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Columbus, dogwood and azaleas
Unused, undamaged apart from minor corner abrasions. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Atlanta
Plastichrome card P54437, from 1960s, unused and as-new apart from gentle aging on reverse. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, state capitol
We hand it to the Plastichrome people. This unused card from the 1960s (P30618) has some unusual trivia in the caption on the reverse. Modest aging, but still very nice card. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, state capitol
Dexter Press card DT-12151-C, unused, from 1966. Beginning to age, but still: Grade: 1
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Atlanta, Golf is a serious game
The Three Stooges? Unused card from 1980s, but it’s been heavily handled. Grade: 3
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Flue-cured tobacco
Unused, from 1960s, though as long as tobacco grows, it will look like this. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, airport entrance
No name for the terminal, only “Atlanta’s jet-age airport” according to the caption on this unused card P43445 from the 1960s. No people? Not now! Grade: 1
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Atlanta, stadium
A little period piece for you. Unused Atlanta News Agency / Dexter press card 6265-C from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Flint River, covered bridge
This unused Columbus Photo Service card 2158 is from the 1960s and sadly reports that the bridge had been replaced by “a new cement structure.” No doubt the new cement structure was a vast safety improvement and an historical step backwards. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, aerial view
You might have noticed we like to suggest different aerial views, over time, as an interesting specialization for collecting. Here’s a great one (unused) of Atlanta in the 1960s. Atlanta News Agency / Dexter Press card 6262-C shows Grady Hospital in the foreground. Grade: 1
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Stone Mountain
This 1960s-era unused Atlanta News Agency card P30620 is in as-new condition and would be unremarkable except that lines in the printed caption were transposed and nobody caught that during the proofreading. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, 1996 Olympics, opening ceremonies
Larger (6-3/4″ x 4-5/8″) card mailed from Atlanta in 1996 with 50-cent stamp and mostly readable postmark. Normal postal bumps, nothing major. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, Peachtree Center
This card was mailed in the mid-1980s (we know that) but there was no postmark, and the 33-cent Verville airmail stamp was not cancelled. We know it was mailed because there is the faint pink postal service imprinting on the front. Grade: 4
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Douglasville, West Broad Street
Issued by the Douglasville Welcome Center, this view of West Broad Street circa 1940s-1950s is–according to the writer–still current today. Though this looks like a reproduction, it’s just the way the card was made, and then mailed in 2010. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, Atlanta University
Unused card, some creasing and staining. Grade: 3
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Clayton, Estatoah Falls
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card KR-37, picturesquely describing the source of these falls as “a rocky, grim-faced mountainside.” Just the thing to bring in the tourists. Grade: 2
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Waycross, water lilies and iris
Unused Color-King card S-48842-1 explains that the 700-square-mile Okefenokee Swamp Park is decorated with these flowers at certain times of the year. Grade: 2
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Tempesta Falls
Unused H.S. Crocker card KR-T-2 tells you all you might want to know about these Falls and the Tallulah River that once caused them to form. The caption muddies the waters, so to speak, about the status of that area at that time. Grade: 2
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Savannah, Bonaventure Cemetery
Unused Plastichrome card P54141 of this “beautiful and historic cemetery, once the home of the Tattnalls.” One hopes they were alive at the time. Grade: 1
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Augusta, Broad Street
Mailed in 2011 from Columbia, SC with 98-cent stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, night view
Mailed with 98-cent stamp and full if blurry modern postmark. Grade: 2
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Savannah, Mansion at the Hermitage
Unused, heavily aged E.C. Kropp card 1096. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Atlanta, Did You Know?
This entry in the popular series was mailed from Wisconsin (not Georgia) in 2012, with four different stamps (two of them uncancelled, readable postmark on the others), and postal barcoding at the bottom. Grade: 1
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Rock City Gardens, Lookout Mountain
Except for the artwork, this unused linen card 8A-H1037 from Curteich-Chicago seems deliberately to avoid saying “Georgia” or “Tennessee” as the exact location, and as we’ve never been there, we are thinking Georgis is correct. If not, please let us know. Grade: 1
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Holiday Inns of Greater Atlanta
For your collection of Holiday Inn postcards, this unused item. Grade: 2
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Savannah, Bonaventure Entrance
Old, unused card of the entrance to this cemetery. Grade: 1
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Sapelo Island lighthouse
The card tells us this lighthouse was “built in 1820 for $14,500,” then decommissioned in 1905 and restored in 1998. Mailed in 2011 with 28-cent stamp and some splotching on the front. Grade: 2
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Atlanta, Mark Inn
We think this property is still there, though frankly Google does not make it easy to find out. We have better things to do! Four of these long (3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″) cards are available, unused, different grades. All are beginning to age. Two are Grade 3 ($2), one is Grade 2 ($3), and the other is Grade 1 ($4).
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Jesup, Holiday Inn
We don’t know the exact date of this unused card, but it promotes “Free T.V.” and “Free Teletype Reservations,” so it does go back a bit. Grade: 1
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St. Simons Island Lighthouse
Linen Curteich-Chicago card mailed in 1961 with stamp and postmark to the Oregon State Highway Department, asking for a map of “your state and other surrounding states.” We wonder what journey this card made to wind up with us? Among lighthouse “firsts,” “The first Government lighthousewas built on this spot in 1808,” though not this particular structure. A little postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Savannah Beach, Tybee Island Lighthouse
Unused Dexter Press card 30952-B of a lighthouse near the entrance to the South Channel of the Savannah River. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, Have a Coke & a smile (3D)
This 3D card (lenticular printing) either reads “Have a Coke & a smile” or “Thirst knows no season,” depending on the angle, and comes from the Coca-Cola Store in Atlanta. It was mailed in 2012 from Canada, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Valdosta, Dogwood and Wisteria
Unused Plastichrome card P329589. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, Ga., by Night
Undivided back postcard, mailed in 1906 with clear sending and receiving postmarks, and the stamp. Grade: 3
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Robins Air Force Base, Museum of Aviation, Douglas C-124
Mailed in 2013 with five stamps, blurred modern postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4
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St. Simons Island, Lighthouse and Glynn County Casino
Not just those, but a swimming pool, bowling alleys, and a skating rink also there–even if the postcard gives no hint of those apart from the caption. Unused Dexter Press 75093. Grade: 1
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Atlanta, Turner Field
The Atlanta Braves baseball team plays here. The card was mailed in 2014, with three stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Map
Mailed in 2014 with a round “Global Forever” stamp cancelled only by orange postal barcoding. A little bit of postal bumping on the corners. Grade: 3
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Plains, Jimmy Carter fishing
Unused Mike Roberts card C31615 (CL-1) of President Carter fishing in Miss Lillian’s pond in August, 1976. Grade: 1
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Duluth, Southeastern Railway Museum
The Museum’s Locomotive No. 2, a General Electric 44 ton Center Cab Unit, on an unused Mary Jayne card J16909. Grade: 1