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Grand Canyon National Park, Bright Angel Lodge, Lobby
Unused linen card 9A-H52 (and H-4472) issued by Fred Harvey. The only markings are numbers in the stamp area. Grade: 3
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Phoenix, Court House
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Saguaro cactus in winter
Mailed in 2012 with three commemorative stamps, of which one is severely abraded. There is a green official “chop” mark indicating the card was bought in Saguaro National Park. Grade: 3
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Cholla cactus
Mailed in 2012 with three different stamps. Abrasion on front bottom left. Grade: 3
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Overland Limited at Yuma, Arizona
Unused, unattributed card no. 7221. Significant diagonal crease. Grade: 4
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Payson, Zane Grey Hunting Lodge
Unused card published by Norman Mead. Just as well that it’s unused, because the message area is 95% occupied by a caption explaining Zane Grey’s work. Grade: 1
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Natives of Arizona
Unused, unattributed card no. 7222. Staining on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Arizona
Unused H.S. Crocker card HSC-214. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Tempe
Old-style card, but new. Mailed in 2012 with three stamps, USPS barcoding on both sides, and illegible postmark. Grade: 3
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Meteor Crater between Flagstaff and Winslow
Unused Curteich-Chicago C.T. American Art card 1484-29-N (and 111). Aged and handled over the years. Grade: 2
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Grand Canyon National Park, Bright Angel Lodge, Coffee Shop
As the caption on this linen card says, “a quaintly inviting room, with log beams and rough plaster walls.” A Fred Harvey restaurant depicted on this card mailed in 1950 with stamp, Grand Canyon postmark, and major ink or album abrasion on upper left front. Grade: 4
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Tucson, Flamingo Hotel
It’s still there, though now the Quality Inn Flamingo Tucson. Unused Petley card 7255 with some abrasion on reverse right edge. Grade: 3
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Phoenix, ballpark
Mailed in 2012 with $1.05 stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Tucson, The Boneyard
Nice card of a genuinely unusual location. This was mailed in 2012, with three stamps but illegible postmark, as many are these days. Grade: 1
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Arizona Spillways and Lake, Boulder Dam
Unused J.T. Watters card 29067N, somewhat heavily handled and fingermarked on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Grand Canyon – three connected cards
This conjoined group of three cards had been part of a larger set. Unused, and each of the end cards has a perforated edge to indicate that there had been more cards before. Grades: 3
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Tombstone, Boothill Graveyard
Unused Smith-Southwestern card 7640 with a line through the bar code where the stamp would go. Grade: 2
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Tombstone, Helldorado Town wild west theme park
Unused Smith-Southwestern card 0258 with a line through the bar code where the stamp would go. Grade: 2
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Saguaro cactus
Unused Smith-Southwestern card 0552. Grade: 1
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Mexican gold poppies
This unused Smith-Southwestern card 70013 (4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″) chooses to highlight the “abundance of wildflowers”. Grade: 1
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Sedona, Bell Rock
This unused Smith-Southwestern card 70001 (4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″) has a typo in the caption but the scenery in real life is beautiful–we went there once. Pretty as a picture. Grade: 1
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Yuma, Suni-Sands Travel Trailer Park
Unused Dexter Press card 19282-D but with multiple stains and tape on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Payson, Zane Grey Lodge
Two of these unused cards are available, in a style similar to our #10103091. Grades: 1
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Zane Grey Lodge
Two unused cards are available. The caption explains that “This is the way the Zane Grey hunting lodge looked shortly before its restoration,” and that businessman Bill Goettl acquired the property in 1963 and began that work. Grades: 1
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Native American Tribes
Mailed in 2013 with two stamps and readable postmark. Grade: 2
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Tempe, night
A nice enough card, mailed in 2013 with two stamps, but glass-stained on the reverse. Grade: 5
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Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam
Though mailed, the US$1.05 stamp was not cancelled. Postal barcoding on front and back. Grade: 4
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Mogollon Rim
Unused card of this 7,500′ high feature north of Phoenix. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon National Park
A somewhat bleak view on this unused, aging Petley postcard P59707. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Arizona
Unused Scenic Art card 8964G, with all ten separate attractions identified in the caption on the back. That was kind of them, and lets us put this card into several categories. Grade: 1
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Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, with sheep
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Tucson, Mission San Xavier Del Bac
The Mission, from 1692. The unused Petley card 2123, from somewhat later, but aging. Grade: 2
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Yuma, Territorial Prison
Unused card with a quirky caption. The prison was in that use from 1876-1909. Grade: 1
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Flagstaff, Amtrak station
The front of this mailed card is fine. The back does have a round “Global Forever” stamp but otherwise is a mess of labels and colour. Grade: 5
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Old Tucson
Not to be misled by the caption, “Old Tucson” was a reconstruction of Tucson as it was in 1859, built apparently for the filming of the movie “Arizona.” Anyway, the caption explains all this. Card was mailed in 1967 with stamp and postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Grand Canyon National Park, “Duck-on-the-Rock”
Mailed in 1967 with stamp and full Grand Canyon postmark. Grade: 2
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Tucson, San Xavier Mission
Unused, heavily handled, aging card 8588. Grade: 3
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Jerome
Unused card with reference number 9184. This is the kind of postcard that begs for comparison with others in the same location, before and after. Grade: 1
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Ghost City of Jerome
Unused card, reference number 131305, indicating that the photo was taken in 1977. It says “Jerome is now almost deserted” but the card doesn’t make it look that way. Grade: 1