Showing 1–40 of 226 postcards

  • Cape Cod, Chatham Lighthouse

    Card dates from mid-90s. Two stamps, and legible postmark, but from California. Minor edge abrasion.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10122001

    Price: $2.00

    Cape Cod, Chatham Lighthouse
  • Boston, Sheraton Plaza Hotel and John Hancock Building

    Plastichrome Colourpicture card P33107 from mid-1960s, unused except for a small pencilled checkmark above stamp area.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10122003

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, Sheraton Plaza Hotel and John Hancock Building
  • Cambridge, M.I.T.

    Nice unused Tichnor Brothers, Lockwood Studios, Lusterchrome card K-5608 (sounds like the opening credits for a movie, doesn’t it?) from the mid-1960s, showing Harvard Bridge and lots of smokestacks. Grade: 1

    Code: 10122006

    Price: $3.50

    Cambridge, M.I.T.
  • Nantucket, Stone Alley and Town Clock

    Unmailed card from New Bedford News Company (Curteich 86887-N) was folded in half and has a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. With edge abrasions also, this card would be OK if framed but space filler otherwise. Grade: 5

    Code: 10122007

    Price: $1.50

    Nantucket, Stone Alley and Town Clock
  • Cambridge, Harvard Square

    There must be a few Harvard people out there, putting postcard collections together. Here’s your view from–let’s say–the 50s. Unused Colourpicture card P18263. Grade: 2

    Code: 10122008

    Price: $2.50

    Cambridge, Harvard Square
  • Boston, skyline and harbor

    The card would be as-new except that the view definitely isn’t. Unused Bromley & Company card C16591 (and BM206) showing Boston skyline and harbor from top of the Prudential Tower. Grade: 2

    Code: 10122009

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, skyline and harbor
  • Cambridge, Harvard Square

    Tichnor Bros. card K-2539, unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122011

    Price: $5.00

    Cambridge, Harvard Square
  • Nantucket, Brant Point Light

    Unmailed linen card showing this old lighthouse and the skyline of Nantucket. It’s Tichnor card 75313, never mailed but it was folded in half and also has a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Best use for this card would be framed along with other lighthouse cards. Grade: 4

    Code: 10122013

    Price: $1.50

    Nantucket, Brant Point Light
  • Plymouth, Portico over Plymouth Rock

    Mailed in 1974 from Philadelphia, with readable postmark, and 3 and 5-cent stamps. Minor postal bumping on the corners. Grade: 2

    Code: 10122014

    Price: $2.00

    Plymouth, Portico over Plymouth Rock
  • Boston, Georges Island, Ranges Light

    One of our nicest lighthouse cards, yet if you Google this you will see the card, the scene, and the description have controversy attached. No matter, it’s a great card–unmailed but with an extensive long-ago message on the reverse. Reichner Brothers card 1284, made in Germany. Grade: 4

    Code: 10122015

    Price: $12.00

    Boston, Georges Island, Ranges Light
  • Cambridge, Washington Elm

    Unused Souvenir Post Card Co. card #4350 from the late 1910s or early 1920s of this iconic tree.

    Code: 10122016

    Price: $6.00

    Cambridge, Washington Elm
  • Boston, John Hancock Bldg. and Arlington Church

    Springtime view of “the new and the old in Boston.” Well, new in the 1960s anyway. Colourpicture card P3311, unused.   Two unused cards are available.  One looks good (Grade: 1, $3) and the other just a bit less (Grade: 2, $2)

    Code: 10122017

    Price: $3.00

    Boston, John Hancock Bldg. and Arlington Church
  • Boston, Trinity Church

    Trinity Church, “one of the finest examples of Romanesque Architecture in the world,” with more historical facts on this unused Colourpicture card P64190 (B-173) from the 1960s.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122019

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, Trinity Church
  • Provincetown, Cape Cod, aerial view

    Cape Cod Souvenirs card was mailed not from Provincetown, but from Denver (with partly legible postmark, and 50-cent “Switzerland” stamp) in 2003. Grade: 2

    Code: 10122020

    Price: $2.00

    Provincetown, Cape Cod, aerial view
  • Provincetown, aerial panoramic view

    The front of this card is the same as 10122022 (except for condition), while the reverse is laid out slightly differently and has a slightly different index number (PT-181) from South Cape Distributors. This card was mailed from New Jersey in 1999 with a 55-cent stamp that the Post Office has so thoroughly obliterated it is clear they didn’t want anyone to save it. But we did. There’s a fold on the lower right front of the card. Grade: 4

    Code: 10122021

    Price: $1.00

    Provincetown, aerial panoramic view
  • Provincetown, aerial panoramic view B-181

    The front of this card is the same as 10122021 (except for condition), while the reverse is laid out slightly differently and has a slightly different index number (B-181) from South Cape Distributors. This card was mailed from Buzzard’s Bay MA in 1992 with two Cassatt 23-cent stamps (both torn) and significant postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 5

    Code: 10122022

    Price: $1.00

    Provincetown, aerial panoramic view B-181
  • Concord, Thoreau artifacts

    Artifacts owned by Henry David Thoreau, in the Concord Museum. This card was mailed in 1990 with a 36-cent airmail stamp and mostly legible Providence, RI postmark. A few dents and dings. Grade: 3

