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Neptune Restaurant (Singapore)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31300044
Price: $3.00
Filene’s, Boston
It looks like this card was issued by Filene’s Restaurant in Boston, but definitely it was mailed in 1946, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Minor age mottling. Grade: 1

Code: 31300046
Price: $4.50
Blossom Restaurant, Bowery (New York)
Photo from 1935, but card from 1984, mailed with two Olympics stamps and full Denver postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 31300047
Price: $2.00
The Jumble Shop Restaurant (New York City)
Unused card published by The Collotype Co. Grade: 3

Code: 31300048
Price: $2.00
Parkway Motel and Restaurant (Roanoke, Virginia)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 31300049
Price: $1.00
Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood
The front of this unmailed card is in perfect condition. But it had been pasted into a scrapbook, and the reverse has a large glue circle in the middle with the remnants of the page it had been pasted onto. Grade: 4

Code: 31300050
Price: $2.00
The Castle Restaurant and L’Alcove Restaurant, Olean (New York)
Three unused cards are available. They have serrated edges. One is Grade: 1 ($1.50) and the other two are Grades: 2 ($1).

Code: 31300051
Price: $1.50
Maine Diner (Wells, Maine)
Three unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 31300052
Price: $1.00
Chinese restaurant (Hong Kong)
Almost artwork in its own right, this 4″ x 8.25″ advertising card with the Hongkong Post Circular Service postage pre-printed in Chinese on the reverse was mailed to everyone in the neighborhood. Fully and colourfully printed on both sides. Grade: 1

Code: 31300053
Price: $3.00
Armstrong’s Motel & Restaurant, Staunton (Virginia, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 34573-D. Grade: 1

Code: 31300054
Price: $1.00
The Court of the Two Sisters (New Orleans)
We won’t open a new category for cards that actually say “wish you were here,” but in this case a soldier did say so to his lady friend back home. The word “Free” is written over the postage area, over which the 1942 postmark duly appears. Grade: 1

Code: 31300055
Price: $9.00
Kuo Wah Cafe (San Francisco)
This isn’t a postcard, but a tiny menu (5″ x 6.4″) able to be sent like one. Just think of a folded menu where the back cover resembles the back of a postcard. The inside has all of Kuo Wah’s dishes (and prices) from the late 1950s. So it’s a wonderful piece of memorabilia, except that it had been pasted into a scrapbook and the back page has the glue and paper remnants of that. Wording of the menu inside is not affected. Grade: 4

Code: 31300056
Price: $8.50
Hullett House restaurants (folio) (Hong Kong)
An unusual and somewhat odd folio of five card items (three are actually postcards, one is purely advertising, and one is blank on the back) containing high-quality glossy reproduction prints of three old views of what had been in this location; today’s view; and an (expired) coupon for a dinner discount. If you are really keen to know about this, ask us. Grade: 1

Code: 31300057
Price: $6.00
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Aberdeen (Hong Kong)
Ah, this sad story. After years with no tourist custom allowed, and closure, Jumbo may (or may not) have been sold but was definitely towed away to an unknown destination, rumoured to be Cambodia, in 2022. Along the way, it either did or didn’t hit a reef near the Paracel Islands, and either did or didn’t sink. We were told only that it “capsized” and that salvage would be “difficult”. If you think this description is confusing, you should have seen the news reports. Two unused 5″ x 7″ cards 076 from the Tourists Cards series are available. Grades: 1

Code: 31300058
Price: $7.00
Nanhai No. 1, first of three (Hong Kong)
A new restaurant in Hong Kong mailed one card, then another, then another (see 31300060/1/2, all different) as they prepared to open. The cards should go as a set of three. Grades: 2

Code: 31300060
Price: $3.00
Nanhai No. 1, second of three (Hong Kong)
A new restaurant in Hong Kong mailed one card, then another, then another (see 31300060/1/2, all different) as they prepared to open. The cards should go as a set of three. Grades: 2

Code: 31300061
Price: $3.00
Nanhai No. 1, third of three (Hong Kong)
A new restaurant in Hong Kong mailed one card, then another, then another (see 31300060/1/2, all different) as they prepared to open. The cards should go as a set of three. Grades: 2

Code: 31300062
Price: $3.00
KFC (Hong Kong)
Two of these are available, 4-3/8″ x 8-1/4″. On one side they advertise a KFC promotion. On the other side they advertise Physical Fitness & Beauty Centre programmes. Totally in Chinese, including the pre-printed postage. Grades: 1

Code: 31300063
Price: $1.00
Roast Pot (Hong Kong)
Large (5-1/2″ x 9″) card printed on both sides and mailed to Hong Kong residents using the Hongkong Post Circular Service postage. Grade: 1

Code: 31300064
Price: $3.00
Dazhaimen Restaurant, Beijing
From the restaurant, with a perforated tab still attached. The card was mailed in 2010, with a bird stamp and fully legible postmark. The preprinted reverse is bilingual Chinese and English, just somewhat more the former than the latter. Grade: 1

Code: 31300065
Price: $4.00
Tanyoto (Wanchai, Hong Kong)
Measuring 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″, this card went to households in the Wanchai neighbourhood. Postage was pre-printed in Chinese. Lots of promotional offers. Grade: 1

