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Winnipeg
Oversized Canadian postcard, mailed from USA in 1993. Corner creasing, two USA stamps and postmark. Grade: 3
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Roddick Gates, McGill, Montreal
Unused card dates from 1967. In virtually as-new condition. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls
Unused Dexter Press card DT-5433-C dates from ~1965 and is in as-new condition. Grade: 1
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The Narrows, Ltd., Ontario
Google says the shop is still there, but who has a postcard from 1955? Apart from a travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse, card is in good condition. Grade: 4
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Porcupine, Lake of the Woods
Card dates from 1954 and shows a porcupine near Rainy River, Ontario. Exciting, eh? In excellent condition apart from a travel agency’s large rubber stamp on reverse. Grade: 3
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Toronto, High Park
This unused card, showing Maple Leaf Garden, really is in as-new condition. It dates from ~1965. Grade: 1
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Toronto skyline from Centre Island
Unused card dates from ~1966 and in terrific condition. Grade: 1
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Windsor, steam locomotive
This ~1965 card is unmailed and unmarked, in great condition front and back. Grade: 1
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Winnipeg, Legislative Building
Card was never mailed but has a 1957 date pencilled on the reverse, along with a travel agency’s rubber stamp. Grade: 4
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Montreal Military Museum
Never-mailed Plastichrome card P57388 of Louis XV Old Fort on St. Helen’s Island, bought in Quebec in 1966. Reverse is slowly aging and lower two corners of front have tiniest abrasions. Grade: 2
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Winnipeg, T. Eaton store
Based on pencilled notation on reverse, this unused Kenmont vintage card was obtained in Oct. 1957. Front has minor edge abrasion; reverse also has large mark from travel agency in address panel. Grade: 4
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Montreal, expo67 multiple scenes
Never-mailed Plastichrome card EX120 bought in 1966 in advance of the Expo. Views of many things: Oratoire Saint-Joseph Pavillon, Alcan Stade de l’Expo, and so on. Front has a very minor edge abrasion on bottom. Grade: 2
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Montreal, expo67, pavilions
Nice unmailed Benjamin News Plastichrome card EX119, only that it’s starting to show its age on the reverse. Otherwise, quite OK. Grade: 1
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Montreal, expo67, French pavilion
Official, unused card from expo67, the World’s Fair in 1967. Reverse is starting to yellow with age but card is otherwise unmarked and in excellent condition. Grade: 2
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Montreal, expo67, US pavilion
Plastichrome of Canada card EX103, bought in 1966, never mailed. Though card itself has aged, front is in as-new condition. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, aerial view
Mid-60s Plastichrome card P68077, never mailed, unmarked, great condition. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls drive and gardens
Photogelatine Engraving card was never mailed, but has travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse. Front has abrasion on upper left sky area. Dates from early 1950s. Grade: 4
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Montreal, aerial view
Oversized card mailed in 1994, with stamp intact and postcard mostly legible. But there was postage due, so this added another mark. Minor bending at corners. Grade: 3
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Montreal, Botanical Gardens
Never-mailed card, unmarked and in as-new condition. Dates from mid-60s. Grade: 1
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Montreal, Place Royale
Grant-Mann Granger Freres card dates from mid-60s, never mailed, unmarked apart from aging reverse. Very minor edge abrasion. Grade: 2
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Toronto, Hall of Memory
Two of these unused Plastichrome cards P67809 (T16) from mid-60s are available. One (Grade: 1, $1) is in somewhat better condition than the other (Grade: 2, $0.50).
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Toronto, Provincial Parliament
Unused Jack Bain Plastichrome card P59690 from mid-60s of the Queen’s Park area. Reverse is definitely aging; minor edge abrasion on upper left front corner. Grade: 2
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Vancouver, Stanley Park
Larger card of totem poles by Fred Chapman, mailed in 1997 with stamp but mostly obliterated by postmark. Front of card in super condition; reverse has some postmark smudging though. Grade: 3
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Ontario, dock
Nice but somewhat featureless card, 4-5/8″ x 6-5/8″, stamped and mailed and postmarked, but someone somewhere felt they had to draw a line through the stamp anyway. Grade: 4
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Heart Island, Boldt Castle
Unused card from early 60s, yellowing on reverse and fading on front, if indeed the photo was ever clear. Grade: 3
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Windsor, Ambassador Bridge
Night view with the Detroit skyline behind. Plastichrome card P56441 was never mailed and is in very good condition front and back. A small dark area in upper left front seems to be part of original photo. Grade: 1
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Windsor, Dieppe Gardens, Detroit skyline
Never mailed Larry Witt card, by Dexter from 1965 and with the Detroit River in there, unmarked and in as-new condition. Grade: 1
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London, Ontario, Dundas St
From early 1950s, this Victor Aziz card wasn’t a great shot when it was new and hasn’t improved with age. A bit blurry, some edge abrasions, and a travel agency’s rubber stamp on reverse. Grade: 4
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Paris, Ontario – Cormiers
Two of these are available. They date from mid 50s as they say “Visit Paris during the Centennial Celebration in 1956” on the reverse. One is heavily aged, has a travel agency stamp on reverse, and pencil marks on the front (Grade: 5, $3). The other has no pencil marks on the front but is also aged and has the same agency rubber stamp on reverse (Grade: 4, $4).
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Orillia, Mississaga St.
Photogelatine card dates from early 50s. It was never mailed, and the condition on front is excellent, but it has a travel agent’s black rubber stamp on reverse. Grade: 4
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Banff Nat. Park, Lake Louise
John Hinde/Byron Harmon card mailed from Malaysia in 1986, and has Malaysian stamp and postmark. Front is in excellent shape; reverse has aged a bit. Grade: 3
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Lake Louise, aerial view
Card (Chateau Canmore) was mailed, probably in 1980s. Stamp is intact but postmark is only partly legible. Address label attached, and sticks out over right edge of reverse. Front is in great shape. Grade: 3
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Yoho Nat. Park, Mt. Burgess
This card of Emerald Lake was mailed in Malaysia (not Canada!) in 1986. Stamp is intact and postmark is legible. Apart from aging, card is otherwise in OK condition. Grade: 3
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Athabasca Falls, Jasper Nat. Park
Unmailed card in this Alberta park dates from 1980s, tiny corner crunching on lower right front but apart from that, it’s in very good shape. Grade: 2
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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
Mailed from Lake Louise in 1984, two stamps intact and postmark partly legible. This Byron Harmon card of Banff has the most minor corner creasing. Grade: 2
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Athabasca Glacier, Jasper Nat. Park
Card was mailed in Malaysia (not Canada!) in 1986. Stamp and postmark are intact. Front has minor age abrasions; reverse is aged but otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2
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Peyto Lake, Banff Nat. Park
A Don Harmon card of Mt. Patterson was mailed in Malaysia in 1986. Front is in average used condition, undamaged but aged. Reverse is also aged. Stamp is intact and postmark mostly readable. Average, average, average…except for having gone halfway around the world to be mailed. Grade: 3
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Vancouver, Indians
Sepia reproduction of old photo, but card was mailed in 1987. Stamp intact, and postmark largely readable. Blue airmail sticker on reverse, covers much of caption. Minor creasing on lower right front corner. Grade: 3
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Brit. Columbia ferries
Mailed in 1984. 64-cent stamp is intact (though upside down) and postmark is legible. Other than very minor edge abrasions, card looks OK. Grade: 2
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Mt. Robson, B.C.
Card mailed in 1984. The single stamp is intact, and postmark is readable though imprinted twice. Address is on a sticker. Margins are slightly crumpled. Grade: 3