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Ayutthaya, Saint Joseph Catholic Church (Thailand)
Another in the series of Thailand Post’s (unused) cards of this highly unusual subject. Grade: 1
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Ayutthaya, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Under the Arch (Thailand)
A seemingly odd subject for a short series of Thailand Post official cards, but here it is … sub-captioned “Here it began, the Advent of Thai Catholic”. Unused. Grade: 1
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Ayutthaya, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Stained Glass (Thailand)
The last in our short series of unused cards from Thailand Post of this decidedly non-Buddhist subject. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Loha Prasat (Thailand)
It wouldn’t be clear from the scan, but the edges of this unused card issued by the Philatelic Museum of Thailand Post are cut in the same manner as a gigantic stamp. (This is further captioned as Wat Ratchanatdaram Worawihan, the name of the temple.) Grade: 1
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Brasov, Black Church (Romania)
Not postally used, but with a notation written in the message area. Grade: 3
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Dhonburi, Giant at Wat Aroon (Thailand)
Likely mailed in the 1960s, this card has four overlapping stamps and two indistinct postmarks. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Wat Phra Keo (Thailand)
With Wat Phra Keo on the front of the card, and Wat Phra Sri Ratna Sasdram on the reverse caption, either way this is Bangkok’s iconic Temple of the Emerald Buddha on a postcard mailed most likely in the late 1960s or possibly early 1970s, with four overlapping stamps and two postmarks. The picture is older than that, though. Grade: 1
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Bangkok, Wat Arun (Thailand)
Poor Wat Arun, with so many transliterations of its name and location, nobody can be really certain. But we know what the card says: mailed in Thai year 2541 (i.e., 1998 for the rest of us) with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Penang, Ayer Hitam, Kek Lok Si Temple (Malaysia)
Unused Airfoto card, older and with just a shadow of stain on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Brunei River (Brunei)
That’s the Sultan Mosque in the background. We have unused cards of Brunei; cards of Brunei mailed from somewhere else; and cards from somewhere else but mailed from Brunei. It has proven harder to get a card OF Brunei mailed FROM Brunei, with stamp and postmark, but here is one. It has a small return address rubber-stamped on the reverse, and slight water staining. 1970s? Grade: 2
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Dhonburi, Wat Arun (Thailand)
If we can read the postmark correctly, this card may have been mailed in 1990. Whenever, it has two different stamps and is clean. Grade: 1
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Kuala Lumpur, a Malay Mosque (Malaya)
Mosques should be for all Muslims. The A.S.M.K. & Co. card C-21113 was mailed in 1964, with two different Malaya stamps and clear postmark. The real name of the mosque, by the way, is Masjid Jamek and it used to pinpoint the centre of the city. Grade: 1
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Jama Mosque (Bahrain)
Mailed in 1973, with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Paris, Sacré-Cœur
The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre (Sacred Heart of Montmartre), says Wikipedia, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was formally approved as a national historic monument by the National Commission of Patrimony and Architecture on December 8, 2022. Sacré-Cœur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte of Montmartre. From its dome two hundred meters above the Seine, the basilica overlooks Paris and its suburbs and is the second most popular tourist destination in the capital after the Eiffel Tower. (This hardly qualifies it as “minor”.) Card was mailed in 2024, with postmark and a stamp that looks like a postage meter label with a QR Code. Grade: 1
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Lantau, Po Lin Monastery (Hong Kong)
The site is arguably more famous for having the Big Buddha, which (we think) is where the photographer took this shot. Unused 5-1/8″ x 7″ card. Grade: 1
