THE ABBOTT DRUG COMPANY’S ROUND THE WORLD SERIES

1. All cards start with the salutation, "Dear Doctor."

2. All cards were addressed to Doctors, & selected health professionals (ie nurse anaesthetists) in the US or Canada, using labels.

3. All cards are handwritten, (except for typed cards from Argentina & Uruguay).

4. All cards are signed Abbott at the bottom.

5. All cards include the words PENTOTHAL SODIUM (or the local Pentothal trademark) at the bottom or as a divider between the message and the address.

6. All cards were mailed between 1956 and 1968.

 

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#	COUNTRY	CITY (cancel)	DESCRIPTION	YEAR	NOTES	VAL
1	Andorra (1)	Andorre	La Vielle Maison Du Parlement	58	Continental size	$5
2	Andorra (2)	Andorre	La Vielle Bridge over the valley	66,67,68	Cont, Vert	$5
3	Argentina (1)	Buenos Aires	(Four views of city)	56	B & W photo	$5
4	Argentina (2)	Buenos Aires	(Four views of city)	56	Color, Typed message	$5
5	Argentina (3)	B. A. or La Plata	Cathedral - La Plata	57		$5
6	Argentina (4)	Buenos Aires	Vista Del Riachuelo	61	Oversized card	$5
7	Argentina (5)	Buenos Aires	Cascades del Iguaza (waterfall)	64		$5
8	Argentina (6)	Buenos Aires	Gauchos	67		$5
9	Australia (1)	Ayers Rock, N.T.	Ayers Rock	66		$5
10	Australia (2)	Hobart, Tasmania	Constitution Dock	58,59	small card	$5
11	Australia (3)	Sydney	Sydney Harbour Bridge	56	small card	$5
12	Australian Antarctic	Wilkes	Base camp	61		$15
13	Austria	Vienna	View of city	58		$5
14	Bahamas	?	Man O'War Cay	68		$5
15	Barbados	Barbados	Beach scene at Barbados	67		$5
16	Belgium (1)	Brussels	Hotel De Ville at Louvaine	57	Deckled edges	$5
17	Belgium (2)	Brussels	Grand Place (market)	65,66	B & W card	$5
18	Belgium (3)	Brussels	A part of the marketplace	68	Deckled edges	$5
19	Brasil (1)	Brasilia	The National Congress	63		$5
20	Brasil (2)	Rio de J. or Sao Paulo,	Aerial view of Rio at night	57		$5
21	Brasil (3)	Rio de Janiero	Sight from Lady Martha Terrace	67		$5
22	Canada (1)	Medicine Hat	A panoramic view (woman with flower)	56,66		$5
23	Canada (2)	none	Mountie on horse	57,67	Precancelled	$5
24	Canada (3)	?	Flags	67		$5
25	Ceylon	Columbo	Snake Charmer with Cobra	59,60		$5
26	Chile, Easter Is. (1)	Isla de Pascua	Easter Island (Three Stone Giants)	65,66		$10
27	Chile (2)	Punta Arenas	Reconstruction of Fort Bulnes	58	small B & W	$10
28	Chile (3)	Santiago	Rio Mapocho	67		$5
29	China	Taipei,	Taiwan Pineapple cart	66		$10
30	Columbia (1)	Cartagena	Vista desde el Castillo (city view)	56		$5
31	Columbia (2)	Bogota	Santa Marta-Columbia (mountain top)	64		$5
32	Comores	Mutsi-Mudu	Group of women in native costume	64		$10
33	Cuba	Havana	El Castillo del Morro	56,59	rounded corners	$5
34	Denmark	Copenhagen	The Little Mermaid	57	Vert	$5
35	Ecuador	Guayaquil	Ninos en las calles de Riobamba	68		$5
36	Finland	Helsinki	The Children's Castle	58		$5
37	France (1)	Strasbourg	Storks, nest, & church	56,57	Vert	$5
38	France (2)	Paris	Place de la Concorde	56		$5
39	France (3)	Dieppe	Eiffel Tower	67		$5
40	France (4)	Paris	Montmarte section of Paris	64		$5
41	Germany (1)	Berlin
42	Germany (2)	Frankfurt	Goethe House	58	Vert	$5
43	Germany (3)	Saarbrucken, Saar,	Greetings...& 4 views	62		$5
44	Germany (4)	?	Various scenes	67		$5
45	Great Britain (1)	London	Nelson Mon., Trafalgar Sq	56		$5
46	Great Britain (2)	Oxford	Queens College	57		$5
47	Great Britain (3)	Dorset, Bournemouth,	Corfe Castle	58	Vert	$5
48	Great Britain (4)	Southhampton	Painting of HMS Queen Mary	59	Oversized Jumbo card	$20
