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Presque Isle State Park, Perry Monument (Pennsylvania)
On Crystal Point, in Erie’s Presque Isle State Park, you can find this monument commemorating the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie on 10th September 1813. This is unused Plastichrome card P10030, aging, and Grade: 3
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Sachsische Schweiz, Landschaftsschutzgebiet (Germany)
Card, mailed in 2011 with stamp/postmark/Luftpost, of this national park. Grade: 2
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Cedars of Lebanon State Park (Tennessee)
At the time the card came out, this park covered more than 8,000 acres and protected the largest remaining red cedar forest in the U.S.A. Unused Plastichrome card P10143. Grade: 2
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, cantilever barn (Tennessee)
Unused Color King card 56895. Grade: 3
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Laurel Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee)
Unused Color King card 11044 (GS-16) dated 1955. The card says these upper and lower falls are “the most accessible of all the waterfalls” in the Park. Grade: 1
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Fall Creek Falls State Park (Tennessee)
The waterfall, at 256′ high, is 100′ higher than Niagara and “the highest waterfall east of the Rockies”. As we have been entering many cards of waterfalls, it seems like they all are higher than Niagara. Niagara has positioned itself very successfully! Unused Dexter Press card 30215-B. Grade: 1
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Fall Creek Falls State Park, Cane Creek Cascades (Tennessee)
Two of these unused Plastichrome cards P10144 are available. Grades: 2
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Newfound Gap Tunnel (Tennessee)
Lovely old Curteich-Chicago linen card 506, the essence of what old postcards really should be. Mailed in 1948 with postmark and (slightly abraded) stamp, brown with age, carrying a happy message from intrepid travellers. Grade: 2
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DeSoto State Park, DeSoto Falls (Alabama, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P12024, significantly aging on the reverse but otherwise unmarked. Grade: 3
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Sam Houston State Park lily pond, Huntsville (Texas)
Unused View-Gram card S7002. Grade: 1
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Glacier National Park, Lake St. Mary (Montana, USA)
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card GPC-3, with small notation near postage area on reverse. Grade: 3
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Glacier National Park, Grinnell Glacier Trail (Montana, USA)
Unused H.S. Crocker card GPC-12 with an old price blotted out near the postage area. Grade: 3
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Rocky Mountain National Park, Never-Summer Range, aspens
Unused Wesco Color Card C-76, which we are guessing dates from World War II because it has a tiny circular logo on the reverse that says “Let’s Go! U.S.A. Keep Em Flying.” Grade: 2
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Glacier National Park, Josephine Lake and Mt. Gould (Montana)
Unused, slightly marked H.S. Crocker card GPC-29. Grade: 3
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Glacier National Park, Josephine Lake and Mt. Gould (Montana)
Unused H.S. Crocker card GPC-22 with an old price blotted out near the postage area. Grade: 3
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Starved Rock State Park, Council Cave (Illinois, USA)
Unused old E.A. Bishop card 112802 (790), in great condition. Grade: 1
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Shenandoah National Park, horseback riding (Virginia)
Horseback Riding Through Whiteoak Canyon in this unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 21, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, pine tree and azalea (Virginia)
Unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” aged Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 4, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, Hemlock Springs Overlook (Virginia)
Unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” aged Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 17, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, Dark Hollow Falls (Virginia)
Flip the card and you’ll know that these falls are on the Hogcamp Branch of the Rose River. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive from Hawksbill Mountain (Virginia)
Unused Tichnor Gloss card G 79327, heavily aged. Grade: 4
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Rainier National Park, Narada Falls
Unused and unremarkable Dexter Press card 41279-B. Grade: 3
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Wisconsin State Park, Balance Rock
Yes, it should probably say “Balanced Rock,” but we follow what’s on the card. Unused C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 3A-H892 (4811). Grade: 1
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Grand Teton National Park, Moose-Jenny Lake Road (Wyoming, USA)
Mailed from Malaysia to Hong Kong with a Malaysian stamp, we have no idea how the card found its way to Malaysia in the first place. Nice scenery, though, as the mythical Australian folk hero Bronc Morret might have said. Grade: 4
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Yellowstone National Park, Grotto geyser formation (Wyoming, USA)
Very old but not too beautiful unused Haynes card 14029. Has the word “Wyoming” inked heavily on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyoming, USA)
Unused real-photo card, quite old. Grade: 1
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Jasper Park, Maligne Canyon, Third Bridge (Canada)
Unused Taylorchrome Color Card 72691 (14), in the Canadian Rockies. Grade: 2
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Banff National Park, Chateau Lake Louise (Canada)
Unused “local” card C9799. Grade: 2
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Yosemite National Park, from Glacier Point (USA)
Another in the series of “5 Associates” cards (BSY-57) from the 1950s, this one is unused and in outstanding condition. Grade: 1
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Leonard Harrison State Park (Pennsylvania)
Whoever bought this card visited there on 29th August, 1962, because that date (and tape residue and abrasion) are on the reverse. (Yes, just the same as the preceding card. It was a day for waterfalls.) Grade: 4
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Ricketts Glen State Park, Harrison Wright Falls (Pennsylvania)
Unused “local” card 36753. Grade: 3
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Badlands National Park (South Dakota, USA)
Multi-view card mailed in 2011 with three different stamps and most of the postmark, including some ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Great Smoky Mountains, Springtime (Tennessee)
Mailed in 2011. The 98-cent stamp is there, but postmark is unreadable (as the modern ones nearly always are) and there is also an abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Rocky Mountain National Park, Longs Peak (USA)
Mailed in 2011, one stamp and much of the postmark. Ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Heceta Head Lighthouse and Devil’s Elbow State Park, Oregon (USA)
It’s not just you. We have the card in our hand and we still have to squint to see the lighthouse. But it’s there. Unused Columbia View card 51272, and we have two of these available. Grades: 1
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Ulu Temburong National Park (Brunei)
Unused 5″ x 7″ Sunju Enterprise card NH-492 of the “true rainforest experience”. Grade: 1
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Yellowstone National Park, Sponge Geyser (Wyoming, USA)
One of Yellowstone’s smaller geysers on this unused Haynes real-photo card 16337. Grade: 1
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Abilene State Park, Texas (USA)
E.C. Kropp Co. linen card 21491 mailed in 1951 with postmark and 1-cent stamp. Note the incorrect spelling of “Abielne” on the front. Grade: 2
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Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)
Mailed in 1968 (5-cent stamp and postmark), the card shows an American black bear and cubs. Grade: 1
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Thailand Post, Ubon Ratchathani, Pha Taem National Park
Thailand Post issues cards with postage prepaid on the reverse, in this case a 6-baht imprint almost the same as the front of the card. So it’s not quite a maximum card. Instructions for use in Thai and English. Unused. Grade: 1