Maine – Global Postcard Sales

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Greetings (map)
Bought in 1970, an unused card (24838-B) of the Pine Tree State. Basically, as-new. Grade: 1

Code: 10120001
Price: $4.00
Portland, Portland Head Lighthouse
Two of these Portland News Co./Curteichcolor cards 7C-K1857 showing a 1960s view of the “first established beacon light upon the New England coast,” back to 1791, are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $3). The other was mailed from Maine in 1971 with 8-cent stamp, full postmark, and a bit of water on the message (Grade: 3, $2).

Code: 10120002
Price: $3.00
Lobster boats
Timeless yet slightly generic view of the coast of Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebunk River. It’s Dexter Press card 32028-C (also M-1323), unused, with serrated edges, great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 10120003
Price: $1.00
Peaceful cove
Timeless yet slightly generic view of the coast of Maine. It’s Dexter Press card 32076-C (also M-1087), unused, with serrated edges, great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 10120004
Price: $1.00
Kennebunk Beach, Wentworth House
Usually a card like this would give a little explanation, but not this time. Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 10120005
Price: $1.00
Kennebunkport, Dock Square
Card from the 1960s, photo from much earlier, but in any case it’s a “dark” shot, as if Stephen King lived around the corner. Unused Bugbee Brown card P3727. Grade: 1

Code: 10120006
Price: $2.00
Lobstermen’s wharf
Unused Curteichcolor card OC-K251, from Portland News Co. The reverse is stained with something, but it doesn’t go through to the front. Grade: 4

Code: 10120007
Price: $1.00
Wells, Maine Diner
Three unused cards are available. Grades: 1

Code: 10120008
Price: $1.00
Portland Observatory
As much as this looks like a lighthouse, it isn’t. Instead, call it a maritime signal tower. About the card: unused Dexter Press 96407-B (M-1713), serrated edges, heavily aged on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10120009
Price: $3.00
Maine deer
Unused but heavily aged “local” card. Grade: 3

Code: 10120010
Price: $0.50
Mount Desert Island, Thunder Hole
Unused “local” card 96110. Grade: 1

Code: 10120011
Price: $2.00
Bucksport, Monument of Jonathan Buck
Two unused “Eastern Illustrating” cards 30622-B are available, each with some notations on the reverse. As a teaser, here’s part of the caption: “the outline of a woman’s leg that appears on this stone is known as ‘The Witch’s Curse’.” Grades: 3

Code: 10120012
Price: $1.00
Greetings, lobster
Unused but aged Dexter Press card 11763-C (M-1016), serrated edges. Think “Jaws,” but with a lobster instead of a shark. Grade: 3

Code: 10120013
Price: $1.00
Bangor, Y.M.C.A. Building, and County Court House
Mailed in 1908 with stamp and much of the postmark. We noticed the recipient’s name was quite distinctive, so we Googled him. That was interesting! Grade: 3

Code: 10120014
Price: $8.00
Maine Lobster
So many of these cards look so similar. This is Mike Roberts card ME1123A (and C10609A), unused, pointing out that the lobster must be dead because his shell is red. Grade: 2

Code: 10120015
Price: $1.00
A Maine Lobster (1)
Unused Dexter Press card DT-21340-B (and M-1079) with serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 10120016
Price: $1.00
A Maine Lobster (2)
Unused Dexter Press card 21340-B (and #501) which is different from 10120016 in these ways: (1) this one has plain edges, not serrated; (2) this one has the same Dexter Press main number but a different sub-number; (3) this one doesn’t call itself “A Maine Lobster” but instead “The luscious lobster,” and (4) this one is abraded on the back so is only Grade: 2

Code: 10120017
Price: $1.00
York, Nubble Lighthouse
Unused Wakefield Trading Co. card K-15077 with a number typed on the upper left reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10120018
Price: $4.00
York Beach, Nubble Light
Unused Dexter Press card 96402-B (and M-1223), serrated edges. Grade: 2

