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Greetings (map)
Unused card from Scheller Co. (99919) in 1967. Front is as-new; reverse is unmarked, just aging gracefully. Grade: 1
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New Jersey Turnpike
For you turnpike enthusiasts out there, this multiple view of New Jersey’s version. Unused Mike Roberts card C12968 actually made by the Howard Johnson Publishing Department. Grade: 2
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Atlantic City, Boardwalk
Mailed in 1985 with mostly obliterated postmark and heavily cancelled 33-cent Verville airmail stamp, together with red air mail marking. On the front, of course, the USPS numeric imprint. Grade: 4
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Cape May
The scene is 1878, so you know the postcard can’t be that old. It was mailed in 1977 with 20+1 cent stamps and Atlantic City postmark, as well as an “air mail” rubber stamping. Some postmark smudging on the front. Grade: 3
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High Point, High Point Park
Linen card far older than its mailing date of 1986 from Washington, DC, with nearly full postmark, airmail sticker, and 33-cent Verville airmail stamp. Grade: 2
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Cape May, The Pink House
Mailed with a 14-cent stamp in 1985, the card has some stains on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Wildwood-by-the-Sea, Hunt’s Pier
Mailed in 1972 with 6-cent stamp and full postmark, there’s also some postmark transfer on the front that affects that caption. Grade: 3
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Cape May, Schellenger’s Landing
Clean card mailed in 1958 with 2-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Cape May Lighthouse, Greetings
Touristic card that used a floral postage meter stamp and taped the address onto the reverse. Overlooking that, if you are looking for a nice card of a lighthouse, here it is. Grade: 4
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Atlantic City, Tropicana Casino and Resort
Mailed in 2011, full Florida postmark and three different stamps. Minor abrasion on lower right front corner. Grade: 2
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Atlantic City, On the Boardwalk
Mailed in 1910, with stamp and postmark, from someone who was clearly having a good time. Edge abrasions. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Ocean Beach
Mailed in 1968 with 5-cent stamp and full postmark. Some creasing. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel
The hotel may be long gone but the postcard lives on. Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-598 (and 32). Grade: 2
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Atlantic City, Surf Bathing and Ocean Front
Unused Lusterchrome card K-3867. Grade: 1
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State Reformatory
Mailed in 2011 with 98-cent stamp and Albany (NY) postmark. Red air mail marking on reverse, along with address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Beach front showing Marlborough and Traymore Hotels
Unused P. Sander card 219 (and 7828). What a sight. Grade: 1
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Atlantic City, Beach Scene, looking from Boardwalk
Not postally used, but with pencilled address and names on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Atlantic City, View showing Steel Pier, Ocean and Boardwalk
Mailed sometime in the 1920s (indistinct postmark), the stamp is still there and the message is fading. Postmark ink transfr on the front. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Boardwalk and Beach Scene near Garden Pier
Now, we’ve resisted all along saying anything like this, but it’s as good a time as any: what would these good folks think if they could be in the same place right now? Unused, heavily handled card. Grade: 4
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Morristown, Dining Room, Washington Headquarters
Unused Rotograph Co. B&W card A 18307, heavily aged. Grade: 4
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Atlantic City, Capt. Young’s Residence
And “who was Capt. Young,” you ask? Google knows everything. Unused C.T. American Art card 758 (and A-8624). Grade: 2
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Asbury Park, The Casino
Mailed in 1911 with stamp and postmark, Hazel tried to lord it up over Evelyn. (It’s in the message.) Grade: 3
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Fort Lee, George Washington Bridge
Unused Dexter Press card 49865 but with writing on the back, and some staining and creasing. Grade: 4
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Atlantic City, Chalfonte and Haddon-Hall Hotels
Unused E.C. Kropp card 3913, with a previous owner’s name pencilled on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, General View of Boardwalk and Beach from Ventnor Pier
Unused Tichnor Bros. linen card 60953, some staining on the reverse, and previous owner’s name pencilled on. Grade: 4
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Ocean County, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
Unused card dated 1965, an aerial view showing “America’s second oldest lighthouse, Barnegat, which was built in 1856-58 by Lt. General George Meade.” This claim is at odds with other lighthouses (and their postcards) in our website, but we don’t make these things up. Grade: 1
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Wildwood-by-the-Sea, “Hereford Inlet” Lighthouse
Unused Dexter Press card K-145-D-13 (and 43669), rounded corners, of “The second most powerful ‘light’ on the Eastern seaboard”. Grade: 1
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Barnegat Lighthouse
Watercolor art by Mabel T. Burr on this unused, slightly aging card of “Old Barney”. Grade: 1
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Cape May Point, Light House
Mailed in 1936 with stamp and Cape May postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Sea Girt Lighthouse and Public Library
Unused card with artwork by Mabel T. Burr. In light of the recent (as we type this) damage from Hurricane Sandy, the caption on this older card is prophetic: “Complete washouts of the beach in the past have brought the waves up to the very foundations of the building.” The lighthouse itself dates from 1896 and endured only minor damage during Sandy. Grade: 2
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Highlands, Twin Lights and marine museum
Unused Mabel T. Burr watercolor postcard of a lighthouse 248′ above sea level overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, now partly used as a marine museum. Fading and mottling on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Sandy Hook, lighthouse
Unused card with watercolor by Mabel T. Burr. Other lighthouses much younger than this (according to captions on the postcards) claim to be older. We could do more research, but if lighthouses are your hobby, you know better than we do. This one might really be one of the oldest, because as the caption says it was “built 1764 from the proceeds of a lottery, is 103 ft. tall and … has shone virtually without interruption for the last 200 years”. Some aging, but still: Grade: 1.
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Atlantic City, Absecon Lighthouse
C.T. American Art card 86984, mailed from Philadelphia in 1926 with 2-cent stamp and postmark. There’s significant postmark ink transfer on the front, as you can see in the scan. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Absecon Lighthouse
Genuinely vintage lighthouse postcard, mailed in 1909 with stamp and full Atlantic City postmark. Yes, there’s postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Absecon Light
Undivided back, B&W card mailed in 1906 with full postmarks from sending (Atlantic City) and receiving (Wheeling, West Virginia) stations less than 18 hours apart. Try for that level of service now … Aged appropriately. Grade: 2
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Cape May Point, Lighthouse
Mailed in 1964 from Cape May, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Atlantic City, The Lighthouse
This card just calls it “The Lighthouse,” though at some point the official name had become “Absecon Lighthouse,” with construction starting in 1854 and deactivation for actual use in 1933. The card was mailed in 1909 with stamp and clear Atlantic City postmark. Normal, minor marks and abrasions for a mailed card of this age. Grade: 2
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Atlantic City, Absecon Light House, by night
Nice vintage lighthouse postcard showing the facility in its intended use. Mailed in what looks like 1925 (the “5” in the postmark isn’t completely clear), the 2-cent stamp is there. Grade: 2
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Lakewood, Lake Carasaljo from the Narrows
Mailed in 1907 with stamp and sending/receiving postmarks, this undivided back card has been heavily handled over the years and has some abrasions. Grade: 3
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Atlantic City, Ocean View of Hotel Traymore
Unused P. Sander card 32461 (516). Grade: 2