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Washington Monument and cherry blossoms
Mailed in 1986, with stamp and legible postmark. Card beginning to yellow a bit on reverse. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Washington
Card mailed in 1986, has 33-cent stamp and nearly complete postmark, as well as affixed airmail sticker. Right front edge is perforated, so this was part of a set. Grade: 3
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Lincoln Memorial
Card was mailed in 1985 or 86, with folded stamp, partial postmark, and affixed airmail sticker. Serrated edges. Reverse has aged significantly. Grade: 4
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United States Capitol
Two of these cards are available, each mailed in 1986, each with stamp, affixed airmail sticker, and mostly legible postmark. Some aging on reverse, and normal postal battering around the corners and edges. Grades: 3
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White House
Stamped for mailing in mid-1970s, and was written, but has no postmark, so who knows. Card has crease diagonally through lower right front corner. Yes, we know postcards of the White House are not in short supply–but you really want this one, don’t you? Grade: 4
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Peking Restaurant
Unused Dexter Press card 22548-B, likely from the 1960s, of this obviously Chinese restaurant offering “Finest American Cuisine.” To be fair, they also sold Chinese food. Grade: 3
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US Capitol, night
Postcards of the Capitol not being in terribly short supply, we offer this one on the basis of its excellent condition for its age (1960s). Unused Prince Lithograph card PE-5N. Grade: 2
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US Capitol
What can we say, it’s a card of the Capitol Building. Maybe the foliage has grown a bit since the card was issued in the 60s or earlier. Capsco card K-8121, unused. Grade: 1
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Washington from Monument (North)
Unused B.S. Reynolds Co. card 4032. Indistinct album indents on corners. Grade: 2
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Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
Unused card of a certain age, with various creases and folds. Published by I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, card #6840. Grade: 3
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Jefferson Memorial
Mailed in 1987 (?) with mostly obscured Washington postmark, USPS airmail sticker, and 33-cent Verville stamp. Grade: 3
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From 15th Street down Pennsylvania Avenue
Card mailed in 1986 with full DC postmark, airmail sticker, and 33-cent Verville stamp. Along with those positives, there are several USPS alphanumeric imprints on the front, and another postmark, mirror-image. Grade: 3
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Capitol
Unused card from 1960s, PE-5A from L.B. Prince Co. of Fairfax, Va. Grade: 2
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National Shrine of Immaculate Conception
Unused Capsco card K-15584 from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Lincoln Memorial
Unused card from 1960s. Grade: 1
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Washington Monument
Unused card from 1960s. Grade: 1
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White House
You can sort of tell when White House pictures were taken by the state of the flowers. Three of these unused White House postcards from 1960s are available. One is Grade: 1 ($1) and the other two have a date inked into the postage area (Grade: 3, $0.50).
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White House, North Front
Unused card from 1960s. Grade: 1
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Capitol
We keep saying there’s no shortage of cards portraying certain subjects, and this is one of those subjects. But, you know, specialists track foliage and minor changes. Card mailed in 1967 with stamp and full New York state postmark. Grade: 2
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North Front, White House
This card was published by W.B. Garrison, Inc. The front shows corner creasing and abrasion, and the reverse is unused apart from the beginning of a name someone wrote in ink many years ago, always leading us to wonder–how is it possible to get through half of a name and no further? Anyway, Grade: 4
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Mount St. Sepulchre church interior
Unused black and white card, where the primary interest may lie on the reverse–various postal rates laid out for the USA, Cherbourg, Flushing, and Antwerp; also the designator of this as a “Private Mailing Card.” Excellent condition. Grade: 1
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Mount St. Sepulchre
Unused sepia card, where the primary interest may lie on the reverse–various postal rates laid out for the USA, Cherbourg, Flushing, and Antwerp; also the designator of this as a “Private Mailing Card.” Excellent condition. Grade: 1
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Library of Congress, Grand Stairway
Unused Photo-Electrotype Eng. Co., N.Y., card published by Mrs. Howard Grey Douglas of Washington. A very old postcard, the front is in excellent condition and the back is significantly aged, along with corner album marks. Grade: 3
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Obama Dog Bo
Contemporary unused card, as-new. Grade: 1
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Obama First Family
Contemporary unused card, as-new. Grade: 1
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Greetings from The Nation’s Capital Washington, DC
Three unused cards are available, probably from the 1970s. Tiny red ink stain in the stamp area on one of these (Grade: 2, $2) and the other two are fine (Grades: 1, $3).
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Lincoln Memorial
Battered, unused card with serrated edges and a tear on the right edge. Grade: 4
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United States Supreme Court
Unused, aging, Plastichrome card P-61916 (W-106). Grade: 2
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Blair House
What makes this unused postal card special is that you needed to be inside Blair House itself to get it. For most of us, this is impossible now. Grade: 1
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National Gallery of Art, West facade of East Building
Conventional postcard with only a caption and no other printing on the reverse. Unused card, significantly “rubbed” in appearance on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)
Unused card K-15363 published by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, showing one of eight large paintings in the Capitol Rotunda. Trivia point: all but 14 of the 56 signers are pictured here. Grade: 2
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National Gallery of Art, East Building, Central Court
Unused card similar to 10109037. Grade: 2
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Multiple views
Two of these unused cards, with serrated edges, are available. Old, but as-new. Grades: 1
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Smithsonian, Museum of History and Technology
Unused CAPSCO card K-13066. Grade: 1
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National Gallery of Art, edge of Study Center
Unused card with some corner bumping and surface abrasion. Grade: 3
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Jefferson Memorial
Night view, probably from the 1960s or early 1970s. Silberne Souvenir Sales card S-255 (and 155162). Grade: 1
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Capitol dome, Apotheosis of Washington (Brumidi)
Unused card K-18031 from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Grade: 1
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Smithsonian Institution
Unused L.B. Prince card 720, with serrated edges. What looks like a flaw on the upper left front is actually printed on the card itself. Grade: 1
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The Sheraton-Park Hotel
Four of these unused cards are available, showing “Washington’s Most Fabulous Hotel.” These cards are probably vintage 1960s judging from the text and addresses on the reverse. Grades: 1
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U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court Room
Old unused B.S. Reynolds card R-51920 in great condition. Grade: 1