Code: 31300066
Price: $1.50
The Yuu (Wanchai, Hong Kong)
This 5″ x 6-7/8″ ad card went out to households in the Wanchai neighbourhood. No, we’ve not tried it yet. Grade: 1

Code: 31300067
Price: $1.50
Burning of the Cliff House, 1907 (San Francisco)
Unused Pacific Novelty card 2922 from what must be soon after 1907. Very minor edge abrasions, still good enough to be called Grade: 1

Code: 31300069
Price: $8.00
Tobies, Hinckley (Minnesota)
Tobies is billed as a “traveler’s tradition since 1948.” We have no reason not to believe them. Card was mailed with a 40-cent stamp in 1992, and has full Hinckley postmark. Some inconsequential creasing of lower right front corner. Grade: 2

Code: 31300070
Price: $4.00
Marblemount, Washington
At the time, the last chance for services before an 89-mile journey into the Cascade Mountains. Unused card 19947-E, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 31300071
Price: $3.00
Union Oyster House, Boston (USA)
The whole story laid out on this unused linen card. Grade: 1

Code: 31300072
Price: $6.00
Front Street Cafe, Ogalalla (Nebraska, USA)
Views on this unused card include a high school band, Sunset on Lake McConaughy, Old West Front Street, and the Mansion on the Hill Museum. Grade: 2

Code: 31300073
Price: $5.00
The Plaza Hotel, Oak Room (New York City)
Unused card that tells us “A lot of New York does a lot of its thing–here.” Grade: 2

Code: 31300074
Price: $2.00
Pacific Coffee and Vine Church, Wanchai (Hong Kong)
An advertising card, mailed in 2011 with pre-printed postage and apparently due to religious reasons exempted from the “circular mail” opt-out law Hong Kong residents may opt into. This is a somewhat odd pairing of one of Hong Kong’s two largest coffee chains with a church. Grade: 1

Code: 31300075
Price: $4.00
Jim’s Steak and Spaghetti House, Huntington (West Virginia)
Though we have a special fondness for the card, we have to let it go. Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 31300077
Price: $1.00
Heidelberg Inn (Ja das haben …), San Francisco
We needed to Google this Bohemian restaurant to learn of its colourful past. They issued a series of postcards. Their own translation of this one reads: “Kiss me girlie–and I will be thine.” Card was mailed in 1915, with large stamp and full Panama-Pacific Exposition postmark. The message, however, we think is in German. Grade: 2

Code: 31300078
Price: $5.00
Heidelberg Inn (Er liebt mich …), San Francisco
We needed to Google this Bohemian restaurant to learn of its colourful past. They issued a series of postcards. Their own translation of this one reads: “He loves me, he loves me not!” Unused card from 1915. Grade: 2

Code: 31300079
Price: $4.00
Jerry’s Joynt, Los Angeles Chinatown
Unused E.C. Kropp card 29971 showing their “3600 years old Chinese carving”. The restaurant, alas, is long gone. The card survives. We wonder where the carving went. Grade: 2

Code: 31300080
Price: $4.00
Zehnder’s Frankenmuth Chicken Dinners (Michigan, USA)
Unused card dated 1971. We note that the restaurant is still there. They must be doing a lot of things right. Grade: 1

Code: 31300081
Price: $1.00
Wolfie’s Restaurant and Fountain, St. Petersburg (Florida)
We decided to spend some Google time with this, and finally gave up. It looks a lot like this restaurant was part of a famous Florida chain, went out of business, came back again, and then closed down again. Correct us if we are wrong–we would like to know. The Florida Business Registry still lists it. Card was mailed in 1955 with stamp and full postmark, and a message that really makes us want to know how it all turned out. Grade: 2

Code: 31300082
Price: $5.00
Route 66 – Through Oklahoma, Glass House Restaurant (USA)
Iconic. This is H.S. Crocker card LD-526-C, with serrated edges, and mailed from Oklahoma in 1971 with stamp and full postmark. Raymond wrote to Sharon–but not much. Grade: 1

Code: 31300083
Price: $6.00
Au Pied de Cochon (Paris)
Unused card that would be posted for free if handed over to the restaurant. Grade: 1

Code: 31300084
Price: $3.00
Sapphire Chinese Restaurant, New York City
Google readily tells us that this restaurant opened in 1981 but there’s no hint that it’s still there now. Among other little mysteries, the postcard says this restaurant was a winner of the Stanley Blacker Award for Pleasurable Dining, but when you put that into Google you get the idea the award didn’t really catch on. One more thing: their telephone number is now the fax number for an architectural firm. Anyway, the restaurant may be gone but the card is here, and unused. Grade: 1

Code: 31300085
Price: $4.00
Hotel Lotte, Posuk-Jung (Seoul, South Korea)
Mailed in 1989, this card shows the “Colorful display of traditional Korean dance … adding to the memories of ’88.” “BRING HOME THE GOLD!” We assume this refers to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Of note, the cable address printed at the bottom of the card is “HOTELOTEE” and we wonder whether they meant to spell it that way. Stamp is here, but no legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 31300086
Price: $5.00
Trader Vic’s at The New Otani Hotel (Singapore)
Mailed in 1986 with two different stamps and full postmark. Somewhat aged and creased. Grade: 3

Code: 31300087
Price: $4.00

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