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Greetings (map)
Dexter Press card 44972-B (or N-305) (or both!) from 1970, unused, serrated edges, aging a bit on reverse but as-new on front. So many views. Grade: 2
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Henniker, Ocean Born Mary House
Unused Plastichrome card DS-320 (and P22599) of a card from the 1960s but a house from much earlier. Grade: 1
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Manchester, from asylum grounds
What a great card. Alas, we didn’t get much help from Google in determining what asylum this was. We do understand asylum cards are in short supply–so you’ll know! The details: posted in 1907 with a one-cent stamp and full Manchester postmark to a Mrs. Palmer of South Sutton, with a poignant message from M.L.B. The card was made by Hugh C. Leighton Co., of Portland; was printed in Frankfurt, Germany; and carries reference no. 3246. Grade: 1
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Nashua, Highland Spring Sanatorium
Mrs. Palmer apparently had several friends in various asylums around the state of New Hampshire. In 1907 her friend Franc sent this poignant message from Nashua, using a 1-cent stamp; there are Nashua and Bradford postmarks. The card may have been commissioned by the Sanatorium itself, as the only attribution is to A.E. Brownrigg, M.D., Supt., with index number S.871115. Good that Franc was feeling better. Grade: 1
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Franconia Notch Vicinity (folder)
Souvenir fold-out collection of photos, mailed with a one-cent stamp but the postmark is not legible. This item is intact but heavily abraded. Grade: 3
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Laconia, aerial view
Mailed in 1975 with full Concord postmark and 10-cent stamp. Grade: 1
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Franconia Notch, The Flume Gorge
Unused card K101058 with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Rye, Crown Colony Cottages
This card has a 9-cent stamp, full 1976 postmark, and a small rip in the upper edge. Grade: 4
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Franconia Notch, Old Man of the Mountains
Sad but inevitable story. You can do a search for that. Unused card, with serrated edges, aging. Grade: 2
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Portsmouth, Wentworth-by-the-Sea
Card mailed in 1966 with 4-cent stamp and ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Mt. Osceola, Kancamagus Highway, White Mountains
Mailed in 1980 with 10-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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Hampton Beach, Marine Memorial
Card was mailed in 1985 with 14-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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White Mountains
Photo of Mount Lafayette/Gale River/White Mountains by Chuck Theodore of Rivendell Art Photography, and mailed in in 1997 with 50-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Bull Moose
Irregularly shaped card mailed in 2011 with 98-cent stamp and some of the postmark. USPS bar code on bottom reverse. Grade: 2
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Bretton Woods, Mt. Washington and Mt. Washington Hotel
Unused Mike Roberts card NC112 of this White Mountains location. Grade: 2
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Pemigewasset Valley
Unused but lightly marked Mike Roberts card NC1060. Grade: 3
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Lancaster, Weeks Memorial Tower
Unused Mike Roberts card NC677 of this tower on top of Mount Prospect, with initials inked into the stamp area of the card. Grade: 3
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Approaching Franconia Notch
Heavily aging but unused Plastichrome card DS-3561 (P63983). Grade: 4
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Franconia Notch, Avalanche Falls in Flume Gorge
Unused Mike Roberts card NC1088 (C22103). Grade: 1
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White Mountains, Sabbaday Falls
Unused Mike Roberts card NC1110 (C21930). Grade: 1
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Hampton Beach, Marine Memorial
Unused but aging Plastichrome card P21090 (N-291) with some initials over the postage area. Grade: 3
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Plymouth, Polar Caves, Hanging Rock
Unused “local” card 88813 (NH 642). Grade: 3
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Rindge, Cathedral of the Pines
Unused Curteichcolor card 5DK-905 with massive caption that takes more than half the message area. Grade: 2
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Mt. Washington, Lakes of the Clouds Hut and Southern Presidentials
Unused Mike Roberts card C29233 (NC1389). Grade: 2
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Portsmouth, South Mill Pond
Rotograph card mailed in 1926 with stamp and full postmark. Eva was, indeed, near the water. Grade: 3
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Concord, State Capitol
No, it’s not your eyes; and no, it’s not our scanner. The picture on this old card is mis-registered. Unused. Grade: 3
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Portsmouth, Rockingham Hotel
So sad. Not the hotel; the message. Mailed in 1943 (when the mood would have been bleak anyway), with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Portsmouth, Betty Moody Cave, Star Island, Isles of Shoals
She accidentally smothered her baby? Oh, Betty … Unused Frank W. Swallow card. Grade: 2
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Hampton Beach, Boar’s Head and cottages
What the card lacks in pizazz, it makes up for with Ma’s message to Gerald on the back. Mailed, with stamp but illegible postmark, we hope Gerald got over his disappointment. (He kept the card!) Grade: 3
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The Birches, Gilmanton Iron Works
Someone has pencilled “1916” on the reverse of this card, which was mailed–but the postmark is incomplete. The stamp is there. Grade: 3
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Silver Cascade, Crawford Notch, White Mountains
Unused Atkinson News Co. postcard 1654, a must for all collectors of waterfall postcards! Grade: 2
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Laconia, View from Gilnockie – summer home
…of Mrs. G.W. Armstrong, near Centre Harbor. If you Google “Gilnockie” you get Scotland. If you add “New Hampshire” you get postcards. Mrs. Armstrong was busy creating views from her home. Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. postcard 4285. Grade: 1
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Centre Harbor, The Colonial
We would think the name would be either “Centre Harbour” or Center Harbor,” but no. In any event, this is unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. card 4050 in really excellent condition. Grade: 1
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Orford, The Mall–looking North
Not postally used, but with a long message (or most of it) through the entire reverse, this is Hugh C. Leighton Co. card 3956. Grade: 4
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Tilton, Memorial Arch
Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. card 3255. Grade: 1
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Littleton, Franconia Range from Kilburn’s Crags
Unused Hugh C. Leighton card 3016. Grade: 1
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Berlin, Looking up River from Cascade Mills
Unused Hugh C. Leighton Co. card 5134. Grade: 2
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Franconia Notch, White Mountains, The Pool
Mailed in 1920 with stamp and postmark, this card has been heavily handled over the years but is–surprisingly–one of the few we have that says “wish you were here.” Grade: 3
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White Mountains, Pinkham Notch, Glen Ellis Fall
Mailed in 1906 with stamp and two overlapping postmarks. Grade: 1
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Keene, Thayer Library
Unused Curteich-Chicago B&W card 70373. It is in such good condition, it looks like a reproduction, but it’s not. Grade: 1