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Minneapolis, Metrodome
The structure hadn’t been inflated for long when this card was made. Mailed in 1992 with a William Piper 40-cent airmail stamp and legible St. Paul postmark, the card has the added distinction (in our eyes, anyway) of having been printed in Hong Kong. So it is now home. Grade: 1

Code: 10124042
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, Riverplace
Mailed in 1989 with 36-cent Igor Sikorsky stamp and illegible St. Paul postmark. Minor postal dings. Grade: 3

Code: 10124043
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, Orchestra Hall
The Minnesota Orchestra Hall card was mailed in 1990 and is just fine but what makes it better is the fully legible St. Paul postmark over two large 25-cent dinosaur commemoratives. Grade: 1

Code: 10124044
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, night view
The night-time view is nice and so is the card, but unusually it has no caption to identify the buildings. Wouldn’t be hard to figure out if you really needed to know, though. Card was mailed in 1991, has a 40-cent Lillian M. Gilbreth stamp, and a mostly-legible St. Paul postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10124045
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, snowy night view
Minneapolis does look great in the winter but it sure does get cold. We now think snow is best on television. Card was mailed in 1991 using two 29-cent Jan E. Matzeliger stamps. The St. Paul postmark is readable. Grade: 1

Code: 10124046
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, Target Center
No, not a shopping mall. No, not an office building. A professional sports arena, for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Still there! Card mailed in 1992, with legible Minneapolis postmark over a 29-cent wood duck stamp and another 29-cent First Voyage of Christopher Columbus commemorative. Grade: 1

Code: 10124047
Price: $2.00
Lake Superior
A rocky shoreline scene along the Lake Superior Circle Route. Card mailed in 1995, using a 52-cent Hubert Humphrey stamp. The postmark isn’t legible, though. Grade: 2

Code: 10124048
Price: $1.00
Flower Valley Farm
The caption says “Flower Valley Farm,” then “Minnesota – USA.” We think they mean it’s a farm in Flower Valley but not someplace specific. Anyway … Card mailed from Hinckley, MN in 1992 with a 40-cent Claire Chennault stamp. The postmark is readable, and heavy. Grade: 1

Code: 10124049
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls Park
Apart from the Falls, this is a statue of Hiawatha. This card went out in 1991, has four stamps (36+1+1+1), and a partly-legible St. Paul postmark. There are various postal markings on front and back as this was the era when the USPS started to be certain no card could be sent unscathed. Grade: 3

Code: 10124050
Price: $2.00
St. Paul, night view
This might be the smallest photo of a state capitol building on a postcard in history, but it’s not only in there, it’s lit up and the caption directs us to it. Card was mailed in 1991 and las a large “Switzerland” 50-cent USA stamp with, ironically, a Minneapolis postmark. Postal marking on front, and some corner creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 10124051
Price: $2.00
Snow scene
A generic scene, albeit labelled, but the clincher is in the caption: “In Winter, Minnesota may get precipitation other than snow.” You betcha! Card was mailed in 1993, with a 40-cent Chennault stamp and a 29-cent Chinese New Year stamp, along with a legible St. Paul postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10124052
Price: $3.00
Stress management
We understand that one person’s relief from stress is another person’s inability to Tweet, e-mail, or get network coverage. We will not let you know which side we are on. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 10124053
Price: $1.00
Snowbound stream
Two of these unused cards are available. The scene may or may not be in Minnesota (probably not too far away) but we know Bob’s Sport Chalet was up there somewhere because we dropped in. It is not likely that many of Bob’s customers were writing postcards, but some did. Grades: 1

Code: 10124054
Price: $1.00
The fishin’s good (Bob’s Sport Chalet)
We said not many of Bob’s customers would write postcards. We didn’t say none. This card was mailed from St. Paul–far from Bob’s–in 1983 and is aging heavily. It has a legible St. Paul postmark and a 28-cent Scott airmail stamp that is abraded. Grade: 4

Code: 10124055
Price: $0.50
Rocky creek in winter
We must have bought these because Bob seemed lonely, but they are nice photos. Two of these unused cards are available. Aging on the reverse. Grades: 2

Code: 10124056
Price: $1.00
Ice fishing on a lake
Finally, a card from Bob’s mailed in 1983. St. Paul postmark, 28-cent Scott stamp, a little bit of corner creasing during transit. Grade: 2

Code: 10124057
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, downtown aerial view
Unused card from St. Marie’s Gopher News Co. (Curteichcolor 7DK-1615, and M-100) of primarily the Foshay Tower dominating downtown Minneapolis. Grade: 1

