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Beverly Harbor
Mailed in 1920, stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 10122094
Price: $3.00
Newton, Rustic Bridge
Mailed in 1908 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10122095
Price: $4.00
Boston, skyline
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, and affixed address label. Grade: 3

Code: 10122096
Price: $1.00
Greetings from Cape Cod
A classical, almost-vintage “Greetings from …” card, mailed in 1962 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10122097
Price: $3.00
Cape Cod National Seashore, Shadows on the Dunes
Mailed in 2003 with two different stamps but no legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10122098
Price: $1.00
Cape Cod, old lighthouses
Unused Mike Roberts card C14485 (and MA1491) showing Nauset Light at Eastham, Highland Light at North Truro, and Nobska Light at Woods Hole. Grade: 1

Code: 10122099
Price: $4.00
Marthas (sic) Vineyard, Dunroving Ranch, Chilmark
Search engines tell us this windmill was built around 1812. Chilmark is still there on Martha’s Vineyard, though we’re not certain about Dunroving Ranch. The card is very much alive, though: linen, unused, Tichnor Quality Views No. 70100. Grade: 2

Code: 10122100
Price: $2.00
Berkshire Hills, State Line Tunnel
Unused Union News Co. card L1326. Grade: 2

Code: 10122101
Price: $3.00
Cambridge, Harvard Stadium
Unused but aging Mike Roberts card C16593 (and BM211). Grade: 2

Code: 10122102
Price: $1.00
Clinton, Wachusett Reservoir and Dam
C.T. American Art card A-56631, mailed during the 1920s with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10122103
Price: $2.00
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Room dated about 1750
Unused. Grade: 2

Code: 10122104
Price: $1.00
Salem, House of the Seven Gables
The house dates from 1668. The unused Mike Roberts postcard C25738 (and MA1909) from much later, though starting to age noticeably. Grade: 2

Code: 10122105
Price: $1.00
Gloucester Harbor fishing fleet, United Airlines menu
Not everyone shares our sense of humor, but the photo on this United Airlines menu is of a fishing fleet, and the caption on the reverse says “The fishing fleet … provide a tempting variety of delicious sea foods for United Mainliner menus.” And what’s on this menu? Beef! Potatoes! Peas! Cherry Chocolate Roll! But not a shred of seafood. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10122106
Price: $7.00
Beverley Harbor, Hospital Point and Lighthouse
Two unused Lusterchrome cards K-5968 are available. One is unmarked (Grade: 1, $3) and the other has a pencilled explanation in the message area (Grade: 4, $2).

Code: 10122107
Price: $3.00
Cape Cod Lighthouses
Unused Plastichrome card P57768, aging, and with a complete if muddled cption on the reverse. Nauset Light at Eastham; Highland Light at North Truro; and Cape Nobska Light at Woods Hole. At least that’s what we think they are saying. Grade: 2

Code: 10122108
Price: $5.00
Nantucket, Sankaty Head Light House
Unused Plastichrome card P4948, and this structure’s claim was that “In 1875, Government authorities reported this light house superior to every other American beacon.” Grade: 2

Code: 10122109
Price: $3.00
Lighthouse Point on Marblehead Neck
Unused Plastichrome card P87135. Minor abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 10122110
Price: $3.00
Beverly, Hospital Point
Can’t quite make out the year on the postmark–you might be able to, but our eyes aren’t what they used to be. Definitely very early 1900s. The stamp is there, along with considerable postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 10122111
Price: $3.00
Gay Head Light House
Considerable explanation in the caption of this unused Mike Roberts card C25728 (and MA1900). Grade: 1

Code: 10122112
Price: $4.00
Shelburne Falls, Glacial Potholes
Described in the caption as a “geological wonder,” these potholes were in an area once called Salmon Falls. Card mailed in 2012 with $1.05 stamp and readable postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10122113
Price: $1.00
Boston Light, Boston Harbor
Altogether we have three copies of this card. For one with no message on the front, see our entry 10122128. The other two have messages on the front. The one you see here was mailed in 1908 with stamp and postmark from Boston’s Fenway Station. Abrasions around the edges, natural for a card of this age (Grade: 2, $5). We also have another one mailed from Boston on 16 Dec 1906 at night, and received in Vacaville, CA on 17 Dec 1906 in the morning. Both postmarks, and the stamp, are there. How did they do that?? (Grade: 2, $9).

