Mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and white A Priority label.  Orange postal barcoding across the front — no escaping that, these days.  Grade: 1

From this East Coast chain of restaurants itself.  Unused, stained.  Grade: 4

If this restaurant is still there, at Conestoga Farm, it’s well hidden inside Google.  We couldn’t find it on our first search.  Unused Koppel card 155349.  Grade: 1

Appropriate name for this old B&W Curteich-Chicago card D-8724, unused and aging.  The lounge?  Long gone.  Grade: 2

We know all about tourist stops like this, but had never been here, so we did–what else?–we Googled.  Seems to be somewhat past its prime, but here’s an unmailed card anyway.  Two initials are written over the caption area.  Grade: 3

Wikipedia tells us:  “The Edgewater Beach Hotel was a resort hotel complex in the far-north neighborhood community of Edgewater in Chicago, designed by Benjamin H. Marshall and Charles E. Fox. The first section was built in 1916, located between Sheridan Road and Lake Michigan at Berwyn Avenue. An adjacent tower building was added in 1924. The hotel closed in 1967, and was soon after demolished” after being used by Loyola University.  This unused Curt Teich linen postcard 1A-H161 has serrated edges and a small stain in the right front margin.  Grade: 3

The tea house may be gone but many of its postcards survive–and as far as we can tell, the cost of this one is far less than almost all of them.  Great condition, too.  Unused Tichnor Bros. linen card 88813.  Grade: 1

Unused, undivided back card with instructions to use a 2-cent stamp, so it’s hard to judge the card’s age.  As we often do, we went to Google to check the hotel’s history.  The first several entries all pointed to similar stories, of which we reproduce some of one (glapn dot org) here:  “The Louvre was an elegant restaurant located in the Hotel Belvedere on the northeast corner of Fourth and Alder.  Built in 1891, the Belvedere survived the massive flood of 1894 and was purchased in 1907 by property developer Theodore Kruse.  Once he owned the restaurant, Kruse turned it into a “bohemian” place.  Separate restaurants were located inside, one for mixed male‑female dining and one for men only.  (It isn’t known if there was one for women only as well.)  The “Gents’ Dining Room” looked different from that of the mixed dining room.  The men‑only dining room sported potted palms and mirror‑lined walls.  The Louvre became infamous in certain legal circles.  It possessed a liquor license, and there a number of reports in local newspapers cited liquor law violations.  In one from 1908, the Louvre found itself on a list of eight “gay refectories” where the “gay laugh” could be heard.”  That’s enough from us, and this card does cite Kruse as the proprietor.  Grade: 2

The scan for 31300186A shows you the unfolded paper cover of a series of 18 unused 3-5/8″ x 8-1/4″ cards from all around the country.  The scan for 31300186B shows you a sampling of three of those cards (horizontally).  All cards are captioned and fully attributed, in Russian.  If you need help in knowing what all the locations and objects are, please ask us.  The cover is a bit scuffed, but altogether, still,  Grade: 1

See 31300186A.  The Farohat Teahouse is in one of these cards.

Large (5-7/8″ x 8-1/4″) ad card mailed to local Wanchai residents in 2017, fully printed on both sides and using Hongkong Post’s pre-printed Circular Service postage (in English).  Grade: 1

Yes, pizza, the ultimate local food in The Philippines.  Unused 1998 postcard.  Grade: 1

We had fun reading online reviews for this place, and might even eat there (now we know what to order and what to miss) if we were anywhere close by.  Alas, not so.  The card was mailed in 2017 and has USPS barcoding that does not seem to have touched the uncancelled, round, Global Forever stamp.  We’ll assign Grade: 2

This 5″ x 6.875″ ad card was mailed to Wanchai residents in 2017, using Hongkong Post’s pre-printed circular service postage.  The other side’s in colour and shows various menu items.  (This place is not far from where we live but we haven’t tried it yet … need to break the piggy bank first.)  Grade: 1

Many dining options remain at Victoria Peak, but not this, not now.  Unused, aged card.  Grade: 3

The restaurant was established in 1952 and, maybe unaccountably, is still there as part of a complex.  There were more, but restaurants come and restaurants go.  Tai Pak was featured in the 1955 film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and also in 1973’s Enter the Dragon.  Unused but heavily aged card.  Grade: 3

From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions.  Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken.   Nothing at all “American” about this restaurant, which is quite close to us.  You just need to see the story about how and when it got its name.   Grade: 1

From a series of unused cards that don’t have captions.  Because we live here in Hong Kong, we have filled in some of the gaps to let you know where the pictures were taken.  Food delivery services come and go in Hong Kong (no pun intended), and we haven’t seen this one around for awhile.  Grade: 1

Unused card whose caption tells you everything:  The German Arms; Hans Heysens Cottage; Hahndorf Academy 1857; Foundation Day Parade; and the Hahndorf Inn.  Grade: 1

Unused card showing the Holdfast Shores Marina, a tram, and the HMS Buffalo Restaurant.  Grade: 1