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Indiana (Indianapolis)
Unused Tichnor Bros. card K-11798, aging. Grade: 2
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Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
Unused, aging Curteichcolor card 6C-K1552 (J.47). Grade: 2
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Maine (Augusta)
Unused, aging Curteichcolor card 0C-K248. Grade: 2
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Massachusetts (Boston)
Unused Mike Roberts card C14937, beginning to show its age. Grade: 2
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Michigan (Lansing)
Unused, aging Dexter Press card 48423-C, serrated edges. Grade: 2
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Minnesota (St. Paul)
Unused, aging and slightly smudged Dexter Press card DT-5285-C (H-45) from 1966. Grade: 3
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Montana (Helena)
The State CapitOl Building in the state capitAl. Unused, highly aged H.S. Crocker card MPDC-0120. Grade: 2
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Nebraska (Lincoln)
Unused Plastichrome card P18084, showing “one of the most beautiful government buildings in the world”. Grade: 1
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New York (Albany)
Mailed from Albany in 1910 with stamp and clear postmark; also some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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New York (Albany)
Unused “local” card 32156, with some smudges on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Raleigh, The Capitol (North Carolina)
Unused Dexter Press card DR-80337-B, abraded on both sides. Grade: 4
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Bismarck, State Capitol Building (North Dakota)
Unused card that clearly sets this structure far away from traditional state capitol designs. No extra writing, but a heavily aged streak along the reverse left edge. Grade: 3
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Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
Unmailed card with a travel agent’s name rubber-stamped on the back. Grade: 4
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Rhode Island (Providence)
Unused, undivided back, appropriately aged card. Grade: 2
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Rhode Island (Providence) – State House
Unused, aged, H.S. Crocker card LK-16 whose caption boasts that this building “has the second LARGEST UNSUPPORTED MARBLE DOME IN THE WORLD, the largest being St. Peter’s in Rome.” (The caption goes on to tell us more about unsupported domes around the world.) Grade: 2
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South Dakota (Pierre)
Unused Plastichrome card P9734. Grade: 1
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South Dakota (Pierre)
Unused Mike Roberts card B1445, serrated edges and beginning to show its age. Grade: 2
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Utah (Salt Lake City)
Unused Eric J. Seaich card 71769, abraded on the front. Grade: 4
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Vermont (Montpelier)
Unused “local” card with a detailed caption. (Side note: it’s amusing that this is the third Capitol structure there; the first was wood, and the second was granite. Guess which one was destroyed by fire in 1857?) Grade: 1
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Wisconsin (Madison)
Unused card likely from the 1960s, whose caption informs us that “The Capitol Dome is only a few inches less in height than the dome in Washington.” (We’ve not tried to verify that.) Grade: 2
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Wyoming (Cheyenne)
Unused “local” card J2033 (10100). Grade: 1
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Connecticut (Hartford) – State Capitol and Memorial Arch
Mailed in 1906, with stamp and all or part of three different postmarks. Crease through lower left corner, not really disfiguring. Grade: 3
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Alabama (Montgomery)
Unused “Colourpicture” Publications (Boston) card M-100 (16023). Grade: 1
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Idaho (Boise)
C.T. Art-Colortone linen postcard 7A-H61 (325), unused except for a one-cent stamp in the postage area. The best-laid plans … Grade: 3
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Mississippi (Jackson)
Curteich-Chicago linen postcard 7A-H2007 (MI-2), mailed in 1942 with stamp and partial postmark. This was part of a postcard club swap, and the recipient made a note on the back of what she then sent to the sender. All very polite and precise. Grade: 3
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Arizona (Phoenix) Symbols
In answer to their question: one. But everything is revealed in the caption on the back of this unused card. Phoenix is the state capitol. Grade: 1
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Maryland (Annapolis) – Examples of colonial architecture
Unused old card issued by Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad Co. The caption and other information about the railroad takes up much of the message space. Grade: 1
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Delaware (Dover) – The First State
An unused “local” card for several categories, with the photos nicely identified in the caption on the back along with a shadow map of the state. The government building in question is the Legislative Hall in Dover. Grade: 1
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Rhode Island (Providence) – multiple views
We’re thinking if you live in, or come from, Providence, you might want this. Not postally used, it has a message totally covering the reverse, from very long ago. The scenes are all identified, and may be too small to make out in the scan, so we will identify them for you: City Hall and Soldiers Monument; State Capitol; New Armory; Brown University; Central Fire Station; New Post Office; State Normal School; St. Francis Xaviers Convent; Westminster St.; Roger Williams Park; and St. Peter’s and Paul’s Cathedral. That’s a lot for one postcard. Grade: 4
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Delaware (Dover)
While we still don’t have many Delaware postcards, and even though this unused old card is missing two corners, it is undeniably authentic and shows what must have been one of the smaller state capitol buildings. Grade: 4
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Alabama (Montgomery)
Showing the State Capitol in Montgomery, and Bellingrath Gardens near Mobile, this Dexter Press card 31547-B is unused but with some red spotting on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Connecticut (Hartford), State Capitol, South Side
Mailed from Hartford in 1916, with stamp and clear postmark. Diagonal crease at lower left. The writer said “I found your address on a piece of shang in Gardiner, Mo., ” and we would love to know what that meant, but guess it’s too late. Grade: 3
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Louisiana (Baton Rouge)
Mailed in 2019, with stamp and two extra stickers. Obscured postmark over the stamp. Grade: 4
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Mississippi (Jackson)
Unused Tichnor Quality Views card 72662, linen, slightly aged and classic Large Letter. The caption tells us Mississippi’s population in 1940 (2,183,796) and yes, that *will* be on the test. Or not. Grade: 1
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Delaware (Dover) – Legislature Building
If you collect Delaware postcards, this one is worth every nickel. Mailed in 1939 with its 1-cent stamp and clear Dover postmark, the message area contains only a stamp-like sticker for Delaware … showing the Legislature Building. Normally we would downgrade a card for having an extra sticker, but not this time. Grade: 1
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South Carolina (Columbia)
Airplane View of Capitol and Business Section Looking Up Main Street. Unused. Grade: 1
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Delaware (Dover) – State House
Unmailed, embossed, and very old (a pencilled notation dated May 1910 is on the back), this card makes the building look like some sort of fantasy home. Maybe it was. Full disclosure: the right bottom reverse edge looks as if a small bit has been trimmed away, but we’re not certain if that happened at time of printing, or later. Our grading takes the most pessimistic view: Grade: 4
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Delaware (Dover) – Legislative Hall
Unused later card of a building dating from 1933. Grade: 1
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Delaware (Dover, Capital Complex)
Unused. But Delaware’s official website — or one of them — calls this the “Capitol Complex” and from what we leaned, that sounds better to us. Grade: 1
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Delaware (Dover)
A jewel in the crown of old Delaware postcards, itself dated 1906 (from E.C. Kropp) but mailed in 1939 with stamp and clear Dover postmark. As a bonus, in the message area, it has what looks like a stamp also celebrating the State Capitol, but it’s not a U.S. official stamp, but part of some kind of commemorative set. Exceptionally, we will not downgrade the card because of that. Grade: 1







































