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La Basilique de Lisieux
A very old sepia card, with a very old French message penned in, though not postally used. Grade: 4
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Mosque of Sultan Ahmet (Istanbul)
Enduring a bit of postal battering along the way, this card was mailed in 1969 with two stamps but illegible postmark. Grade: 3
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St. Peter’s Square (Vatican City)
Mailed in 1972 from Florence, this card has two (Italian) stamps and full postmark, and is exactly what any tourist would say! Grade: 3
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The Grand Mosque, Algiers, Rue de la Marine
Sepia-toned real photo card from early 1900s (C.A.P. Strasbourg), never mailed. Front is in great shape apart from minor corner abrasions. Reverse has aged significantly but not unnaturally. Grade: 2
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Cave Temple (Ipoh, Malaysia)
Two early 90s mailed cards available, stamp, partial postmark. Grades: 2
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Mariamman Temple (Singapore)
Mailed in 1994, with two stamps and the postmark on both sides. Grade: 2
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Mariamman Temple (Singapore)
Unused card bought in 1980s but photo is much earlier: compare with item 35000154, which has modern buildings behind it. This one has a bit of age splotching on back. Grade: 2
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Cathedral (Manchester)
Good thing this isn’t Winchester Cathedral or the price might be a little higher. As it is, the card was mailed sometime in the 1980s with a 26p stamp that did not get postmarked, and a blue air mail sticker (that didn’t get postmarked either). Reverse is showing its age. Grade: 3
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Wat Chayamangkalaram Temple and Buddha, Penang (Malaysia)
Mailed in 1991 from Negeri Sembilan, this card has the stamp and mostly readable postmark. Aging a bit, but in generally good condition. Grade: 2
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Cosne-sur-Loire (Nievre) – Portall de l’Eglise Notre-Dame – du Pre (France)
Old, unused card. Divided back. Grade: 2
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Wat Chao Phaya Thai (Ayudhaya, Thailand)
This unused card from roughly 1980s has an English-language yet exceptionally Thai-style caption on the reverse, somehow communicating 800 years of history in four lines. Grade: 1
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Wat Pho (Bangkok)
This popular tourist destination’s alternate name is Wat Prachetuphon but unless you’re Thai, Wat Pho is a lot easier to say. Card was mailed in mid-1980s with two stamps and a heavy, illegible postmark. Grade: 1 -
Wat Pho (Bangkok)
Card was mailed in the mid-1980s with two stamps and a full if largely illegible postmark. Grade: 1 -
Santo Tomas Church, Chichicastenango (Guatemala)
This card from 1967 is a bit dark (by design) and was never mailed but if you can use your imagination, it’s atmospheric. Grade: 2
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River and cathedral (Canton, China)
Old, unused M. Sternberg 7105 card; normally aged and virtually undamaged. Grade: 1
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Temple Thien Dinh Cung (Hue, Vietnam)
Front view, to be exact, and if you read Vietnamese, the major caption is: Lang Vua Khai Dinh-Hue, Viet Nam (tri vi 1916-1925). The card however comes from the 1990s and is unused. Grade: 1
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Jameq Mosque (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Two of these 5″ x 7″ mosque cards were mailed in 1991, each with a Terengganu stamp and indistinct postmark. Those blotches on the lower left are part of the card’s design. We are not sure why, though. Grades: 1
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Thean Hou Temple (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Two of these cards are available. Each was mailed in 1991 and has the stamp. One has no legible postmark, but postmark smudging on front (Grade: 3, $3.50), while the other has a mostly legible postmark but corner crease on upper left front (Grade: 3, $3.50).
