National, State, Provincial Parks – Page 5

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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

Code: 31100174
Price: $1.00
Sachsische Schweiz, Landschaftsschutzgebiet (Germany)
Card, mailed in 2011 with stamp/postmark/Luftpost, of this national park. Grade: 2

Code: 31100175
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 31100176
Price: $1.00
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, cantilever barn (Tennessee)
Unused Color King card 56895. Grade: 3

Code: 31100177
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100178
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100179
Price: $2.00
Fall Creek Falls State Park, Cane Creek Cascades (Tennessee)
Two of these unused Plastichrome cards P10144 are available. Grades: 2

Code: 31100180
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100181
Price: $5.00
DeSoto State Park, DeSoto Falls (Alabama, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P12024, significantly aging on the reverse but otherwise unmarked. Grade: 3

Code: 31100182
Price: $1.00
Sam Houston State Park lily pond, Huntsville (Texas)
Unused View-Gram card S7002. Grade: 1

Code: 31100183
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100184
Price: $0.50
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

Code: 31100185
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100186
Price: $1.00
Glacier National Park, Josephine Lake and Mt. Gould (Montana)
Unused, slightly marked H.S. Crocker card GPC-29. Grade: 3

Code: 31100187
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100188
Price: $1.00
Starved Rock State Park, Council Cave (Illinois, USA)
Unused old E.A. Bishop card 112802 (790), in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 31100189
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 31100191
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100192
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100193
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100194
Price: $2.00
Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive from Hawksbill Mountain (Virginia)
Unused Tichnor Gloss card G 79327, heavily aged. Grade: 4

Code: 31100195
Price: $4.00
Rainier National Park, Narada Falls
Unused and unremarkable Dexter Press card 41279-B. Grade: 3

Code: 31100196
Price: $0.50
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

Code: 31100197
Price: $3.00
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

Code: 31100198
Price: $1.00
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

Code: 31100199
Price: $2.00
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyoming, USA)
Unused real-photo card, quite old. Grade: 1

Code: 31100200
Price: $4.00
Jasper Park, Maligne Canyon, Third Bridge (Canada)
Unused Taylorchrome Color Card 72691 (14), in the Canadian Rockies. Grade: 2

Code: 31100201
Price: $2.00
Banff National Park, Chateau Lake Louise (Canada)
Unused “local” card C9799. Grade: 2

Code: 31100202
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100203
Price: $3.50
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

Code: 31100204
Price: $0.50
Ricketts Glen State Park, Harrison Wright Falls (Pennsylvania)
Unused “local” card 36753. Grade: 3

Code: 31100205
Price: $2.00
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

Code: 31100206
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 31100207
Price: $0.50
Rocky Mountain National Park, Longs Peak (USA)
Mailed in 2011, one stamp and much of the postmark. Ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 31100208
Price: $0.50
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

Code: 31100209
Price: $2.00
Ulu Temburong National Park (Brunei)
Unused 5″ x 7″ Sunju Enterprise card NH-492 of the “true rainforest experience”. Grade: 1

Code: 31100210
Price: $11.00
Yellowstone National Park, Sponge Geyser (Wyoming, USA)
One of Yellowstone’s smaller geysers on this unused Haynes real-photo card 16337. Grade: 1

Code: 31100211
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 31100212
Price: $7.00
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, USA)
Mailed in 1968 (5-cent stamp and postmark), the card shows an American black bear and cubs. Grade: 1

Code: 31100213
Price: $4.00
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

Code: 31100214
Price: $7.00

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