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Freetown, Profile Rock
Unused but very heavily aged card dated 1968 from Yankee Colour Corp. The front’s not bad. Grade: 4
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Arlington, Menotomy Indian statue
Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 19804 (G-5) dated 1964. Grade: 3
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Gloucester, Fishermen’s Memorial
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K1751, with someone’s initials in the postage area. Grade: 3
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Boston, Art Museum
Unused, abraded, aged card dated 1905 from Metropolitan News Co. Grade: 4-
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Hyannis, Cape Cod, The Eternal Flame
Unused card, with significant abrasions across the front. Grade: 5
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Newburyport, Atkinson Park
Unused Plastichrome card P4027. Grade: 2
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Lexington, The Minuteman
Sculptored by Henry Hudson Kitson. Unused Plastichrome card P76374. Grade: 2
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Salem, Roger Conant statue
Unused Mike Roberts card C14292 (MA1456) of this statue by Henry H. Kitson. Grade: 1
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Boston, Old North Church
Unused Mike Roberts card C15492 (BM190). Grade: 1
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Adams, Mt. Greylock War Memorial Beacon
Mount Greylock is Massachusetts’s highest mountain, at 3,491′, and this beacon sits 110′ high upon it. Unused plastichrome card P27967, aging. Grade: 3
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Boston, Old North Church, organ
Unused Mike Roberts card SC5671 (SA1260) of the organ, built by Thomas Johnston in 1759, and other fixtures. Grade: 1
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Chestnut Hill, Saint Ignatius Church
Unused Yankee Colour Corp. card 23794 (J-12) of this 1949 church on the Boston College campus. Grade: 1
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Lincoln, Minute Man National Historical Park
Unused but heavily aged Plastichrome card P76283 marking the place where Paul Revere was captured by a British patrol on the 19th of April, 1775. Grade: 3
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Concord, Minute Man statue, Minute Man National Historical Park
Unused, aging Plastichrome card P76282 of Daniel Chester French’s statue at the North Bridge. As you’re reading these listings of cards, if you’re confused about some of the actual locations, be reassured that we just follow what the cards say. Grade: 3
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Sagamore Bridge and Cape Cod Canal (ERROR CARD)
Unused, old linen Curteich-Chicago card 8A-H2913. The front is as you see in the photo. The reverse, however, is mis-registered, printed upside down, and has a caption for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center in New York City. There is also the red outline on the reverse of another apparent error. Clearly this happened during a switch in print runs. Hard to grade accurately, but for what it is, we give it Grade: 1
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Scenic Pioneer Valley, honeymoon
Unused Plastichrome card P8623. Grade: 2
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Lexington, Hancock-Clark House kitchen
Unused Frank W. Swallow card copyrighted in 1906. Grade: 3
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Lexington, Hancock-Clark House, Hancock Adams Room
Unused Myron J. Cochran card, copyrighted 1905. Grade: 3
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Magnolia, The road near the station
Unused, mottled sepia card, stained particularly on the reverse. From The Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. Grade: 4
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Cape Cod, Cranberry harvest
Unusual card, unusual subject, three different commemorative stamps when mailed in 2011. As a bonus, it’s in great condition. Grade: 1
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Boston, Union Oyster House
The whole story laid out on this unused linen card. Grade: 1
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Onset Bay, highway bridge
Postmarks are not distinct but it looks like this card was mailed in either 1912 or 1917. Stamp is there. Staining on both front and reverse. Grade: 4
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Concord, Grave of British soldiers
Two unused cards are available. One is Grade: 2 ($1) and the other is Grade: 1 ($3).
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Provincetown, First Landing Place
Mailed in July, 1941, with full postmark and stamp–and a very long message, but all in French. Much postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Provincetown, waterfront
On Cape Cod. The card was mailed in 1968–stamp and most of the postmark are there. Some staining on reverse. Grade: 4
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Cold River Bridge, The Mohawk Trail, through the Berkshire Hills
The unused Tichnor Bros. card post-dates the opening of the trail in 1914. Grade: 2
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An old Cape Cod house
The postmark is unfortunately indistinct, but the stamp is there, and Dorothy had “swell fun” when they let her row the boat. Those were the days. Grade: 3
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Medford, The Two Trees, Middlesex Fells
From the days when messages weren’t allowed on the reverse. Stamp and very clear 1909 postmark are there. Really, holding this card is like holding a piece of history–the magic of postcards at their best, regardless of how beautiful they may or may not be. Grade: 2 (note that usual grading standards don’t apply when messages were only allowed on the front of a card.)
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Stockbridge, The Meeting of the Waters
Mailed in 1910, with stamp and most of the postmark. Grade: 1
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Waltham, Norumbega Tower
We had not heard of this structure, so we Googled it. Wow! Thank you, Google! Unused Rotograph Co. B&W card A 6934. Grade: 1
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Deerfield River along the Mohawk Trail
Unused Tichnor Bros. card, unnumbered. Grade: 3
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Mohawk Trail, Where Cold and Deerfield Rivers meet
Mailed in 1929 with stamp and full if faint postmark. Grade: 2
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Plymouth, Pilgrim Monument
A “value” card, two 1905 postmarks and stamp, along with significant abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Boston, Public Garden and Washington’s Statue
Mailed in 1909 with clear postmark and stamp. Grade: 3
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Orange, Bears Den Falls
From 1906, with two postmarks, one stamp, and a (permitted) date written on the front. Grade: 1
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Royalston, Doan’s Upper Falls
Mailed in 1910, stamp and full if partly faint postmark. Grade: 3
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Boston, State House
Mailed on or before December 1915, based on an incomplete postmark (stamp is there) and a rubber stamp marking with that date. Some postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Boston, Harvard Medical School
A nice, mailed card from the early 1900s, with stamp, and marred only by the swath of ink transfer you see on the front. Are you a Harvard Medical School alum? Come on, step up … Grade: 4
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Springfield, Library Square
A card for many categories, unfortunately not in great condition but authentic and with what may have been a poignant message. Mailed in 1915 with stamp and postmark fully legible. Creased. Grade: 3
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Springfield, Roadway in Forest Park
Mailed from Indian Orchard in 1909 with postmark and stamp, and a message definitely of that era. Grade: 3