Code: 10124058
Price: $3.00
St. Paul, skyline and state capitol
The caption on reverse makes it sound like the State Capitol Building is the focal point of the card, but you be the judge. Card was mailed from St. Paul in 1983, with a 28-cent Scott airmail stamp and full postmark. Card has serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 10124059
Price: $2.00
Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoological Gardens
Caption on reverse says: “Quarters for the Tropical Rain Forest,” which is fine though slightly disconnected from the big “Minnesota Wildlife” totem in the photo. Card was mailed in 1991, with partly legible St. Paul postmark, a 29-cent Saroyan stamp and another 29-cent Cole Porter stamp. Artistic! Postal service small imprint on front. Grade: 2

Code: 10124060
Price: $2.00
Lake Superior, Gull Rocks
In Minnesota’s Arrowhead Country, this scene is (sorry) “scenic” but a little bleak as well. The card was mailed in 1983, from St. Paul, with a Scott 28-cent airmail stamp and a USPS imprint on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 10124061
Price: $1.00
Duluth, Skyline Drive at night
Caption tells us that “Duluth’s Skyline Boulevard is internationally famous as one of the world’s most magnificent drives.” OK. This is Smith Interstate News / Curteich-Chicago card 1C-P1939 (and G-2), unused but for a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10124062
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, Nicollet Hotel
Card mailed in 1911 with an abraded stamp but fully legible postmark. Though the front has minor postmark smudging, it’s a nice card of this landmark hotel. Grade: 2

Code: 10124063
Price: $5.00
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center
This view from Lyndale Avenue was mailed in 1977, with a 31-cent airmail stamp and full postmark. Some USPS index numbers (what do we call these rubber stamp marks, anyway?) and postmark smudging are on the front also. Grade: 3

Code: 10124064
Price: $2.00
Farmington, Mallard ducks
From 1995, the ducks somehow manage to look cold. They probably were. The card has a 40-cent Chennault stamp but only part of a postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10124065
Price: $2.00
Cambridge, Mallard ducks
One can never have too many postcards of ducks. This one was mailed from St. Paul in 1992, with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10124066
Price: $2.00
Pink and white ladyslipper
One of Minnesota’s rarest flowers, it’s also the state flower and manages to look like an orchid in a state not usually associated with orchids. This card was mailed in 1991 with a 40-cent Gilbreth stamp and full Minneapolis postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10124067
Price: $2.00
St. Paul, Como Park Conservatory
Mailed in 1990 with 36-cent Sikorsky airmail stamp and fully legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10124068
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls in Winter
Such a nice, formal message between two ladies on the reverse of this card, mailed in 1954 with a 2-cent stamp but no identifying postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10124069
Price: $4.00
Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota, Coffman Union
Unused Plastichrome card P21164. Grade: 2

Code: 10124070
Price: $1.50
Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota, aerial view
Unmailed card but annotated on both sides. It dates from the late 1960s. Grade: 5

Code: 10124071
Price: $1.00
View, with animals
Mailed from Duluth in 2010, this card is fine on the front, and the reverse is extremely busy with three stamps, stickers, address label, identifying labels, barcoding, etc. Grade: 3

Code: 10124072
Price: $1.00
Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Nice card, mailed in 2010 with three different stamps (including Mother Teresa and Breast Cancer funding) and full Mankato postmark. Minor postal edge abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 10124073
Price: $1.50
St. Paul, State Capitol, the Quadriga
Unused “local” card 35363 (J-48) with rounded corners, and a full explanation in the caption. Aging. Grade: 3

Code: 10124074
Price: $1.00
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls
Unused Dexter press card 60690-B (D-128), with a small inked notation near the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 10124075
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls
Unused Curteichcolor card 3DK-78 (M.182) showing the falls tumbling into woodland beauty below. Grade: 1

Code: 10124076
Price: $2.00
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls
The Plastichrome card P17020 is unmailed but has lots of writing and rubber stamp marks on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10124077
Price: $0.50
Minneapolis, Minnehaha Park and Falls
Unused Plastichrome card P62576 (M-117). Somehow the falls don’t look like this in the other cards. Grade: 1

Code: 10124079
Price: $2.00
St. Paul, greetings
Unused “local” card 35978 (K-49) falling nicely into several of our categories. Grade: 1

Code: 10124080
Price: $3.00
Duluth, St. Louis Hotel and Torrey Bldg.
Ancient, unused V.O. Hammon Pub. Co. card No. 564, significantly creased in the lower left corner but otherwise unmarked, showing a parade. Grade: 3

Code: 10124081
Price: $6.00
Duluth, Masonic Temple
Unused V.O. Hammon Pub. Co. card No. 762. Aged appropriately. Grade: 2

Code: 10124082
Price: $7.00

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