    Code: 10122023

    Price: $1.00

    Concord, Thoreau artifacts
  • Nantucket, Old Jail

    Old, battered, unmailed American Art Post Card Co. card 628, folded in half and with a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse. Not so nice but if you’ve been looking for a card of Nantucket’s old jail, here it is. Grade: 5

    Code: 10122024

    Price: $2.00

    Nantucket, Old Jail
  • Boston, waterfront

    Let’s call this a robust card of the Boston waterfront. Mailed in 1990 with fully readable postmark and 36-cent Sikorsky airmail stamp. Minor postal battering around the edges, nothing significant. Grade: 3

    Code: 10122025

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, waterfront
  • Boston, Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Merry-Go-Round Lounge

    Two unused cards are available, from the mid-1960s.  “Circus-like fun.”  Just what the sophisticated hotel needed.  Grades: 1

    Code: 10122026

    Price: $4.00

    Boston, Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Merry-Go-Round Lounge
  • Boston, Park Plaza Hotel

    Two of these unused cards from the 1960s are available, gently aging on the reverse.  Grades: 2

    Code: 10122027

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, Park Plaza Hotel
  • Boston, New State House

    It looks like this card was issued by Filene’s Restaurant in Boston, but definitely it was mailed in 1946, with stamp and fully legible postmark.  Minor age mottling.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122028

    Price: $4.50

    Boston, New State House
  • Cambridge, Harvard Square

    We suppose Harvard Square might look like this after a hard night of partying.  The 4.25″ x 6″ card was mailed in 1991 with  a 40-cent Gilbreth stamp and has two overlapping Boston postmarks.  Very minor postal handling.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10122029

    Price: $3.00

    Cambridge, Harvard Square
  • Old Sturbridge Village, Pliny Freeman Farmhouse

    Unused card 71076.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10122033

    Price: $1.00

    Old Sturbridge Village, Pliny Freeman Farmhouse
  • Greetings

    Unused Dexter Press card DR-30036-B.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122034

    Price: $2.00

    Greetings
  • Cape Cod, Dunes

    Unused “local” card 111740 with a minor notation in the postage area.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10122035

    Price: $1.00

    Cape Cod, Dunes
  • Boston, Faneuil Hall

    Unused Mike Roberts card BM-189 with a minor notation in the postage area (Grade: 3)

    Code: 10122036

    Price: $1.00

    Boston, Faneuil Hall
  • Mohawk Trail, The Elk

    Unused Mike Roberts card with someone’s initials in the postage area.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10122037

    Price: $1.00

    Mohawk Trail, The Elk
  • Concord, Minute Man statue

    Unused and aged Plastichrome card P49155-B148.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10122038

    Price: $1.00

    Concord, Minute Man statue
  • Sandwich, Cape Cod

    Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K2122 showing the old Water Mill and Pond, Congregational Church and Christopher Wrenn Tower.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10122039

    Price: $1.00

    Sandwich, Cape Cod
  • Eastham, windmill

    Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K1805 of “the oldest on Cape Cod,” across from the Town Hall in Eastham.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122040

    Price: $4.00

    Eastham, windmill
  • Eastham, windmill

    Unused Lusterchrome (Tichnor) card K-2094, advising us that this windmill “is still grinding corn.”  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122042

    Price: $4.00

    Eastham, windmill
  • Chestnut Hill, Boston College

    Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 19652 dated 1964, showing St. Mary’s Hall, Gasson Hall, and Bapst Library.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10122043

    Price: $2.00

    Chestnut Hill, Boston College
  • Boston, Public Garden and Arlington St. Church

    Old, unused but heavily abraded and stained M. Abrams card.  Grade: 5 

    Code: 10122044

    Price: $0.50

    Boston, Public Garden and Arlington St. Church
  • Boston, Entrances to Hotel Hemenway and The Fenway

    Unused, stained but serviceable M. Abrams card 105193.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10122045

    Price: $3.00

    Boston, Entrances to Hotel Hemenway and The Fenway
  • Cape Cod, Eastham, First Encounter Beach

    Unused “local” card 30453 (C-292) showing where early settlers first met Indians on December 8th, 1620.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10122046

    Price: $1.00

    Cape Cod, Eastham, First Encounter Beach
  • Boston, New Art Museum

    Unused, heavily stained and abraded Mason Bros. card.  Grade: 5

    Code: 10122047

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, New Art Museum
  • Boston, Lake in Public Garden

    Unused, heavily stained and abraded Metropolitan News card from the earliest 1900s.  Grade: 5

    Code: 10122048

    Price: $1.00

    Boston, Lake in Public Garden
  • Boston, Charles River Esplanade and West Boston Bridge

    Mailed in 1943, this linen card has the full postmark but the stamp is gone.  Heavily aged.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10122049

    Price: $2.00

    Boston, Charles River Esplanade and West Boston Bridge
  • Boston, Public Garden

    You can see from the scan, a big hole taken out of the right side of the unused card.  Grade: 5

    Code: 10122050

    Price: $0.50

    Boston, Public Garden