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National Islamic Centre (Kuala Lumpur)
Mailed in 1990, full stamp and postmark but ink smudging on front. Grade: 3
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Israeli troops at Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
Unmailed Palphot 8324 card from 1974, great condition on the front, and gently aged on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Arlington Church (Boston)
Springtime view of “the new and the old in Boston.” Well, new in the 1960s anyway. Colourpicture card P3311, unused. Two unused cards are available. One looks good (Grade: 1, $3) and the other just a bit less (Grade: 2, $2)
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Debre Berhan, Selassie Church, Gondar (Ethiopia)
We genuinely would like to know which way is right-side-up but, you know, we have a 50-50 chance of getting it right. Unused card issued by the Ethiopian Tourist Organization in the 1970s. Grade: 1
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Great Mosque, Cordova (Spain)
In 1990 the World of Islamic Civilization Expo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, issued cards with Islamic themes, including this one. So the card can also be considered “Malaysian.” It has a Malaysian stamp and was mailed (orange postal bar coding on bottom reverse) but no postmark. There is a serrated se-tenant stub still attached. Grade: 4
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Tai Pee Sim Monastery, Ipoh (Malaysia)
Caption informs us this is a monastery of “The Heart of Great Sympathy.” But the card was mailed in 1990 with a Perak stamp, only part of the postmark, and Malaysian postal bar coding on bottom reverse. Grade: 3
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Malay Mosque, Malacca (Malaysia)
We’re sorry, we must somewhat irreverently observe there are very few strictly Chinese or Indian mosques. Two cards are available, one mailed in 1986 with part of the postmark (Grade: 2, $3) and one in 1991 with a full Shah Alam mark (Grade: 1, $4).
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University Mosque, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
S.W. Singapore card K371, seriously crunched on one corner and mailed in 1991 with a Pahang stamp and faint postmark. Grade: 4
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Siamese Temple, Petaling Jaya (Malaysia)
S.W. Singapore card KL1708, mailed in 1986 with Johor stamp and part of a postmark. Mottling on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
We’re making an exception here and including four cards together that have the same photo but come from different print runs and fonts. Each was mailed sometime between 1986 and 1990. One has two stamps; the others have one. Three of these cards are Grade: 2 ($4.50) while the other is Grade: 3 ($3).
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Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
It is interesting but not significant to most of us that S.W. Singapore, the publishers of this card, gave the same index number (KL2082) to at least two different photos of the same mosque. You can see the other in our card 20316738. For this particular shot, two cards are available, each one aging notably with theor own stamp and partial postmarks. Grades: 3
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Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (second version)
Same S.W. Singapore index number (KL2082) as our card 20316737, but not the same photo. Four of these are available, all used. Two were mailed from Negeri Sembilan, with stamp and partial postmark, and ink transfer on the front (Grades: 3, $2.50). The other two were mailed in Kuala Lumpur with Wilayah Persekutuan stamp and full postmarks (Grades: 1, $3).
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Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove (California)
Unused 4.2″ x 7″ card issued by the church itself. Grade: 1
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City
Mailed in 1942, the linen card has a full postmark and one-cent stamp. Grade: 1
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Mount St. Sepulchre church interior (Washington, DC)
Unused black and white card, where the primary interest may lie on the reverse–various postal rates laid out for the USA, Cherbourg, Flushing, and Antwerp; also the designator of this as a “Private Mailing Card.” Excellent condition. Grade: 1
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Mount St. Sepulchre (Washington, DC)
Unused sepia card, where the primary interest may lie on the reverse–various postal rates laid out for the USA, Cherbourg, Flushing, and Antwerp; also the designator of this as a “Private Mailing Card.” Excellent condition. Grade: 1
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La Cathedrale de Saint-Pierre, Geneva
Slightly serrated edges on this unmailed card that had been addressed, then scribbled out and never sent. Thumbtack hole. Grade: 5
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Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok
Mailed in 1974 with 5 baht stamp and full but too-faint postmark. Grade: 1
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National mosque, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Mailed in 1974, with two different stamps and indistinct postmark. Grade: 2
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Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine (Florida)
Mailed in 1988 with 14-cent stamp. Normal postal handling. Grade: 2
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La Cathedrale de Cologne (Germany)
The postmark is too faint to tell us when this was mailed but it has two different stamps. Grade: 2