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White Plains, Muldoon’s Sanitarium
Unused Leighton & Valentine Co. card 213.267. Grade: 2
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New York City, Post Office
Mailed in 1909 with stamp and full Brooklyn postmark, perfect for collectors of postal-themed cards. Grade: 3
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Warsaw, Amish buggy
Mailed in 2011 with three stamps (one uncancelled) and blurry contemporary postmark. Address label affixed. Grade: 3
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New York City, Empire State Building from the Air
The postmark isn’t clear enough to tell us when this real-photo card was mailed, but it contains the printed notice “This post card purchased atop Empire State Building, N.Y.C.” and was mailed using one of the scarcer 1-1/2 cent stamps of the day. That will help you pin down the year. Grade: 2
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New York City, Central Park, Menagerie Gate
Mailed in 1908 with stamp and full postmark, the sender’s brilliant handwriting is all in German, and (s)he gleefully ignored the directions about what could or could not be written in the space allowed. Grade: 3
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New York City, The Plaza Hotel, Oak Room
Unused card that tells us “A lot of New York does a lot of its thing–here.” Grade: 2
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North Pole
Unused Mike Roberts card SC2015 published by Santa’s Workshop, North Pole, N.Y., unusually forcing the top third of the reverse to be blank. Not sure what they had in mind there. Grade: 2
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Greetings from New York, Roosevelt Island and Manhattan
Mailed in 2011 using three stamps. Grade: 2
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New York City, Historic Wall Street
Unused 1960s-era card K 97 (and 152625) from Nester’s Map and Guide Corp. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, Maid of the Mist
Yet another view of this iconic vessel in front of American Falls. We’re listing this under “New York,” among others, though the card was lithographed in Canada. Unused, Grade: 1
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New York City, Statue of Liberty
Did you know that the official name of the statue is “Liberty Enlightening the World”? Neither did we. Unused Curteichcolor card 7EK-101 (and 315). Grade: 2
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Albany, multiple views
Among the views on this card, mailed in 2011 with a 98-cent stamp and full postmark, are: the state capitol, Empire State Plaza, and “The ‘Nipper,'” a famous trademark that you can Google at will. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, The Gorge of the Niagara River
Linen card, mailed in 1941 with stamp and full Niagara Falls postmark. Major postmark transfer on the front, as you can see. Grade: 4
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New York City, Empire State Building
Abrasions on the reverse of this 2011 card, caused by the USPS machines. The 98-cent stamp is there. Grade: 3
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Delaware Island, near Uncas-on-Lake George
We love the message on this card, mailed in 1922 with stamp and postmark: “Swell place for a honeymoon.” We think Kay Rose was rubbing it in, just a little bit, to Gertie. Grade: 3
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Letchworth State Park, Middle Falls
Unused old Curteich-Chicago postcard 1179-29-N. Grade: 1
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Plattsburgh, Moonlight on Lake Champlain
We like this card. Not that there’s anything really special about it, but the stamp is there, the 1917 postmark is there, and the message starts with “Will not write again … we autoed 100 miles” and in those days that was a big deal. Grade: 3
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New York Zoological Park, Part of elk herd
Who knew they had an entire herd of elk? This unused card is an Official Post Card of the New York Zoological Park. Grade: 2
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New York City, View in Prospect Park
Mailed in 1906 with stamp and partial postmark, this is a B&W Rotograph card whose reference number is also unclear. Grade: 4
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Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain from the Battery
Mailed in 1925, the stamp and most of the postmark are there, together with the pencilled notation “Due 1 cent” so Carl really made Mary pay for that message. Grade: 3
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Niagara Falls, A Glorious Sight of Horseshoe Falls
Wonderful and very old card of the Falls, so old that its designation is “Private Mailing Card” and not “Postcard,” with Congressional authorization date of May 19, 1898. The card itself was mailed in 1904, with stamp, postmark, and message you may see on the front. Grade: 3
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Skaneateles Lake and Village
Not postally used, this Hugh C. Leighton card No. 1753 still has that extensive message on the front. The reverse is otherwise unmarked. Grade: 4
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Adirondack Mountains, Lower Cascade Lake
Not postally used, but with written message and a part of the envelope it was mailed in is stuck to the reverse. This is Hugh C. Leighton card No. 921. Grade: 4
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New York City, Grant’s Tomb and Palisades
Can’t say when this was mailed because the postmark is not clear, but the writer used a 2-cent stamp. Grade: 3
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New York City, The Flatiron by Night
Unarguably one of New York City’s most famous buildings captured on this card mailed in the early 1900s (indistinct postmark) with its one-cent stamp. Grade: 4
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Adirondacks, Whitewater Rafting
Mailed in 2011 with 98-cent stamp and readable postmark. The usual USPS abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 3
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New York City, The Mark Hotel, map
Unused card. It was made with the four corners trimmed off. Grade: 1
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New York City, The Mark Hotel
Unused card. It was made with the four corners trimmed off. Grade: 1
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New York City, Sapphire Chinese Restaurant
Google readily tells us that this restaurant opened in 1981 but there’s no hint that it’s still there now. Among other little mysteries, the postcard says this restaurant was a winner of the Stanley Blacker Award for Pleasurable Dining, but when you put that into Google you get the idea the award didn’t really catch on. One more thing: their telephone number is now the fax number for an architectural firm. Anyway, the restaurant may be gone but the card is here, and unused. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls, American Falls reached from Goat Island
Mailed in 2009 with five stamps but no legible postmark. Abrasion on the reverse. Grade: 4
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New York, fireworks
Mailed in 2011 with three stamps and a readable San Francisco postmark. Postal abrasion and bar coding on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Rochester Museum and Science Center, Strasenburgh Planetarium
Unused Dexter Press card 47905-C. Grade: 1
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Ausable Chasm, Hydes (sic) Cave Bridge
Unused Curteichcolor card 6DK-1641. No apostrophe in the caption, but “Hyde’s” in real life. Grade: 1
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Niagara Falls
Not postally used but with extensive message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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New York City, Columbia University
Very old, unused Illustrated Postal Card Co. card 121. It really does belong with someone who attends or graduated from Columbia, nicely framed in the den or library–because you are successful! Grade: 3
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New York City, Grant’s Tomb
Unused Illustrated Post Card Co. card 145. Grade: 2
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New York City, Staten Island Hospital, Castleton Ave.
Unused Albertype card. We Googled to see what happened to this facility, and we found all we wanted to know. Grade: 2
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Statue of Liberty
Considering how many Statue of Liberty cards are out there, and the condition of this one, only someone who has been searching for this specific one would probably want it. Grade: 5
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“Miss Liberty”
Unused Progressive Publications card, but with minor staining and a name pencilled on the reverse. Grade: 4
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New York City, Statue of Liberty
Mailed with three different commemoratives and full postmark. Abrasions and postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4