Showing 121–160 of 232 postcards

  • View from the Zane Gray (sic) Lodge

    Two of these unused cards are available, each spelling Zane’s name two different ways:  Gray (wrong) and Grey (right).  Grades: 2

    Code: 10103126

    Price: $1.00

    View from the Zane Gray (sic) Lodge
  • Zane Grey’s Cabin

    Unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103127

    Price: $1.00

    Zane Grey’s Cabin
  • Lakeside, The Fisherman’s Wife

    Two of these unused cards for a shop selling antiques and collectibles.  Grades: 1

    Code: 10103128

    Price: $0.50

    Lakeside, The Fisherman’s Wife
  • Phoenix, Hotel Westward Ho

    Mailed in 1968 with stamp and partial postmark that’s upside down and inverted.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103129

    Price: $1.00

    Phoenix, Hotel Westward Ho
  • Sedona, Chapel of the Holy Cross

    Mailed in 1967, aging, and with 4-cent stamp and postmark.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103130

    Price: $1.00

    Sedona, Chapel of the Holy Cross
  • Wickenburg, Rancho Grande Motor Hotel

    Unused card S-27164L2 of this Best Western Motel.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103131

    Price: $1.00

    Wickenburg, Rancho Grande Motor Hotel
  • Flagstaff, Sentry Hiway House

    “We Guard Your Comfort.”  Wikipedia has a short but interesting entry about this chain, which went under sometime after 1970.   Unused card.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103132

    Price: $2.00

    Flagstaff, Sentry Hiway House
  • Arizona Beauties, Arizona Desert Grapefruit

    Reproduction, mailed from Phoenix in 2012 with three stamps and readable postmark.  Postal ink transfer on the front.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10103133

    Price: $0.50

    Arizona Beauties, Arizona Desert Grapefruit
  • Glendale, University of Phoenix Stadium

    Mailed in 2013 with four different stamps and heavy, illegible postmarks.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103134

    Price: $2.00

    Glendale, University of Phoenix Stadium
  • Queen Creek Canyon, Million Dollar Queen Creek Tunnel

    Unused Petley card 15056, though it has a July 1960 date written on the back.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10103135

    Price: $0.50

    Queen Creek Canyon, Million Dollar Queen Creek Tunnel
  • Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks

    Unused “local” card.  These are called (and may well be) “Highest point in Arizona” at 12,570 feet.  We might check Google … Grade: 1

    Code: 10103136

    Price: $1.00

    Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks
  • 4 Corners – Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico

    Intentional or not, we enjoy reporting oddities like this:  compare with our entry 10103011.  That card shows a Native American in the space.  This one–unused Petley C14715A–has a cowboy instead.  The card has significant water staining on the reverse, though the front is fine.  Grade: 4 

    Code: 10103138

    Price: $1.00

    4 Corners – Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
  • Monument Valley, Three Sisters

    The caption on this unused card correctly locates Monument Valley in “Utah-Arizona,” so we Googled … these sandstone monoliths are in Arizona.  Sorry, Utah.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103139

    Price: $1.00

    Monument Valley, Three Sisters
  • Kaibab National Forest, White-tail Kaibab Squirrel

    Unused card 122325 issued by Union Pacific Railroad to commemorate locations and routes its tours took.  UPR logo on the reverse.  Aging.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103140

    Price: $2.00

    Kaibab National Forest, White-tail Kaibab Squirrel
  • Scottsdale, Rose Room of the Lulu Belle

    With its “authentic Gay Nineties decor,” this restaurant was apparently really popular but Google entries are surprisingly coy about when it finally closed.  Unused Petley card 9353.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103141K

    Price: $3.00

    Scottsdale, Rose Room of the Lulu Belle
  • Scottsdale, The Lulu Belle

    With its “spirit and decor of the Gay Nineties,” this restaurant was apparently really popular but Google entries are surprisingly coy about when it finally closed.  Unused Petley card K338, aging somewhat.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103142K

    Price: $3.00

    Scottsdale, The Lulu Belle
  • Antelope Canyon

    A contemporary European idea of what Arizona should look like.  The card was mailed from Germany (not Arizona!) in 2014, with stamp, postmark, and trilingual Priority label.  Postal battering all around the edges.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10103144

    Price: $0.50

    Antelope Canyon
  • Arizona sunset

    We think it’s sunset.  Could be sunrise.  Nice colours, anyway, on a card mailed in 2014 with three different stamps and faint postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103145

    Price: $1.00

    Arizona sunset
  • Canyon of the Colorado from Grand View Point

    You know a card is old when it refers to the Grand Canyon in this way, but if you needed further proof, the stamp and 1910 postmark are there.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103146

