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U.S. Capitol, West Side, Statuary Hall
Unused B.S. Reynolds card R-59881, looking almost new. The reverse caption identifies all of these statues. Interesting coincidence that one of them is “Clinton, N.Y.” Prescient, indeed. Grade: 1
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U.S. Capitol, Frances E, Willard, Statuary Hall
Unused B.S. Reynolds card R-45635, looking almost new. Grade: 1
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U.S. Capitol, East Side, Statuary Hall
Unused B.S. Reynolds card R-59880, again managing to give the names of every one of these persons on the reverse caption. Grade: 1
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Champlain Monument, Orillia (Canada)
Two unused (1950s?) Krom-O-Graph cards are available. Grades: 1
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Shakespeare bust, Stratford (Canada)
Card with serrated edges mailed in 1955 with stamp and virtually full postmark. Grade: 2
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Marine Memorial, Hampton Beach (New Hampshire)
Card was mailed in 1985 with 14-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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The Bavaria (Munich)
Card with serrated edges was mailed–postmark indistinct–with a slightly torn stamp and blue Mit Luftpost airmail sticker. Grade: 3
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Lincoln statue (Washington, DC)
Unused L.B. Prince card 714. Grade: 1
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Iwo Jima statue, Arlington (Virginia)
Unused Silberne Souvenir Sales card 155145, of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial. (If you have time now, also see a few cards in our Malaysia section of a similar product by the same sculptor, Felix W. de Weldon.) Grade: 1
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Statue of Freedom (Washington, DC)
Unused card published by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Grade: 1
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Francisco Villa (Tucson, Arizona)
Unused Petley card 630208 of the Mexican revolutionary figure (1877-1923). Grade: 1
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Thao Thep Satri and Thao Srisunthorn statues, Phuket (Thailand)
Mailed in 1994 with a stamp and Patong (Phuket) postmark, and postal barcoding on the bottom reverse. Grade: 1
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Giant Buddha statue, Lantau (Hong Kong)
No, the sky is not usually that colour. Two cards are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $3). The other was mailed in 2011 with commemorative Year of the Rabbit stamp and a full postmark, along with blue trilingual airmail sticker and minor postal creasing (Grade: 2, $5).
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Giant Buddha, Lantau Island (Hong Kong)
Now accessible via the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Cars, the Giant Buddha is a key visitor attraction. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Mahabharata Epic (Bali)
Two unused cards of this somewhat ornate statue are available. Grades: 1
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Sculpture of the Five Rams, Guangzhou (PRC) (in folio)
This photo shows only the back cover of this unwrapped and unused folio, of which two are available. Ten different cards (you see them here, including the sculpture) are connected by a perforated edge inside. Each card has bilingual Chinese and English captions. Grades: 1
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Statue of Liberty (USA)
Unused, contemporary card. Printed in China. And there’s the situation. Any collection of world postcards will have at least one — and you have your choice of many thousands — of the Statue of Liberty. Grade: 1
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Bronze Horseman (Russia)
From 2010, mailed with four stamps and two large, full St. Petersburg postmarks. Grade: 1
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Ballarat, The Gardens, The Flight from Pompeii (Australia)
Unused vintage Rose Series P.1707 postcard. Published by the Rose Stereograph Co., Armadale, Vic. Grade: 3
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Miami Seaquarium, main entrance (Florida)
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-3942 (29040). Grade: 1
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The Christus, Forest Lawn Memorial-Park (Glendale, California)
Unused card issued by Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Assn. There’s an inked notation in the postage area, and latent corner creasing. Grade: 3
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Douglas Mac Arthur (Los Angeles)
Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K951, still vivid. Grade: 2
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Ponce de Leon (Florida)
Unused card with ink jotting in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Vulcan – The Iron Man (Birmingham, Alabama)
Unused Scenic South Card C8824. The caption on the reverse qualifies this as the “largest cast-iron statue in the world,” behind only the Statue of Liberty as the highest statue in America. Is that still true? Grade: 3
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Ponce de Leon Springs (Florida)
Unused Curteichcolor card 4C-K1029 (FK.59) and, just so you know, those are both statues. Grade: 1
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Cast of David, Ringling Museum of Art (Florida)
Two of these unused Russell News Agency (Koppel) cards 37939 are available. Grades: 1
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Alma Mater statue, University of Illinois (USA)
Unused Mike Roberts chrome card C16781. Grade: 3
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Black Hawk (Illinois, USA)
This is one of those cards where the caption writer ran amok and told us more than everything. Unused card 8442. Grade: 3
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Beneficence, Ball State University, Muncie (Indiana)
Unused but aging Plastichrome card P65076. As information, “Beneficence” is a “monumental tribute to the generosity and foresightedness of the five Ball Brothers.” Grade: 3
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Old Trooper Monument and Chief’s Grave, Fort Riley (Kansas, USA)
Unused Donna Brinkman card 108162. Some explanation: the monument was dedicated in 1961 and honors the U.S. Cavalry. The grave, however, is that of Chief, the horse foaled in 1932, died 1968, and the last cavalry mount on U.S. Army rolls. Whew. Grade: 2
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The Elk, Mohawk Trail (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card with someone’s initials in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Minute Man statue, Concord (Massachusetts)
Unused and aged Plastichrome card P49155-B148. Grade: 3
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Menotomy Indian statue, Arlington (Massachusetts)
Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 19804 (G-5) dated 1964. Grade: 3
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Fishermen’s Memorial, Gloucester (Massachusetts)
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K1751, with someone’s initials in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Atkinson Park, Newburyport (Massachusetts)
Unused Plastichrome card P4027. Grade: 2
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The Minuteman, Lexington (Massachusetts)
Sculptored by Henry Hudson Kitson. Unused Plastichrome card P76374. Grade: 2
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Roger Conant, Salem (Massachusetts, USA)
Unused Mike Roberts card C14292 (MA1456) of this statue by Henry H. Kitson. Grade: 1
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Minute Man statue, Concord (Massachusetts)
Unused, aging Plastichrome card P76282 of Daniel Chester French’s statue at the North Bridge. As you’re reading these listings of cards, if you’re confused about some of the actual locations, be reassured that we just follow what the cards say. Grade: 3
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Huron National Forest, The Lumberman’s Monument (Michigan)
Unused and aging “local” card 37502. This monument is located on the high banks of the Au Sable River. Grade: 3
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The Scout, Kansas City (Missouri)
Unused Tetricolor card 050393 of this famous statue by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, in Penn Valley Park. Grade: 3