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1915 Calendar
Arguably the single most heavily aged card in our entire stock, it looks like every day since 1915 has been a battle for it. It has a message that we can’t decipher on the reverse, but was not postally used. The card came to us in a clear sleeve, and honestly we haven’t had the nerve to open it and see if all 12 pages of that little calendar are still there. They should be — but no guarantees. Aged, busy, and Grade: 3
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November 1909 (USA)
Here’s the story: In November 1908, A.J. in Ogema (Wisconsin) , a small town with a big heart, mailed this full-year calendar to Lena in Spirit (also in Wisconsin). It took two days to arrive, and we know this because postmarks for both towns appear on the reverse. Lena must have peeled off those months one-by-one until November 1909, when she stopped, for reasons we will never know. Because it’s highly unlikely the card was originally printed with “Greetings from Ogema” in that embossed writing on the front, either A.J. added that, or someone else did. We’re guessing someone else, because the word “From” looks different on each side. That is more than you wanted to know, but part of what makes this hobby/business enjoyable. How to grade this? Stamp’s there too, so we will say Grade: 3
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McAlester, Cassada Clothing, May 1912 calendar (Oklahoma, USA)
Cassada actually lives on as a clothing brand name, online at least, though the McAlester store itself is long gone. Its memory survives in this brilliant, ancient ad card whose calendar is unfortunately positioned behind a field of flowers. Mailed in May of 1912 with stamp and complete postmark, this is about as good as advertising postcards get. Grade: 1
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Connersville, Fayette National Bank (Indiana, USA)
We think the successor to this bank is now FCN Bank, but the postcard is generic and gives no real clues apart from the location. But the card is iconic of its genre of bank postcards for that era, and, as you see, is clearly dated. As a bonus, it was mailed in June 1910, with stamp, postmark, and a helpful rubber stamp of where it was supposed to go. Grade: 1
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Connersville, Fayette National Bank (October, 1909) (Indiana, USA)
We’ll hand it to the bank’s managers, they were persistent (and consistent) during that year. See our entries for other months. There’s the barest minimum of an address. Times were simpler, we suppose. Grade: 1
