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St. Louis (Missouri, USA)
Unused “local” card with lots of information in a short caption. Grade: 3
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Marine Memorial, Hampton Beach (New Hampshire, USA)
Unused but aging Plastichrome card P21090 (N-291) with some initials over the postage area. Grade: 3
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Statue of Liberty
Unused, very old, very heavily handled card. Grade: 4
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Utica (New York)
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K112 (104) of this monument at Oneida Square in Utica. Grade: 2
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Ezra Cornell, Ithaca (New York)
Unused, aging Curteichcolor card 9C-K195. Grade: 3
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Maine Monument, New York City
Lots of information on this mailed Poly-Chrome card M-16676, copyrighted 1913 by Irving Underhill. Specifically, the photo shows Maine Monument, Columbus Circle and entrance to Central Park. Mailed in 1917 from Hoboken, NJ, most of the stamp and all of the postmark are there. Some creasing. Grade: 3
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Betty Zane Monument (Ohio, USA)
Unused “local” card 108239, with inked initials in postage area. Betty Zane, FYI, was “heroine of the siege of Fort Henry, when indians led by British soldiers attacked the fort in 1782 …” Grade: 3
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Sacajawea, “The Bird Woman” (Oregon)
Unused Curteichcolor card 3DK-2034 of Sacajawea, “The Bird Woman,” who was the interpreter for the Lewis & Clark expedition to Oregon in 1804-1805. She was a Shoshoni Indian of Idaho, and this statue is in Washington park. All this information is courtesy of the card’s caption. Grade: 3
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John Burn’s Memorial, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card 502. Grade: 3
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William Penn (Pennsylvania, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P68782, of this statue in Memorial Hall of the William Penn Memorial Museum. Inked initials in the postage area of the card. Grade: 3
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Bernwardstatue v.d. Dom (Germany)
Contemporary, mailed card. Grade: 2
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John C. Calhoun (Charleston, South Carolina)
Unused Dexter Press card 26146-B. Grade: 3
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Judge R.E.B. Baylor (Waco, Texas)
Unused Plastichrome card P98289. Grade: 1
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World Wars I and II Memorials, Llano (Texas)
This unused View-Gram card C-17677 fits into several categories. Though we might not have used “Hi” on a card that commemorates death and destruction, we shouldn’t judge. These are World Wars I and II Memorials. Grade: 1
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Stephen F. Austin (Texas)
Unused View-Gram card S-18543-1. Grade: 2
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Texas Hero Monument, Gonzales (Texas)
Specifically, this is a monument to “the immortal Thirty-Two” who went from Gonzales to aid those in the Alamo. Unused View-Gram card C-16927. Grade: 1
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Statue of the Sacred Heart (Colorado, USA)
Unused but aging Dexter Press card 98884 (#4511), rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Will Rogers on “Soapsuds”
Unmailed but heavily written “local” card P104. Grade: 4
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Handcart Pioneer Monument, Salt Lake City (Utah)
Unused Mike Roberts card C4801 of this monument located in the Museum on Temple Square. Grade: 2
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Col. Seth Warner and Battle Monument, Bennington (Vermont)
Unused, aging Dexter Press card 96244-B (DS-3604), serrated edges, and initials inked into postage area. Grade: 3
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Equestrian statue of Washington (Richmond, Virginia)
Unused Curteichcolor card 9CK-369. Grade: 3
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Champlain Monument, Orillia (Canada)
Unused “local” card 661208. Grade: 3
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Kaiserin Elisabeth-Denkmal, Salzburg (Austria)
The front of this B&W card is OK apart from an abrasion on the lower right corner. The reverse attributes the card 6015 to Wurthle & Sohn, with message written in 1912 that fully occupies all of the space. The card was not postally mailed. Grade: 4
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Edinburgh Castle, King Robert the Bruce
Despite its terrible condition, this unused card manages to maintain a great deal of ghostly dignity. Grade: 5
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Lviv, multiple views (Ukraine)
“Multiple views” doesn’t do justice to the card. You can see how much is on the front; the reverse has five stamps, of which one is a brilliant triangular representation of something completely unknown to us. Different postmarks, and address on an affixed label. Where’s that legendary Australian explorer Bronc Morret when we need him? Grade: 3
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Antwerp, greetings and multiple views
Mailed in 2011 with four different stamps and Prior blue label affixed. Grade: 2
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Chengdu, Statue of Zhu-ge Liang (PRC)
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, full postmark, and multiple chops, fingerprints, the works. Grade: 3
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National Monument (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card has different views of Kuala Lumpur on the front, including Felix de Weldon’s National Monument, but the reverse is full of stickers, labels, two “train” stamps, and message. Mailed in 2011. Grade: 3
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Hans-Sachs-Brunnen, Nurnberg (Germany)
Mailed with two stamps and full postmark in 2011. Grade: 1
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Angel y Columna de la Independencia (Mexico)
Oddly coloured but normal card with three large stamps and two even larger postmarks. Grade: 1
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Den Haag (Netherlands)
Card was mailed, with a stamp and se-tenant Priority label, but postmark is not legible. Grade: 2
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Confederate Monument, Augusta (Georgia, USA)
Mailed in 2011 from Columbia, SC with 98-cent stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 2
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Kursk, St. Seraphim of Sarov (Russia)
One of the largest (5-1/2″ x 8-1/8″) postcards we have in stock, and it’s a miracle that it survived being mailed from Kursk to Hong Kong with minimal damage. Four stamps, two postmarks. St. Seraphim, the Patron Saint of Postcards? Grade: 2
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Archangel Michael and St. Simon and Helena Church, Minsk (Belarus)
This 4-1/8″ x 8-1/4″ card was mailed in 2011 with three different stamps and full Minsk postmark. Grade: 1
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GJ. K. Skenderbeu (Kruja, Albania)
Also known as Skanderbeg, Albania’s hero. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Gaucho’s Monument, Montevideo (Uruguay)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Spomenik Nadezdi Petrovic (City of Nis, Serbia)
Unused, contemporary card. Grade: 1
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Vientiane, Muse, Kaysone Phomvihane (Laos)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Vientiane, Haw Pha Kaew, images (Laos)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Budapest, Veres Palne (Hungary)
We’re not quite able to make out the date on the postmarks on the front of this card, but you might be able to do that. The reverse has various addresses, a rubber stamp from the sender, and so on. Grade: 3