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Niagara Falls, American Falls and Maid of the Mist
Mailed in 1960 with a (slightly) torn 3-cent stamp that is cancelled but the true postmark is upside down at the bottom, and fully legible. Grade: 3
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Castile, Letchworth State Park, Genessee River Gorge
Unused Dexter Press card 19060-C, with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Castile, Letchworth State Park, Middle Falls
Two unused Dexter Press cards 32730-B, One with serrated edges (Grade: 1, $1) and the other with flat edges but lots of foxing on the reverse (Grade: 3, $0.50).
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New York, The Jumble Shop restaurant
Unused card published by The Collotype Co. Grade: 3
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New York City, Stock Exchange
Unused contemporary card. Grade: 1
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New York City, Christo in Central Park
The actual name: The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City–as a collage, 2003. It helps to know who Christo is and what he does. Card was mailed in 2010 with three different stamps, and address sticker, and a Seattle postmark. Grade: 3
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New York City, Statue of Liberty
Unused, contemporary card. Printed in China. And there’s the situation. Grade: 1
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Honeoye Creek, The Falls
Unused but oft-notated “local” card 67162. Grade: 4
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Catskill Mountains waterfall
Unusually, this waterfall has no name — at least not on the postcard. Unused Plastichrome card P31927 (210). Grade: 1
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Statue of Liberty
Unused, very old, very heavily handled card. Grade: 4
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Catskill Mountain Vacationlands view from Twilight Park
Unused “local” card 24727. Grade: 1
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Herkimer, General Herkimer grave
Two of these unused cards are available, same but different. Both are from Dexter Press. One has rounded corners, reference number 11968-B, and inked initials in the stamp area (Grade: 3, $2). The other has the same photo, squared corners, reference number 11986-B H-2 (it’s the slightly newer card), but is heavily aged on the reverse (Grade: 3, $1). Your choice!
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Hyde Park, Maritje Waterflls
Unused “local” card 108736 of these falls near Teller Hill. Grade: 2
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Ithaca, Robert H. Treman State Park
Unused Curteich-Chicago “C.T. American Art” card 118238-N of the gorge at the upper entrance to the park, between Ithaca and Watkins Glen. Grade: 3
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Utica, Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K112 (104) of this monument at Oneida Square in Utica. Grade: 2
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Ithaca, Cornell University, Ezra Cornell statue
Unused, aging Curteichcolor card 9C-K195. Grade: 3
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Wilmington, Whiteface Mountain, Flume Bridge, Ausable River
Unused Mike Roberts card C15266 (BAR812). Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, Aquarium
Unused Dexter Press card 49790-C (69). Grade: 1
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New York City, Maine Monument
Lots of information on this mailed Poly-Chrome card M-16676, copyrighted 1913 by Irving Underhill. Specifically, the photo shows Maine Monument, Columbus Circle and entrance to Central Park. Mailed in 1917 from Hoboken, NJ, most of the stamp and all of the postmark are there. Some creasing. Grade: 3
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Corning, Corning Glass Center
Unused Dexter Press card 67939-B, with the date of 3rd September 1967 inked on the back. Grade: 3
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Catskill Mountains, Fawn’s Leap on Rip Van Winkle Trail
Unused Plastichrome card P1540. Grade: 2
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New York City, Pan Am Building
Unused Dexter Press card DT-75419-B (NY-43), dated 1964. Grade: 3
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New York City, Grant’s Tomb
If you are American, and of a certain age, you will remember the old quiz show consolation question, “Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” If not, you’ll just want to buy this card. Curteich-Chicago linen card 1B-H2408, it was mailed in 1944. The stamp and postmark are there and undamaged. There is a section on the right reverse that looks like it got caught in a cancellation machine but this does not affect the front of the card. Grade: 4
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Buffalo, City Hall and McKinley Monument
Two of these unused Curteichcolor cards 4C-K344 are available. Grades: 1
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New York City, Henry Hudson Parkway and George Washington Bridge
Mailed in 1949 with stamp and most of the postmark, this card has tape residue on the reverse, and is creased. Grade: 4
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Saugerties, Glenerie Falls
Unused “local” card 88431 (U33), rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Watkins Glen, Montour She-Qua-Ga Falls
Unused “local” card 28968, telling us that these falls are two miles south of Watkins Glen and that She-Qua-Ga means “Tumbling Waters.” There’s even a connection with the Louvre in Paris. Curious? Grade: 1
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Albany, Delaware & Hudson Building
“A prime example of Flemish Gothic architecture” on this unused Tichnor card K-16866. Grade: 1
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Watkins Glen, Hector Falls
Unused, aging, creased, initialed and early Dexter Press card 32940 (D-15). Grade: 3
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Sunset on Lake Champlain
Unused Curteich-Chicago”C.T. Art-Colortone” linen card 3A-H1637 (50LC). Grade: 1
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Buffalo, Peace Bridge
Unused Curt Teich linen card 5A-H698 of the bridge crossing the Niagara River between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ontario. Grade: 2
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Plattsburgh, Trinity Park
Mailed in 1968 with stamp and postmark, from son who wanted money from home. The amount went up as he was writing. Grade: 2
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Otsego Lake, Three Mile Point
Mailed with a 1911 postmark. No stamp, heavily torn and in terrible condition. Grade: 5
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Cohoes, Falls in the Mohawk River
Unused “local” card 23872. Grade: 3
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Walton, fog rising from the valleys
From the Catskill Mountain Vacationlands, unused Dexter Press card 67633 (C2), rounded corners. The view is from Bear Spring Mountain, and is part of the Delaware River Valley. We don’t have a “fog” theme category, but if we were to start one, this would go into it. Grade: 1
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New York Times Square Manhattan
Mailed in 2011, this card has two stamps, full postmark; and several abrasions on the right reverse that do not affect the front. Grade: 4
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New York City, Grand Central Palace
Unused Manhattan Post Card Co. card 119807, superb condition. Once used for industrial and business exhibitions, it was also at one time a railroad terminal. Grade: 1
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New York City, Bronx Park, Boat House
Unused Manhattan Post Card Co. card 102227 showing “one of the finest parks in America.” The front of this card is in terrific condition; the reverse edges are flaking and abraded, and there’s a small tape residue. Grade: 3
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New York City, Woolworth Building
Unused Manhattan Post Card Co. card, no index number, Copyright by Irving Underhill. Captions front and reverse identify the Woolworth Building as the tallest (highest) in the world. This card is in wonderful condition. Grade: 1
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New York City, Lower Broadway at night
Mailed in 1917 with stamp and full postmark, the caption on this card identifies the Park Row Building as “at one time the tallest building in the world.” Flash forward … Grade: 2