Code: 10122114
Price: $5.00
Gloucester, Eastern Point Light and Breakwater
Two of these unused Lusterchrome cards K-6573 are available. Grades: 1

Code: 10122115
Price: $3.00
Martha’s Vineyard, Gay Head Light and Cliffs
Unused, old A.C. Bosselman & Co. card with that significant stain on the top front and reverse edge. Grade: 4

Code: 10122116
Price: $3.00
Boston Harbor, Minot Ledge Light
Mason Bros. & Co. card, mailed in Boston in 1908 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10122117
Price: $5.00
Martha’s Vineyard, Gay Head Light
The writer of this card, having taken away “several hunks of the cliff,” found time to mail it in 1924 from Oak Bluffs, with stamp and postmark. Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 10122118
Price: $5.00
Boston Light
Two of these cards are available. The one you see in this scan was mailed in 1905 with stamp and Boston postmark (Grade: 2, $6). The other has more writing on the front bottom, from someone wanting to exchange postcards with a correspondent, and has stamp plus two overlapping 1906 postmarks (both readable) from sending and receiving offices. We have resisted commenting much on this phenomenon, but we have plenty of proof here that USPS could move mail great distances in one day–back in those days (Grade: 2, $6).

Code: 10122119
Price: $6.00
Duxbury, Standish House
The house dates from 1666, the postcard from somewhat later, early 20th century. Unused Phostint card 79108. As for the lighthouse in the background, we’ll let you do the research to find out which one that is/was. Grade: 1

Code: 10122120
Price: $3.00
Cape Cod, Coast Guard Lighthouse at Woods Hole
Unused Lusterchrome card K-6327, aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10122121
Price: $3.00
Scituate Lighthouse
Unused Lusterchrome card K-12945. Grade: 1

Code: 10122122
Price: $4.00
Boston, Boston Light House
Unused Plastichrome card P38800. Grade: 2

Code: 10122123
Price: $3.00
Beverly, aerial view
Unused “local” card, aged. Someone wrote a small faded “X” on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 10122124
Price: $1.00
Beverly, The First Baptist Church
It’s not instantly apparent why this unused card is dated April 26, 1970 on the front, but it does help give us the age. Someone had written “Lighthouse” up at the front top, though honestly we can’t tell whether that was added later or part of the original template. We would not know this was a lighthouse but for the slogan “The Church with the Harbor Light,” followed by more search engine information. Grade: 3

Code: 10122125
Price: $2.00
Boston Light
We have many cards of Boston Light in the site, but this is the most contemporary of the bunch. Mailed in 2012 with five stamps and blurry modern postmark. Some ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 10122126
Price: $3.00
Salem, Bakers Island, U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouse
Unused “local” card, and another example where we wonder why the photographer might not have gotten just a little bit closer. This aging card may date from 1968 but we don’t guarantee that. Grade: 2

Code: 10122127
Price: $3.00
Boston Light
In 1906, this card instantly went from Rockland to Hanover, Massachusetts. How do we know this? It has the stamp, and postmarks from sending and receiving post offices, both with the exact same time and date. Undivided back card 5218 from The New England News Company. Grade: 3

Code: 10122128
Price: $10.00
2894 – Boston Light
We put the number in the header to help differentiate from other, similar cards. This is an unused old card whose only attribution is the small “crown” logo on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 10122129
Price: $7.00
Bug Light, Boston Harbor
Mason Bros. & Co. card 472, not postally used but with a long message to Anna from Cousin Ella on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10122130
Price: $3.00
Bug Light, Boston Harbor (S.51)
S. Langsdorf card S.51, mailed in 1907 from Massachusetts to Iowa (it took two days) with stamp and sending/receiving office postmarks. Some ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 10122131
Price: $10.00
Nahant, Castle and Egg Rock (A)
Unused, undivided back, aged and vintage New England News Company card 5207, not the same as our entry 10122133 because this one has the number on the reverse. Someone helpfully (and very faintly) pencilled a notation on the back that there is a lighthouse in this photo. We agree, it’s there. Grade: 3

Code: 10122132
Price: $7.00
Nahant, Castle and Egg Rock (B)
Unused, undivided back, aged and vintage New England News Company card 5207, not the same as our entry 10122132 because this one has the number on the front. Someone helpfully (and very faintly) pencilled a notation on the back that there is a lighthouse in this photo. We agree, it’s there. Grade: 3

Code: 10122133
Price: $7.00

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