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Alberta, Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
Mailed in 1964, the stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 2
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Vineland Station, Prudhommes Garden Centre Motor Hotel
Somehow this photo makes the motel look like one of the largest compounds in the world. We doubt that’s the case, though. Two unused cards are available. One is Grade: 2 ($1.50) and the other is Grade: 3 ($1.00).
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Noelville, Wolseley Lodge
Two unused cards, with serrated edges, are available. Grades; 1
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Niagara Falls, Maid of the Mist at American Falls
Early version of Maid of the Mist (now it has two levels), on an unused card published for the Seagram Tower. Grade: 2
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Taber, Heritage Motor Hotel
This 3.5″ x 8.75″ card is unused. The caption contains an unusual statement: “In the heart of the irrigation in the land of the lo-o-ong sun.” And the upper edge is perforated. Grade: 1
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Shelburne, Loyalist town of Nova Scotia, harbour
Unused card. Did you know that Shelburne “was for a time the largest town in British North America”? Neither did we. Grade: 2
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Halifax, Angus L. MacDonald Bridge
Unused card. This bridge is (was?) the second-longest suspension bridge in the British Commonwealth, 5239 feet, opened in 1955. Grade: 2
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Halifax Harbour
Unused card showing the city founded by Edward Cornwallis. Grade: 2
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Historic Halifax, multiple views
Unused card. Grade: 2
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American Falls from below, Niagara
Old unmailed card from The Harris Litho. Co. Limited, of Toronto. There is an unused USA 1-cent stamp but no message or other handwriting. Grade: 4 (because of the stamp; otherwise, Grade: 1).
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Niagara Falls and Oakes Garden Theatre
Unused Harris Litho. Co. card. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls and Rainbow Bridge
Unused Harris Litho. Co. card. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, General Brock Hotel
Both the Falls and the hotel are still there. Neither one looks quite the same as this. Three unused cards are here. Grades: 1
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Moose Jaw, Crescent Park
Unused card, serrated edges. Grade: 2
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Moose Jaw, Majestic Buffalo (bison)
Unused card with a small tear on top edge. Grade: 3
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Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition, The Dufferin Gates
Mailed in 1957 with stamp and full postmark, the card has some ink transfer on the front and a lot of scribbling on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Moose Jaw, St. Andrew’s United Church
Unused card with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Halifax, Delta Barrington Inn
Stamped for mailing, and almost certainly mailed, but there’s no postmark. There is, however, some staining in the message area. Grade: 4
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Montreal, St. Joseph’s Oratory
Unused card but with two flaws: first, a thumbtack hole; and second, it looks like the left edge has been trimmed by about an eighth of an inch. Grade: 5
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Barrie, Government Marina
Unused card of the Marina that provides access to Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe. But the card has a thumbtack hole. Grade: 4
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Kalium, Kalium Chemicals Ltd.
This is a potash refinery, and one of our worst cards. Three of four corners have parts of the photo torn off by tape, and it’s a genuinely boring card. But, who knows … Grade: 5
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Technical Institute
All four corners severely abraded by tape. Unused otherwise. Grade: 5
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Niagara Falls, “The Bothy”
Unused card showing the Niagara Parks Commission Training School for Apprentice Gardeners. It has a U.S. one-cent stamp on the reverse but no other handwriting. Grade: 4
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Montreal, mini-cards
This set of three mini-cards (2.25″ x 3.5″ each) appear to be stubs off real cards since they have two lines where the writer can say who the true card was mailed to. Each one of these has a thumbtack hole. It’s one set of three (Grades: 4) for $1 total.
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Noelville, The Perfect Campsite, greetings
Unused Plastichrome card P35617, heavily aged and stained on the reverse. Grade: 5
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Noelville, Fishing on the Rocks, greetings
Unused Plastichrome card P25929, heavily aged and stained on the front and on the reverse. It does say “Greetings fron Noelville Ontario, Canada” but that’s small consolation. Grade: 5
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Victoria, Butchart Gardens, Sunken Gardens
Mailed with two stamps and indistinct postmark in the 1970s. Corner creasing. Grade: 3
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Niagara Falls, Horseshoe Falls from below
Old, unused Harris Litho. Co., Limited (Toronto) postcard, stamped for mailing with a U.S. 1-cent stamp but never got further than that. Without the stamp, Grade 1; with the stamp, Grade: 4
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Niagara Falls, American Falls Illuminated
Unused Plastichrome card P57988 published for the Seagram Tower. Some latent creasing. Grade: 3
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Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Unused old real photo card. The caption has been written into the master photo, but in white, going down the falls. Grade: 1
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Miniature scenic album of Canada (folio, not postcards)
This little booklet measures 4″ x 5.75″ and contains 16 sepia photos from various points around the country, in postcard style, though these are not postcards and the photos are bound in. The item was copyrighted in 1946 by M.R. Pellissier and published in Canada by Intaglio Gravure Ltd. If they were postcards, we would assign Grade: 2.
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Ontario, Five Finger Rapids
Unused card with some fingerprints on reverse. Grade: 2
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Ontario, French River area, Fall beauty
Unused card. Upper left corner significantly folded. Grade: 4
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Ontario, French River Area, Time Out for Shore Lunch
Two unused and slightly generic cards are available. One is Grade: 1 ($2) and the other has some smudging on the reverse (Grade: 3, $1).
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French River, Recollet Falls
Unused card, serrated edges, finger smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Stratford, Festival Theatre
This card was sent from Stratford in 1966 with stamp and full but faint postmark. Card has serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Orillia, Champlain Monument
Two unused (1950s?) Krom-O-Graph cards are available. Grades: 1
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Noelville, Along the Highway, greetings
Unused Plastichrome card P25926, and like the others in this sequence from Noelville it has a major stain on the reverse. It does say “Greetings from Noelville” on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Noelville, Place Perfect, greetings
Unused Plastichrome card P8630, and like others in this sequence from Noelville it has a stain on the reverse. It does say “Greetings from Noelville” on the back. Grade: 4
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Moose Jaw, City Hall
Unused card with major abrasions or tears on all four corners. Space filler only. Grade: 5