    Price: $4.00

    Canyon of the Colorado from Grand View Point
  • Painted Desert

    A florid caption waxes lyrical on this unused Curteichcolor card 3C-K1341 (K-133).  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103147

    Price: $0.50

    Painted Desert
  • Grand Canyon National Park, The Colorado River at Foot of Bright Angel Trail

    A Fred Harvey card, mailed with a Grand Canyon postmark and 1-cent stamp in 1937.  The writers were enjoying themselves.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103148

    Price: $2.00

    Grand Canyon National Park, The Colorado River at Foot of Bright Angel Trail
  • Tucson, Mt. Lemmon

    Unused Petley card 43902, with a number written into the stamp area.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10103149

    Price: $1.00

    Tucson, Mt. Lemmon
  • Grand Canyon Lodge, Grand Canyon National Park

    Unused older card made for Utah Parks Company.  Lower edge is perforated, so this came from a set.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103150

    Price: $1.00

    Grand Canyon Lodge, Grand Canyon National Park
  • Glen Canyon Dam

    Unused Seaich card 143523 (S-513).  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103151

    Price: $0.50

    Glen Canyon Dam
  • Painted Desert

    Unused Curteichcolor card 3C-K541 (K-125) of ancient volcanic wastes, highlighting that all this could be seen from Route 66.  So technically this is a Route 66 postcard!  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103153

    Price: $0.50

    Painted Desert
  • Painted Desert

    Unused H.S. Crocker card RMF-75 near the Petrified Forest National Monument, highlighting that all this could be seen from Route 66.  So technically this is a Route 66 postcard!  But the card shows its age.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10103154

    Price: $0.50

    Painted Desert
  • Petrified Forest National Monument, Petrified Logs

    Unused Curteichcolor card 2C-K109 (K-127).  According to the caption, these logs are made of agate.  According to Wikipedia, they’re 225 million years old.  That might be.  Give this card some time, and it will catch up.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103155

    Price: $0.50

    Petrified Forest National Monument, Petrified Logs
  • Mesa, The Superstition Range

    On this unused Petley card 30011 (K414A), the two cacti shown are Prickly Pear and Stag Horn.  We just wanted you to know that.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103156

    Price: $0.50

    Mesa, The Superstition Range
  • Tucson, “A” Mountain

    Unused Petley Natural Color Card K213, whose caption explains the connection with University of Arizona.  That should, however, be easy to guess.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103157

    Price: $1.00

    Tucson, “A” Mountain
  • Grand Canyon, The famous Mule Train

    Unused “local” card S-64109-3.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103158

    Price: $1.00

    Grand Canyon, The famous Mule Train
  • Canyon De Chelly

    Unused, slightly aging Petley card P32666 showing “Navajo hogans in this colorful canyon in a protected are near Standing Cow”.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103160

    Price: $1.00

    Canyon De Chelly
  • Grand Canyon National Park, Granite Gorge from Bright Angel Trail

    Unused Fred Harvey “Phostint” card 80716 (H-1504) with an impressively long caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103161

    Price: $1.00

    Grand Canyon National Park, Granite Gorge from Bright Angel Trail
  • The Grand Canyon

    Unused Fred Harvey “Phostint” card 79347 (H-1523)  with a long caption.  From a painting by Chris. Jorgenson.   Grade: 1

    Code: 10103162

    Price: $1.00

    The Grand Canyon
  • Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hopi Point

    Unused old Fred Harvey postcard H-1380, appropriately aged.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103163

    Price: $1.00

    Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hopi Point
  • Grand Canyon, “Hermit’s Rest”

    Unused Fred Harvey card H-1082.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103165

    Price: $2.00

    Grand Canyon, “Hermit’s Rest”
  • Camp Verde, Montezuma Well

    “…part of Montezuma Castle National Monument.  The water … was diverted through ditches by pre-historic Indians to irrigate their fields.”  (If they were pre-historic, how do we know?)  Unused card S-47615-2.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10103166

    Price: $0.50

    Camp Verde, Montezuma Well
  • Flagstaff, The Spur Motel

    The Spur Motel is long gone.  We looked up the address given in the caption and found that it’s now called Knights Inn Flagstaff, mixed online reviews but still surviving.  Unused card that qualifies as a “Route 66 postcard” because that too is in the caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103167

    Price: $2.00

    Flagstaff, The Spur Motel
  • Meteorite Crater near Winslow

    Unused Fred Harvey linen card 7A-H697.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103168

    Price: $2.00

    Meteorite Crater near Winslow
  • Glen Canyon Dam

    Unused contemporary card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103169

    Price: $1.00

    Glen Canyon Dam
  • Superstition Mountain

    Unused Petley card K340.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10103170

    Price: $1.00

    Superstition Mountain