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Vancouver Island
Mailed in 2011, with stamp, postmark, and three little stickers of cats. It helps if you like cats. Grade: 4
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Great Halifax Explosion – Reclaiming bodies from debris
Unused B&W card, heavily handled. Grade: 4
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Moose Jaw, Main Street, looking south
Unused Lewis Rice card. Don’t know Lewis Rice? He lived in Moose Jaw. Grade: 2
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Moose Jaw, Post Office
Unused Valentine Edy Company (Winnipeg) card 112 055. Grade: 2
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IIIe Centenaire de Quebec, Monument Wolfe
Nice card, locked in time, mailed in 1908 with a large stamp commemorating the same festival and also a fully legible Quebec postmark. This “Official Souvenir Post Card” is in fact quite a catch. Grade: 1
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Toronto, Isolation Hospital from the Don
Unused Valentine & Sons’ Publishing Co. card 101.689. Grade: 2
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Winnipeg, multiple views
Mailed in 1906 from St. Louis (not Canada!) with U.S. stamp and fully legible postmark. The extra lines on the front through the message are postmark transfer. Grade: 3
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Montreal, Shopping District, St. Catherine St. W.
Mailed in Canada in July, 1929 with stamp and full postmark. The writer made a pencilled notation above one tree on the front of the card. Grade: 3
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Montreal, Harbour from Customs House
Valentine’s Series 100099, mailed in 1909 with stamp and postmark, and some postmark smudging on the front (Grade: 2, $15).
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Montreal, The Harbour
Mailed from Montreal in 1905 with stamp and legible postmark, this is Montreal Import Co. card 62514 (and 109). A bit of staining on the reverse. Grade: 3
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London, Dundas Street looking West from Richmond
Unused Raphael Tuck & Sons “Excelsior” series No. 1013 card, mildly abraded around the edges. Grade: 2
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Terrible Halifax Disaster. Ruins at Richmond.
Unused B&W card that had been pasted into an album, so remnants of that are still attached to the reverse. Grade: 4
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Moose Jaw, Providence Hospital
Unused Valentine Edy Company (Winnipeg) card 23871. Grade: 2
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Regina, City Hall
We’re a bit confused about when this card was mailed, as there seem to be two years separating the postmark and the written date. Either way, the early 1900s. The stamp is there, along with a long and newsy message. Grade: 3
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Montreal, McGill Street
Unused Novelty Mfg. & Art Printing Co. card, old and unnumbered and with some minor edge abrasions. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Nova Scotia
This card we think sets a record for fitting into the greatest number of different categories on this website: Canada, fishing, greetings, lighthouse, and boat. But that’s mostly for our amusement, not yours. It was mailed in 1959. The postmark is there, but the stamp is gone. This pushes the grade down to Grade: 4
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B.C., Strong Man of North Island
Legend representing the Haida Tribe of British Columbia, on this unused card. Grade: 2
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Hamilton, King Street East, from James Street
There’s a certain kind of message nobody really wants but so many people send, and this is it, albeit mailed in 1908. Stamp and two full postmarks are there. Grade: 2
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Montreal, C.P.R. Windsor Station
In 1916, “A” wrote that (s)he had had a lovely day. Stamp and postmark are there, along with more postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Montreal, Incline Railway
Unused Valentine & Sons card 100091, with the reverse heavily faded and somewhat stained. Minor abrasion. Grade: 4
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Greetings of Montreal, Windsor Hotel
This busy but unused B&W card 30 comes from European Post Card Co. of Montreal. Some staining on both sides, but it’s a very old postcard. Grade: 3
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General view of Montreal
Very old, unused Montreal Import Co. card No. 100, with rounded corners. We have expanded the scan to try to show the layout. Grade: 3
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Quebec, Ste. Anne de Beaupre, cemetery’s gate
Unused card NGNL, unattributed. Grade: 3
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Montreal, McGill University, Redpath Library and Presbyterian College
Unused Valentine & Sons card 100089, corner abrasions. Grade: 3
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Windsor, Detroit River Tunnel
Unused card, heavily handled, creased, and stained. Grade: 4
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Montreal from Elevator looking North
Valentine & Sons card 102.784, mailed from Montreal in 1909 with stamp and postmark there. Grade: 2
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Montreal, Canadian Pacific Railway Offices
In 1908, Pansy wrote her long and surprising message to Effie. The card, its stamp and postmark survive–creased and with the date written on the front, but waiting for railway enthusiasts nonetheless. Grade: 4
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Manitouwadge, Ontario
Mailed in 2011 with “William and Kate” stamp and blue Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Louisbourg, Nova Scotia – pipers on ramparts
The stamp is there, and three different postmarks but none of them readable. What were the odds? Major tape stain on the reverse. Card dates from 1974. Grade: 4
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B.C., Lucy Island Lighthouse
Great lighthouse card issued by Prince Rupert Adventure Tours. Mailed from Canada in 2011, it has three uncancelled 59-cent stamps. Grade: 4
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Ottawa, aerial view
Specifically, an aerial view of Ottawa and Gatineau across the Ottawa River on this 4-3/4″ x 6-5/8″ card mailed in 2011 with stamp but no legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Manitoba sunset
A special card with pre-printed postage “For posting in Canada and delivery worldwide.” And so that was done, in 2011, with full postmark and blue bilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Christmas Greetings from East Earnham
East Earnham, if you still exist, you need to get your act together and find some recognition. Google only has four entries for you. Unused card, OK on the front but marred by tape and ink transfer on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Northwestern Ontario, Going Fishing
Mailed in 2011 with four different stamps and full postmark, this card measures 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Saskatchewan, prairie dog
This 4-3/4″ x 7″ card was mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Canadian Sunset
This 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ card was mailed, with stamp and blue bilingual Air Mail label affixed, but no legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Wreck Cove, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
All of that, as viewed from Cape Smokey, on this card mailed in 2011 with a Christmas stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Calgary skyline
Mailed in 2011, the card really went through a lot of processing along the way but has a “William and Kate” stamp and blue bilingual Air Mail sticker. Grade: 2
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New London, Prince Edward Island, fishing boats
Mailed in 2011, this card has stamp, postmark, and bilingual airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 2
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Toronto, Eaton Centre
Nice glossy card with blue bilingual airmail sticker and $1.75 stamp that was not postmarked. Grade: 3