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Cape Cod, Chatham Lighthouse
Card dates from mid-90s. Two stamps, and legible postmark, but from California. Minor edge abrasion. Grade: 2
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Boston, Sheraton Plaza Hotel and John Hancock Building
Plastichrome Colourpicture card P33107 from mid-1960s, unused except for a small pencilled checkmark above stamp area. Grade: 3
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Cambridge, M.I.T.
Nice unused Tichnor Brothers, Lockwood Studios, Lusterchrome card K-5608 (sounds like the opening credits for a movie, doesn’t it?) from the mid-1960s, showing Harvard Bridge and lots of smokestacks. Grade: 1
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Nantucket, Stone Alley and Town Clock
Unmailed card from New Bedford News Company (Curteich 86887-N) was folded in half and has a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. With edge abrasions also, this card would be OK if framed but space filler otherwise. Grade: 5
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Cambridge, Harvard Square
There must be a few Harvard people out there, putting postcard collections together. Here’s your view from–let’s say–the 50s. Unused Colourpicture card P18263. Grade: 2
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Boston, skyline and harbor
The card would be as-new except that the view definitely isn’t. Unused Bromley & Company card C16591 (and BM206) showing Boston skyline and harbor from top of the Prudential Tower. Grade: 2
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Cambridge, Harvard Square
Tichnor Bros. card K-2539, unused. Grade: 1
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Nantucket, Brant Point Light
Unmailed linen card showing this old lighthouse and the skyline of Nantucket. It’s Tichnor card 75313, never mailed but it was folded in half and also has a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Best use for this card would be framed along with other lighthouse cards. Grade: 4
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Plymouth, Portico over Plymouth Rock
Mailed in 1974 from Philadelphia, with readable postmark, and 3 and 5-cent stamps. Minor postal bumping on the corners. Grade: 2
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Boston, Georges Island, Ranges Light
One of our nicest lighthouse cards, yet if you Google this you will see the card, the scene, and the description have controversy attached. No matter, it’s a great card–unmailed but with an extensive long-ago message on the reverse. Reichner Brothers card 1284, made in Germany. Grade: 4
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Cambridge, Washington Elm
Unused Souvenir Post Card Co. card #4350 from the late 1910s or early 1920s of this iconic tree.
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Boston, John Hancock Bldg. and Arlington Church
Springtime view of “the new and the old in Boston.” Well, new in the 1960s anyway. Colourpicture card P3311, unused. Two unused cards are available. One looks good (Grade: 1, $3) and the other just a bit less (Grade: 2, $2)
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Boston, Trinity Church
Trinity Church, “one of the finest examples of Romanesque Architecture in the world,” with more historical facts on this unused Colourpicture card P64190 (B-173) from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Provincetown, Cape Cod, aerial view
Cape Cod Souvenirs card was mailed not from Provincetown, but from Denver (with partly legible postmark, and 50-cent “Switzerland” stamp) in 2003. Grade: 2
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Provincetown, aerial panoramic view
The front of this card is the same as 10122022 (except for condition), while the reverse is laid out slightly differently and has a slightly different index number (PT-181) from South Cape Distributors. This card was mailed from New Jersey in 1999 with a 55-cent stamp that the Post Office has so thoroughly obliterated it is clear they didn’t want anyone to save it. But we did. There’s a fold on the lower right front of the card. Grade: 4
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Provincetown, aerial panoramic view B-181
The front of this card is the same as 10122021 (except for condition), while the reverse is laid out slightly differently and has a slightly different index number (B-181) from South Cape Distributors. This card was mailed from Buzzard’s Bay MA in 1992 with two Cassatt 23-cent stamps (both torn) and significant postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 5
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Concord, Thoreau artifacts
Artifacts owned by Henry David Thoreau, in the Concord Museum. This card was mailed in 1990 with a 36-cent airmail stamp and mostly legible Providence, RI postmark. A few dents and dings. Grade: 3
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Nantucket, Old Jail
Old, battered, unmailed American Art Post Card Co. card 628, folded in half and with a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse. Not so nice but if you’ve been looking for a card of Nantucket’s old jail, here it is. Grade: 5
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Boston, waterfront
Let’s call this a robust card of the Boston waterfront. Mailed in 1990 with fully readable postmark and 36-cent Sikorsky airmail stamp. Minor postal battering around the edges, nothing significant. Grade: 3
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Boston, Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Merry-Go-Round Lounge
Two unused cards are available, from the mid-1960s. “Circus-like fun.” Just what the sophisticated hotel needed. Grades: 1
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Boston, Park Plaza Hotel
Two of these unused cards from the 1960s are available, gently aging on the reverse. Grades: 2
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Boston, New State House
It looks like this card was issued by Filene’s Restaurant in Boston, but definitely it was mailed in 1946, with stamp and fully legible postmark. Minor age mottling. Grade: 1
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Cambridge, Harvard Square
We suppose Harvard Square might look like this after a hard night of partying. The 4.25″ x 6″ card was mailed in 1991 with a 40-cent Gilbreth stamp and has two overlapping Boston postmarks. Very minor postal handling. Grade: 2
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Old Sturbridge Village, Pliny Freeman Farmhouse
Unused card 71076. Grade: 2
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Greetings
Unused Dexter Press card DR-30036-B. Grade: 1
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Cape Cod, Dunes
Unused “local” card 111740 with a minor notation in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Boston, Faneuil Hall
Unused Mike Roberts card BM-189 with a minor notation in the postage area (Grade: 3)
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Mohawk Trail, The Elk
Unused Mike Roberts card with someone’s initials in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Concord, Minute Man statue
Unused and aged Plastichrome card P49155-B148. Grade: 3
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Sandwich, Cape Cod
Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K2122 showing the old Water Mill and Pond, Congregational Church and Christopher Wrenn Tower. Grade: 3
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Eastham, windmill
Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K1805 of “the oldest on Cape Cod,” across from the Town Hall in Eastham. Grade: 1
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Eastham, windmill
Unused Lusterchrome (Tichnor) card K-2094, advising us that this windmill “is still grinding corn.” Grade: 1
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Chestnut Hill, Boston College
Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 19652 dated 1964, showing St. Mary’s Hall, Gasson Hall, and Bapst Library. Grade: 1
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Boston, Public Garden and Arlington St. Church
Old, unused but heavily abraded and stained M. Abrams card. Grade: 5
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Boston, Entrances to Hotel Hemenway and The Fenway
Unused, stained but serviceable M. Abrams card 105193. Grade: 4
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Cape Cod, Eastham, First Encounter Beach
Unused “local” card 30453 (C-292) showing where early settlers first met Indians on December 8th, 1620. Grade: 4
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Boston, New Art Museum
Unused, heavily stained and abraded Mason Bros. card. Grade: 5
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Boston, Lake in Public Garden
Unused, heavily stained and abraded Metropolitan News card from the earliest 1900s. Grade: 5
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Boston, Charles River Esplanade and West Boston Bridge
Mailed in 1943, this linen card has the full postmark but the stamp is gone. Heavily aged. Grade: 4
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Boston, Public Garden
You can see from the scan, a big hole taken out of the right side of the unused card. Grade: 5