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…but it’s a Dry Heat
This is a long-running joke between friend Kerry and us, highlighting one of so many differences between Arizona and Hong Kong. We will never, ever find a postcard touting Hong Kong’s “wet heat”. Unused. Grade: 1
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Arizona Desert
Unused, contemporary postcard. Grade: 1
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Saguaro Blossoms
The saguaro is Arizona’s state flower and rarely has a chance to bloom. We were through there many times and never saw this stage of the cactus. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Yuma, Territorial Prison and Museum
Unused Petley/Mike Roberts card B941 of a facility decommissioned in 1909. Serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Sedona, Wilson Mountain
Sedona of course has mushroomed since this unused real-photo postcard was issued so many years ago. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, Monuments in Red Rock
Unused, B&W real-photo card. Grade: 1
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Meteorite
Unused, very old, B&W real-photo postcard with everything you could want to know in the caption on the front. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon and Colorado River
… as seen from Moran Point, on this unused, old, B&W, real-photo postcard. See the Colorado River while you still can. Grade: 1
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The Petrified Forest and Painted Desert (folio)
We’ve unfolded the cover to show you front and back of this accordion-style fold-out from the 1940s or 50s, we’re not certain. Heavily handled but intact. Grade: 2
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Jacob Lake, Pines of Kaibab Forest
Unused, B&W real-photo postcard. Grade: 1
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Sedona, Cathedral Rock
Unused Petley Color Card S1964PA, large at 5-1/2″ x 8-3/8″. Scattered stain in the address area. Grade 2
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Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks, Oak Creek, Red Rocks
They put a lot of proper nouns into the caption of this unused Petley Color Card G660 (9815), a large one measuring 5-1/2″ x 8-3/8″. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, The Switchbacks
Measuring 5-1/2″ x 8-3/8″, another unused Petley Color Card G228. Its caption calls the view “Difficult to describe,” so we won’t try, either. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon, Scene from Hopi Point
First in a series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #86796. They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, Bell Rock
Next in a series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #61824 (366-D-10). They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, Courthouse Rock
Next in a series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #61817. They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, View from Schnebly Hill
Next in a series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #61823. They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, foot of Court House Rock
Next in a series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #68015. They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks
Ending the series of unused Dexter Press “Giant Post Card”, measuring 6″ x 9″, this one #46282. They all have rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Sedona, Oak Creek
You can almost pin down the date of this unused, 6″ x 9″ Petley Color Card 15308 (G697) because it calls Sedona a “little Western village”. Maybe then! Grade: 1
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Oak Creek Canyon, Mitten Rock
Unused Petley Color Card 9082, 6″ x 9″. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon National Park from Lipan Point
Unused “Jumbo Post Card” D-11065 (J-7), 6″ x 9″, as distributed in Fred Harvey shops. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon National Park, Lookout at Mather Point
Unused “Jumbo Post Card” D-11063 (J-5), 6″ x 9″, as distributed in Fred Harvey shops. Grade: 1
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Grand Canyon National Park
Unused but with the remnant of old tape along the top edge. Grade: 5
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Lower Oak Creek Canyon, Bell Rock
Very nice (and very old) B&W real-photo postcard, unused. Grade: 1
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Saguaro National Park
Unused postcard. Grade: 1
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Sonoran Desert, Saguaro Cactus
Unused card giving this cactus’s scientific name: Carnegiea gigantea. And, it’s the Arizona State Flower — when it flowers. Grade: 1
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Superior, Boojum Cove
Boojums are a type of tree (Idria columnaris being one possible scientific name) but this unused card focuses more on where this scene is located: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, the oldest and largest botanical garden in Arizona, founded in 1924 as a desert plant research facility and “living museum”. Grade: 1
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Camelback Mountain
Mailed in 1974, with stamp and postmark, and a writer who observed that Arizona can be hot. Grade: 1
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Flagstaff and San Francisco Peaks
When this unused Petley card 1885 was printed, Flagstaff’s population was 40,000. The Metro area in 2020, according to Wikipedia, had 145,101. Grade: 1
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Yuma Territorial Prison, Iron Gate
The prison dates from 1875 (until 1909) but the unused Petley card D-16589, with serrated edges, is later than that. Grade: 1