s a full postmark (and stamp) on this card but we don’t know how to interpret what year it was mailed. Can you tell us? It looks like: 9-10, then 30.VII, then 30.VIII. In any event, Grade: 1
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St. Barnabas Chapel (Norfolk Island, Australia)
Unused card issued by Australia Post, with “Postage Pre-paid Australia, for posting in Australia and delivery worldwide” service. Grade: 1
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Guatemala City, Ruins of the Church of San Francisco
Like several of our other Guatemala postcards, this unused one is aging more than usual. It has serrated edges, and while the front is fine, the reverse really is browned and foxed with age, though otherwise clean. Grade: 3
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Bogota, Iglesia de Monserrate (Colombia)
Old, aging, unused card from Direccion General de Turismo. Edge abrasions. Grade: 3
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Bogota, Monserrate Sanctuary (Colombia)
Unused Fotorama card 172, good on the front but significantly foxed (age-mottled) on the back. Bilingual Spanish and English captions. Grade: 3
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Bogota, Old Mint, and Catedral Primada de Colombia
Unused hola! card 208 T 3813, aging. Grade: 2
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Penang, The Snake Temple (Malaya)
Those snakes don’t need to do much to earn their keep. They’re basically drugged by the incense smoke. Unused pre-1963 Colourful Malaya postcard P-421, with English and Chinese captions. Grade: 1
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Quito, Iglesia de Santo Domingo (Ecuador)
Not sure when this older card was mailed — the (not-quite-full) postmark and stamp are there, and the stamp itself is for the 1980 Olympics. There’s a good clue. Grade: 2