49	Great Britain (5)	Douglas	Peel Castle, Isle of Man	60		$5
50	Great Britain (6)	Bristol	Lundy (Horses & lighthouse)	62		$5
51	Great Britain (7)	Stratford-on-Avon	The Royal Shakespeare Theatre		Oversized card	$5
52	Great Britain (8)	Paddington	Glasgow Royal Infirmary	65	Oversized card	$5
53	Great Britain (9)	Earl's Court,	London,Big Ben, London	67	Vert	$5
54	Great Britain (10)	London	Nelson's Col, Trafalger Sq, London?	?	Vert	$5
55	Greece	Athens	Athens-View of Parthenon	56,57	B & W photo	$5
56	Greenland	Godthaab	Native Sealers	59		$10
57	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cargo Junks in Hong Kong Harbor	60		$10
58	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong By Night (Harbor view)63	63		$10
59	Iceland	Reykjavik	Geysers erupting	?		$5
60	Ifni	Sidi Ifni	Plaza De Espana	59		$10
61	India (1)	Agra	Taj Mahal	60,66,67		$5
62	India (2)	Bombay	Victoria Terminus	67	"by sea mail"	$10
63	Ireland (1)	Dublin	O'Connell Street, Dublin	56		$5
64	Ireland (2)	Baile Atha Cliath,	Emerald Isles & winding bays	61		$5
65	Ireland (3)	Killarney	Jaunting Car	66		$5
66	Ireland (4)	Dublin	County Dublin (3 views incl airport)	67		$5
67	Italy (1)	Florence	View across River Arno	56		$5
68	Italy (2)	Venice	Rialto Bridge		57,58	$5
69	Italy (3)	Bologna	University of Bologna	61	Vert, B&W	$5
70	Italy (4)	Chicago, Ill; USA	Isle of Capri Stand	none	Vert, Bulk mail	$5
71	Jamaica (1)	Kingston	Doctors Cave, Montego Bay	64	Cont	$5
72	Jamaica (2)	Kingston	Straw Market	67,68		$5
73	Japan (1)	Tokyo	National Park, Hakone, Japan	59	Vert	$5
74	Japan (2)	Tokyo	Matsushima Bay	64		$5
75	Jordan	Jerusalem	Dome of the Rock	?		$10
76	Kenya	Nairobi	Greetings from East Africa	67	(6 panels)	$5
77	Lebanon (1)	Beirut	Byblos, Lebanon (port scene)	63		$5
78	Lebanon (2)	Beirut	Baalbek, Lebanon. Jupiter's Temple	66	Vert	$5
79	Lebanon (3)	Beirut	Roman Ruins. Anjar, Lebanon	67	Vert	$5
80	Lichtenstein (1)	Vaduz	Schloss Vaduz Castle	58		$5
81	Lichtenstein (2)	Vaduz	Two Children in Native Dress	68	Vert	$5
82	Luxembourg	Viaden	Chateau De Viaden	58,59	Vert	$5
83	Malaya	Kuala Lumpur	A Malay Mosque	64,65		$5
84	Maldive Islands	Male	Minaret of Juma Mosque	62,63		$10
85	Malta	Valletta	Malta-Old Fortification. (Harbor view)	65		$5
86	Mauritius	Port Lewis	The Post Office Mauritius" (1847 stamp)	60, 61		$5
87	Mexico (1)	Mexico City	Modern Mexico-Downtown	56		$5
88	Mexico (2)	Mexico City	Public Wks. & Com. Bldg.	56		$5
89	Mexico (3)	Mexico City	The Cathedral	56		$5
90	Mexico (4)	University City	College of Medicine	56		$5
91	Mexico (5)	Mexico City	Pre-Spanish Funeral Mask	58	Vertical	$5
92	Mexico (6)	Mexico City	Contempory Art, The Apocolypse	58	Vertical	$5
93	Mexico (7)	Mexico City	Pyrotechnical toy	58	Vertical	$5
94	Mexico (8)	Mexico City	Mexican Popular Art (horse)	58	Vertical	$5
95	Mexico (9)	Mexico City	Chichen Itza Temple at Merida	61		$5
96	Mexico (10)	Mexico City	Centro Medico	63		$5
97	Mexico (11)	University City	Rectorate	65		$5
98	Mexico (12)	Mexico City	Palace of Fine Arts	67		$5
99	Mexico (13)	Mexico City	Ciudad Universaria	68		$5
100	Monaco (1)	Monte Carlo	View of city	59		$5
101	Monaco (2)	Monte Carlo	View of the Port at Night	66,67		$5
102	Netherlands (1)	Amsterdam	Rembrandt Painting	57		$5
103	Netherlands (2)	Amsterdam	St. Olofssteeg	57	Vertical, Bl & wh.	$5
104	Netherlands (3)	Amsterdam	Tulips	58		$5
105	Netherlands (4)	Amsterdam	Madurodam	65		$5
106	Netherlands (5)	Amsterdam	St. Olaf's	67		$5
