Tunnels – Global Postcard Sales

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Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (USA)
This unused card shows the Fairfield or southern portal of the then-new 1.7 mile twin-tube tunnel. Grade: 1

Code: 39000001
Price: $2.50
South Gate Tunnel, Baghdad (Iraq)
Unused Saddam-era card, with Arabic and English captions on the reverse. Slightly stained and aged. Grade: 3

Code: 39000002
Price: $21.00
Pigtail Bridges, Black Hills (USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 93971-B with serrated edges, showing both of the Pigtail Bridges and one of the tunnels. Grade: 1

Code: 39000003
Price: $1.50
Wawona Tunnel, Yosemite (USA)
This mid-20th-century “5 Associates” card BSY-6 is so pretty but so is the park itself. Many scenes: Wawona Tunnel, Clouds Rest, Halfdome, Bridalveil Fall, Cathedral Rocks, El Capitan, just about everything in the park. Unused, only mild aging on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 39000005
Price: $2.50
Laurel Hill Tunnel, Pennsylvania Turnpike
Unused Dexter Press card 9714-B (221-D88) puts the tunnel into a good perspective. Grade: 2

Code: 39000007
Price: $3.00
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Newfound Gap Tunnel (Tennessee)
Lovely old Curteich-Chicago linen card 506, the essence of what old postcards really should be. Mailed in 1948 with postmark and (slightly abraded) stamp, brown with age, carrying a happy message from intrepid travellers. Grade: 2

Code: 39000008
Price: $5.00
Dudley Canal Tunnel (England)
In 2011, the writer mailed this card (with a brilliant 67p train stamp, and postmark) and took the trouble to have it wrapped in the Royal Mail’s special protective cover so that the card would not be damaged. It wasn’t. Grade: 1

Code: 39000009
Price: $4.00
Horseshoe Tunnel near Scenic, on the Great Northern R.R., Wash.
This card can fit into so many categories. It was mailed in 1915, with stamp and Seattle full postmark. Little bit stained and roughly handled, but very specific and very good of kind. Grade: 3

Code: 39000010
Price: $10.00
Flat Stream Tunnel (New Zealand)
Mailed in 2011 with “colourful” All Blacks stamp and blue Par Avion label affixed. No distinct postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 39000011
Price: $7.00
Detroit River Tunnel (USA/Canada)
Unused card, heavily handled, creased, and stained. Grade: 4

Code: 39000012
Price: $5.00
Sequoia National Park, Auto and Tunnel Logs (California)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 39000013
Price: $1.00
State Line Tunnel, Berkshire Hills (Massachusetts)
Unused Union News Co. card L1326. Grade: 2

Code: 39000014
Price: $3.00
Eastern Cross Harbour Tunnel, Quarry Bay (Hong Kong)
The second of three major tunnels linking Hong Kong Island with Kowloon. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 39000015
Price: $3.00
Western Cross Habour (sic) Tunnel Entrance, Sai Wan (Hong Kong)
The third of three major tunnels linking Hong Kong Island with Kowloon. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 39000016
Price: $3.00
Aerial view of Cross Harbour Tunnel entrance, Causeway Bay (Hong Kong)
Unused card. There are three tunnels now, but not so much harbour left to cross. Grade: 1

Code: 39000017
Price: $4.00
Cape Perpetua, Heceta Light House and Highway Tunnel (Oregon)
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 7A-H45 (and 990) from Wesley Andrews Co. Grade: 1

Code: 39000018
Price: $4.00
Glacier National Park, West Side Tunnel (Montana, USA)
Not postally used, but with a message fully occupying the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 39000019
Price: $0.50
Entrance to Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Detroit (Michigan)
Unused Tichnor linen card 68294, aging and with a black mark on the right front wall. Grade: 2

Code: 39000020
Price: $2.00
Mt. Rushmore through Iron Mt. road tunnel (South Dakota, USA)
Unused but unusually heavily aged Dexter Press card 64641-B. Grade: 3