Code: 10120019
Price: $4.00
York, Nubble Lighthouse
Now we learn that the formal name of this structure is the Cape Neddick Light. Unused Wakefield Trading Co. card K-15110, but for a number typed on the left reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10120020
Price: $4.00
Pemaquid Light
Mailed in 1976 with 10-cent stamp and much of the postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 10120021
Price: $5.00
Pemaquid Point, Lighthouse on the Rockbound Coast
Unused Plastichrome card P2403. Grade: 3

Code: 10120022
Price: $4.00
Famous Maine Lighthouses (border)
…and these Famous Main Lighthouses include Pemaquit Light (spelled as “Pemaquid” on other cards and also separately on this one), Portland Head Light, West Quoddy Head Light, Nubble Light, and Bass Harbor Light. There. That should satisfy the search engines. Unused Plastichrome card K101137 (and M-44). Grade: 2

Code: 10120023
Price: $5.00
Famous Maine Lighthouses (no border)
Same photo and minor other variations on the previous card. This one spells “Pemaquid” consistently. This one doesn’t say Plastichrome, but has same index number (K 101137) though the publisher is different. Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 10120024
Price: $5.00
Portland Head Light
Unused Eastern Illustrating card KV8587-5 (and M1720), serrated edges. Grade: 3

Code: 10120025
Price: $4.00
Portland Head Light Station
Unused Eastern Illustrating card P73712 (and M1715) explaining that this was one of four lighthouses authorized by George Washington; it was completed in 1790. Serrated edges. Grade: 2

Code: 10120026
Price: $4.00
York Beach, Nubble Lighthouse
Yet another view of this famous facility, on an unused but tape-stained Lusterchrome card K-14474. Grade: 3

Code: 10120027
Price: $3.00
York, storm at Nubble Light
Unused Bromley & Co. card C35748, and while the caption says it “shows surf breaking nearly to the summit of the lighthouse,” they forgot we know all about perspective. Grade: 1

Code: 10120028
Price: $5.00
In the Hunting Regions of Maine
This is a wonderful card, and if you have any interest in hunting, you should consider it. Mailed in 1910, the stamp and nearly full postmark are there along with a message more or less describing how life was then. From Metropolitan News and Pub. Co., of Boston and Germany. Grade: 2

Code: 10120029
Price: $14.00
Two bucks and a doe, woods of Maine
Early American humour, but not comic at all. Unused, heavily aged and creased card H 37 from Chisholm Bros. Grade: 4

Code: 10120030
Price: $9.00
Moosehead Lake
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, unreadable postmark, and typical USPS abrasions on reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10120031
Price: $1.00
Portland, Riverton Park Casino
Not postally used, the original owner noted on the reverse: “I was here, Aug 1916.” (That was convenient for us!) Grade: 3

Code: 10120032
Price: $6.00
Portland, Western Promenade, Maine General Hospital
Unused card in terrible condition from having been pasted into an album. Grade: 5

Code: 10120033
Price: $1.00
Portland, The Trout Pond, Riverton Park
Unused card in terrible condition from having been pasted into an album. The front is actually OK. Grade: 5

Code: 10120034
Price: $1.00
Portland, East End, Peaks Island
Unused card in terrible condition from having been pasted into an album. The front is actually OK. Grade: 5

Code: 10120035
Price: $1.00
Thomaston, St. George River and Bridge showing Prison
Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. postcard 4356. Grade: 2

Code: 10120036
Price: $4.00
Wiscasset, Long Bridge looking West
Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. postcard 3701. Grade: 2

Code: 10120037
Price: $3.00
Underwood Springs, Rustic Bridge
Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. card 2942. For its age, astonishingly, as new. Grade: 1

Code: 10120038
Price: $3.00
Damariscotta, Damariscotta Lake
Let’s say, just for discussion, that you own a little bar or a bait-and-tackle shop around there. Wouldn’t this look good framed near the register? Mailed in 1911, stamp is there and most of the postmark. Matie was having a good time, and she told Aunt Ella. Grade: 2

Code: 10120039
Price: $4.00
Greetings from Portland, Maine
This is Chisholm Bros. card “G No. 33”, showing Rustic Bridge in Deering Park. Mailed in 1904, it has the stamp and two postmarks–one from Portland and one from Jamaica, NY two days later. This is an excellent example of a very old “Greetings from” postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 10120040
Price: $6.00

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