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Sarasota, Ringling residence
State dining room of the luxurious home of John Ringling, the circus magnate. Card was mailed with a 5-cent stamp in 1967, with virtually complete postmark. Corner creasing. Grade: 2
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Shells from the coasts of Florida
Unused Koppel Color Card FG-18 (2795) that seems to name nearly all of what you see here in the reverse caption. Short note inked above the caption. Grade: 3
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St. Augustine, Fountain of Youth
What we are about to describe happens sometimes, a nice rarity: two unused cards are available. They each have the same photo, though one has a brownish tint (to the photo) and one a more blueish tone. The brownish one is Tichnor Bros. K-16786. The other one is Florida Souvenir Company 99619. The captions are nearly but not quite identical. We would like to know if one company plaigarized the other or if they are the same company, or what. But alas we must leave that to you to find out. For each card: Grade: 1
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Silver Springs, fish
This unused Tichnor card K-16235 urges you to believe this is what you will see through glass bottom boats at that location. Grade: 2
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Silver Springs, glass bottom boats
Unused card whose caption says “Spring is largest in world.” Grade: 2
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Lake Wales, The Singing Tower
Unused Dexter Press card DR-55419-B (F-26) of “one of America’s most famous landmarks.” You knew that, right? Card has begun to age quite a bit on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Marineland, three trained porpoises
Unused. Grade: 1
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Miami Seaquarium, Flippy bowling
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 4572 (65451), aging. Grade: 2
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Double Jump at Miami Seaquarium
Unused Koppel Color Card FG-98 (88058). Grade: 2
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Miami Seaquarium, Greetings
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-4242 (43503). Grade: 2
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Miami Seaquarium, main entrance
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC-3942 (29040). Grade: 1
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Fort Walton, Gulfarium, Singing Porpoises
Unused. Grade: 2
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Marineland of Florida, porpoise rings bell
Unused Color-King card 120325. Grade: 1
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Marineland of Florida, porpoise takes fish
Unused Color-King card 120326. Grade: 1
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Miami Seaquarium, Flipper
Unused Natural Color card FNC 4893 (79895), explaining the TV program that once featured this captive mammal. Grade: 1
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Miami Seaquarium, Corky the porpoise
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 4395 (55217). Grade: 2
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Ft. Lauderdale, Ocean World
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 5257 (96997). Grade: 1
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Cypress Gardens, greetings
In 1960, Millie wrote to her friend Nellie in Ohio. In December. Was Nellie going to be jealous? You betcha! Three-cent stamp and full Sarasota postmark. Grade: 1
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Tampa, Tropical Busch Gardens
Unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-1104, actually showing the escalator to the observation deck on the roof of Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser Brewery. Grade: 3
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Everglades, Sawgrass and Palmetto clumps
Two of these unused Curteichcolor cards 4DK-1059 (and FK.62) are available. Grades: 2
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St. Augustine, Ponce de Leon Monument
Unused card with ink jotting in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Lake Wales, The Bok Singing Tower
Unused, creased Plastichrome card P1749. Grade: 3
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St. Augustine, Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 5A-H730 (and S.A. 94) of this former prison. Grade: 1
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St. Augustine, Aviles Street, Old Spanish Quarter
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 6A-H283 (and S.A. 92) with the old house of Don Toledo. Grade: 1
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Cypress Gardens, The Pyramid
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC 5079 (86115) of this long-gone water skiing thrill show. Grade: 1
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Sunshine Skyway Twin Spans
Unused Curteichcolor card 1EK-715 (and SK.65) of this bridge connecting St. Petersburg and Bradenton, 150′ above the water at its highest point. Grade: 2
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Along the Beautiful Sandy Beaches
Two of these unused Koppel Color Cards FG-15 (2397) are available. From the looks of it, if you were to go there, you should have brought lots of sunscreen. Grades: 2
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Unmatched Beauty of Florida Sunrise
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Whispering palms on the Florida coast
Unused Koppel Color Card FG-21 (5685). Grade: 1
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Legend of the Spanish Moss
Unused Curteichcolor card 8CK1748 (FK.116), a little bit aged but Grade: 1.
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Clearwater, Kapok Tree Inn, wall of waterfalls
Unused Ward Beckett card C-42, aging. The wall of waterfalls was “inspired by the Villa D’Este, and the arches by Hadrian’s Villa,” near Rome. Grade: 2
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Sarasota, Ringling Museum Fountain of Oceanus
Unused Plastichrome card P16251 (and B-103) of a copy of the fountain by Giovanni di Bologna that’s in the Bololi Gardens in Florence. All that, and more, in the caption! Grade: 3
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St. Augustine, historical street scene
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Along the Tamiami Trail
Unused Lusterchrome card K-3062 (and L-75). Grade: 3
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St. Petersburg, Municipal Pier
Unused card D01687. Aging. Grade: 2
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Silver Springs, fresh water bream
Unused Lusterchrome card K-8429 (#20) of a scene presumably seen through Silver Springs’s “World Famous Glass Bottom Boats.” Grade: 2
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Stately Royal Palms Line a Florida Avenue
Unused Curteichcolor card 9B-K55 (and FK-20). Grade: 2
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Tampa, Busch Gardens, the Parrot Tree
Unused but heavily aged Ward Beckett card T-37. Grade: 3
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St. Petersburg Beach, Aquatarium, porpoise leaping
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC5184 (92297). Grade: 1
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St. Petersburg Beach, Aquatarium, trained porpoise
Unused Koppel Color Card FNC5198 (92906). Grade: 1