Code: 39000021
Price: $1.00
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel (Canada)
Unused but aged Valentine-Black card WR21. Grade: 3

Code: 39000022
Price: $4.00
Tunnel Busses, in Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, Windsor, Ontario
Unused vintage postcard, Grade: 2

Code: 39000023
Price: $4.00
Windsor Tunnel, multi-views (Canada/USA)
Unused Photogelatine Engraving Co. unnumbered card, aging. Grade: 2

Code: 39000024
Price: $4.00
Antwerp, tunnel entrance (Belgium)
Unused Dohmen real-photo card, serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 39000025
Price: $4.00
Lake Tahoe, Cave Rock and tunnel (Nevada, USA)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 39000026
Price: $1.00
Second Tunnel, Canon of the Grand (Colorado, USA)
Unused, undivided back, embossed card. Grade: 2

Code: 39000027
Price: $2.00
Ketchikan, Chief Skowl Totem Pole (Alaska)
Unused Mike Roberts card C18579 showing the pole and the tunnel in downtown Ketchikan. Grade: 1

Code: 39000028
Price: $2.00
Mitchell’s Point Tunnel, Columbia River Highway (Oregon, USA)
Unused linen card 69077 from Angelus Commercial Studio. Grade: 1

Code: 39000029
Price: $1.00
Raton Tunnel (New Mexico, USA)
Unused Fred Harvey “Phostint” card 12986, very minor small stains on the reverse and with a caption that occupies nearly all of the message area. Grade: 2

Code: 39000030
Price: $6.00
The Spiral Tunnels (CNR) (Canada)
For this, a good search engine is your best source of information. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 39000031
Price: $5.00
Windsor, Tunnel Busses in Detroit-Windsor Tunnel (Canada/USA)
This is another of those cards that almost accidentally fits into a large number of categories. We’re happy about that: visibility! Unused Photogelatine Engraving card #22. Grade: 1

Code: 39000032K
Price: $5.00
Interior of Bankhead Tunnel under Mobile River (Alabama, USA)
Faded and aging but complete linen card mailed in 1943 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 39000033
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Tunnel under Chicago River (USA)
Creepy old, unused V.C. Hammon card No. 76. Unusually, we could find no Google references to this specific postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 39000034
Price: $5.00
West Virginia Turnpike, Bender Bridge and entrance to Tunnel
Unused Mike Roberts card SC2968 from Glass House Restaurants. Grade: 2

Code: 39000035
Price: $2.00
Cody Road tunnel (Wyoming, USA)
This unused card has a perforated edge on the left, so it was part of a set. The tunnel itself is 3,200 feet long and, at least at the time, Wyoming’s longest. On US highways 14/20, it probably still is. Grade: 1

Code: 39000036
Price: $2.00
St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project (Canada/US)
Unused Plastichrome card P28296. Grade: 1

Code: 39000037
Price: $1.00
Buenos Aires, Tunnel of the Libertador Avenue under the railroad (Argentina)
Unused card, 4-1/8″x 6-7/8″, minor foxing on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 39000038
Price: $5.00
Queen Creek Canyon, Million Dollar Queen Creek Tunnel (Arizona, USA)
Unused Petley card 15056, though it has a July 1960 date written on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 39000040
Price: $0.50
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (California)
Unused Dexter Press card 72577-B, aged and with underlining and more handwriting in the caption area. Grade: 4

Code: 39000041
Price: $0.50
Cherokee, Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina, USA)
Only if you’re desperate for tunnel postcards. The front is fine. The back is awful, no stamp, water stains. It does have a 1967 postmark, though. Grade: 5

Code: 39000042
Price: $0.50
Black Hills, Shrine in Stone Frame (South Dakota, USA)
Look closely. It took us awhile to see what was special about this photo of the “Shrine of Democracy” but we finally got it. Unused Plastichrome card P14644. Grade: 1

Code: 39000043
Price: $2.00

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