107	Netherlands (6)	Amsterdam	Herengracht	68		$5
108	Neth. Antillies (1)	Curacao	Bridge "Koningin Emma"	59		$5
109	Neth. Antillies (2)	Curacao	New Heerenstraat	68	Vertical	$5
110	New Caledonia	Noumea	View of Noumea	59		$5
111	New Hebrides	Port Vila	Native With Hatchet	66		$10
112	New Zealand (1)	Auckland	View of city	?		$5
113	New Zealand (2)	Wellington	Mt. Egmont &... Taranaki	61		$5
114	New Zealand (3)	Lower Hutt	Lakes	67		$5
115	Nicaragua	Managua	Ruben Dario Monument	68		$5
116	Norway (1)	Oslo	Fiords	?		$5
117	Norway (2)	North Cape	Night View of North Cape	66		$5
118	Pakistan (1)	Abbottsbad	Ilyasi Mosque	63		$5
119	Pakistan (2)	Karachi	Shalamar Gardens	67		$5
120	Panama	Porte Pagado	Miraflores canal locks	57	No stamp	$5
121	Peru (1)	?	Landscapes	67		$5
122	Peru (2)	?	Llamas en Peru...	65		$5
123	Peru (3)	Lima	3 Views-church, city, ruins	56	B & W photo	$5
124	Philippines	Banaue	Ifugao village	66		$5
125	Portugal (1)	Lisbon	Plaza - Pedro IV	56		$5
126	Portugal (2)	Lisbon	Monument to Prince Henry	61		$5
127	Portugal (3)	Ponta Delgado, Azores	Waterfront	65		$5
128	Portugese Indies	Nova Goa	Statue of Jose Custodio de Faria	59,60		$5
129	Ruanda-Urundi	Usumbura	Animals and mountains	59,60		$5
130	San Salvador (1)	San Salvador	(Erupting volcano)	59,60		$5
131	San Salvador (2)	San Salvador	Bulneario Chorros	67		$5
132	San Salvador (3)	San Salvador	View of Volcano	60		$5
133	San Marino (1)	San Marino	Panorama view & castle	58		$5
134	San Marino (2)	San Marino	Government Palace	58		$5
135	San Marino (3)	San Marino	Honor Guard, Government Palace	68		$5
136	Scotland (1)	Edinburgh	Scott Monument	56		$5
137	Scotland (2)	Edinburgh	Peel Castle	57		$5
138	Singapore (1)	Singapore	Riverfront scene	62		$5
139	Singapore (2)	Singapore	Harbor	67		$5
140	South Africa (1)	Johannesburg	Table Top Mountain	56		$5
141	South Africa (2)	Umatata	Venda native women	58		$5
142	Spain (1)	Madrid	Plaza De La Cibeles	56,57		$5
143	Spain (2)	Palos	Sailing ships in harbor	58		$5
144	Spain (3)	No postmark	Toledo: Puente de Alcantara (Castle)	63		$5
145	Spain (4)	Madrid	Cervantes monument	65		$5
146	Spanish Guinea	Bata	Palm Tree and Buildings	63	Vertical	$5
147	Spanish Sahara	Aaiun	Plaza	65		$5
148	St. Pierre & Miquelon,	St. Pierre & Miquelon	Dock & fishing boats	59		$5
149	Surinam	Paramaribo	Government buildings	59,60		$5
150	Sweden (1)	Stockholm	Stadshus	56	Vertical	$5
151	Sweden (2)	Goteborg	Waterfront scene	57	Watercolor print	$5
152	Sweden (3)	Polcirkeln	Laplanders home	58		$5
153	Sweden (4)	Stockholm	Nobel Prize Presentation	60	B & W photo	$5
154	Switzerland (1)	Basel	Childrens Castle	56		$5
155	Switzerland (2)	Zurich	Clock tower & statue	56	Vertical	$5
156	Switzerland (3)	Geneva	Castle of Chillon	57		$5
157	Switzerland (4)	Bern	Square in Bern	57		$5
158	Switzerland (5)	Montreux	Alps family blowing horn	65		$5
159	Switzerland (6)	Zurich	Zurich: Blick...Qualbrucke (waterfront),67	67	Vertical	$5
160	Tahiti	Papeete	Beach scene	65		$10
161	Thailand	Bangkok	Emerald Buddha Temple	68		$5
162	United States (1)	Honolulu, Hawaii	Outrigger canoe	56	Deckled edges	$5
163	United States (2)	Juneau, Alaska	Mendenhall Glacier	59	Upon Statehood	$10
164	United States (3)	Honolulu, Hawaii	Waikiki Beach	59	Upon Statehood	$5
165	Uruguay	Montevideo	Painting, "Crossing the Brook"	56	small card, typed	$5
166	Vatican	Vatican City	St. Peter's Square	56,58		$5
167	Venezuela	Caracas	Gran Sabana	66		$5
168	Wallis & Futuna	Mata-Uta	(palm trees)	65		$10