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Route 66
As most of us know, Route 66 transcends states. As most of us feel, they should have just left it alone. Here’s a contemporary card, mailed from Phoenix in 2022, with a round Global Forever stamp hand-cancelled by a line drawn through it. Creased lower right corner. Grade: 4
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Sundown at Roundup Time
Designers weren’t thinking too clearly when they put a caption in brown letters on top of a brown background — but it’s there at the bottom of the front. Mailed in 2022 from Phoenix with round Global Forever stamp, clear postmark, and USPS barcoding on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe
“One of the largest and most picturesque lakes in the world” spans California and Nevada, and this card doesn’t nail that down. Mailed in 1988 (from California) with three stamps and an address sticker. Grade: 3
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Lake Superior
“The largest freshwater lake in the world”, says the caption, and we assume it still is — bordering Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan in the USA, and Canada. The card was mailed in 1988 with two stamps and an airmail sticker. Most of a clear postmark. Grade: 1
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Sonoran Desert, cactus flowers
We know this unused card comes from Arizona although the caption doesn’t specifically say so. Grade: 1
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Code of the West
Mailed in 2024 with three different (USA) stamps and postmark. The front is fine, but the reverse has message and address pasted on. We like those ten lessons, though. Grade: 5