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Hannibal, Lover’s Leap
Lots of proper nouns in the caption of this unused “local” postcard, including the CB&Q RR yards, and unnamed highway and railroad bridges. A date is inked into the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 10126085
Price: $1.00
Hannibal, Parlor in the Mark Twain Boyhood Home
Unused Dexter Press card 43132 with a 1984 date inked into the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 10126086
Price: $0.50
Hannibal, Dulany Mahan Memorial Garden
The garden is beside the Mark Twain home, and the statue is of (who else) Tom Sawyer. Incidentally, at least some of this is on the site of the now-gone Virginia Hotel. Unused card except for a 1984 date inked into the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 10126087
Price: $0.50
Kansas City, Catholic Cathedral
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen postcard OB-H2610 (maybe it’s 0B-H2610, we want to make the search engines happy) and #108 as well. Grade: 1

Code: 10126088
Price: $1.00
Kansas City, Swope Park, Shelter House
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 9A-H1561. Grade: 1

Code: 10126089
Price: $2.00
Camdenton, “Lovers’ Leap” overlooking Lake of the Ozarks
The very long caption on the reverse of this unused Curteich-Chicago card 5B274-N tells of Winona, an Indian maiden, her leap from the cliff, and all the consequences of that. Grade: 1

Code: 10126090
Price: $1.00
St. Louis, Forest Park, Pagoda
Very old, unused card, missing its lower left corner. Grade: 4

Code: 10126091
Price: $1.00
St. Louis, Basilica of St. Louis, King of France
Unused Tichnor Bros. “Lusterchrome” card K-16550. Grade: 1

Code: 10126092
Price: $0.50
St. Louis, The Basilica of St. Louis – King of France, Bishop Joseph Rosati
This unused card tells us that Joseph Rosati’s “remains were buried (in 1970) in this crypt under the main altar of the church he constructed.” Not certain that the card shows the crypt, though. Grade: 1

Code: 10126093
Price: $1.00
St. Louis, Forest Park, Pretty Birch Drive
In 1911, Alma wrote a nice message to Flora and mailed this card … stamp and postmark are there, some staining mostly around the reverse edges. Grade: 3

Code: 10126094
Price: $2.00
Lake of the Ozarks, multiple views
Unused, heavily aged Plastichrome card P329437. Grade: 3

Code: 10126095
Price: $0.50
I (heart) Missouri
From 1991, this unused card telling you all about the cat but not a lot about Missouri. Grade: 1

Code: 10126096
Price: $1.00
Jefferson City, Dining Hall, Missouri State Penitentiary
Wikipedia tells us: “The Missouri State Penitentiary operated from 1836 to 2004. Part of the Missouri Department of Corrections, it served as the state’s primary maximum security institution. Before it closed, it was the oldest operating penal facility west of the Mississippi River. It was replaced by the Jefferson City Correctional Center, which opened on September 15, 2004.” Among prison postcards, this should rank as one of the more unusual. It was mailed in 1909; stamp and postmark are there; and from the message we have no idea whatsoever whether the writer was staying there, or being ironic, or what. Grade: 1

Code: 10126097
Price: $8.00
McDonald County, U.S. Highway 71, Elk River, Beautiful Ozarks
This unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 0C-H547 promises “smooth, hard-surfaced highways”. We’ll pack our bags … Grade: 1

Code: 10126098
Price: $3.00
St. Louis Cathedral, mosaic detail
Unused Dexter Press postcard 37542-C, with a florid caption and significant aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10126099
Price: $0.50
The New Cathedral of St. Louis
An unused, aging, Dexter Press card 37545-C, one of our “…est” cards, whose caption claims the cathedral has the world’s largest collection of mosaics, adorning “65,000 square-feet of walls and domes in the foremost example of Byzantine architecture in the Western Hemisphere”. Construction started in 1907 and finished in 1965, according to that same caption — which helps date the card. Long after this card was printed, Wikipedia reported that “currently, the world’s largest mosaic museum is the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep (Turkey), which holds mosaics covering an area of 2,462 square meters.” Time and tide wait for no postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 10126100
Price: $2.00
St. Louis, Forest Park, Jewel Box
Old and unused linen-style card 28135 (D-14) from Dexter Press. Considering the age of the card and the design of the building, we went online to learn more about it: “The Jewel Box (also known as the St. Louis Floral Conservatory and the City of St. Louis Floral Display House) is a greenhouse (that) now serves as a public horticultural facility and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by architect William C. E. Becker and built in 1936, (consisting) of five stepped, composition-covered wood roofs with clerestories, rather than a regular glass roof, in order to prevent damage from frequent hailstorms.” Thanks to Wikipedia for that. Grade: 1

Code: 10126101
Price: $4.00
Kansas City, Liberty Memorial
It took from 1921-26 to build this war memorial, and the caption on this unused linen Curteich-Chicago postcard 5A-H1515 (24) eloquently describes it. Old Kansas City in your hands. Grade: 1

Code: 10126102
Price: $4.00
Kansas City, Auditorium Plaza Park, fountain
Unmailed Dexter Press 57844-B, onto which Anna Lee attached her autograph on 15th December, 1962. Grade: 3

Code: 10126103
Price: $1.00
St. Louis, Forest Park, Christmas Display in Jewel Box
Unused Tichnor Bros. Lusterchrome card K-9110. Grade: 1

Code: 10126104
Price: $1.00
Lake Taneycomo from Table Rock
Unused Mike Roberts card C2575 of this scenic location in the Missouri Ozarks. Grade: 1

Code: 10126105
Price: $1.00

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