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State line sign
Not to be confused with card #10134002, same photo but different legend. Two of these are available. One is unused, from 1960s, Aerial Photography Services #A1-252 (Grade: 1, $3). The other is the same photo but much later and was mailed in 1994, with stamp and postmark, creasing and USPS bar code (Grade: 3, $1.50).
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Welcome to North Carolina
Unused Dexter Press card #36347-C, probably from 1960s, not quite the same as our card 10134001. Though aging slightly, it’s still: Grade: 1
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Greetings, multi-view
Dexter Press card 90129-D from 1980s, unused, aging somewhat on reverse but terrific on the front. Grade: 2
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Old goats on vacation
Marty Harris card mailed in 1996, with 50-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark. Has a big red “air mail” stamp on reverse. Grade: 2
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State Toast
Would it be interesting to know how many people recite this at parties? Possibly not. The card dates from mid-60s, Curteichcolor 5DK-401, many interesting views and great condition. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Greensboro
From 1966, Curteichcolor card 9C-K2653 from State News Agency, unused. Minor abrasion of left front edge. Grade: 3
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Tarheel State
Dexter Press card DR-71899-B from 1960s, unused and really as-new. Grade: 1
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State map
Curteichcolor card 5DK-400 from the 1960s, unused, and in as-new condition. Grade: 1
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Great Smoky Mountains, Newfound Gap
Unused Dexter Press card 99127-B from the 1960s, but we suspect the view may not have changed much. Virtually as-new. Grade: 1
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Great Smoky Mountains, Clingman’s Dome tower
According to the card, the observation tower is half in North Carolina and half in Tennessee. It’s Dexter Press card 99124-B from the 1960s, unused, and could be sold as-new on the rack now. Grade: 1
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Danbury, Hanging Rock State Park
Dexter Press card 82418-B from 1964 is unused and gently aging. The park is north of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and no, we don’t think that is smog in the background. Grade: 1
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Winston-Salem, Wake Forest College
It’s an unused Dexter Press card WS-4 35639-B card from the mid-1960s that looks as new today as the day it was bought. Grade: 1
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Greensboro, A & T College, Bluford Library
Unmailed Dexter Press card 54379-B from the mid-1960s. It has little bumps around the corners and is beginning to show its age on the reverse. But–and with apologies to this fine school–it’s probably going to appeal only to collectors of library postcards. Grade: 3
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Raleigh, state capitol
Unused card from the 1960s, aged a bit on the reverse, and with minor edge abrasions. Grade: 2
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Picturesque barn and silo
Unused Aerial Photography Services card K5-860, probably from the 1980s. Grade: 2
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Greetings from North Carolina
Two of these unused cards from the 1980s are available. Grades: 1
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Fall foliage
Unused. Grade: 1
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Delight the visitor of all ages
Multiple views on Aerial Photography Services card K1-3134. Two cards are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $2). The other was mailed with a “G” stamp that never got cancelled (Grade: 4, $2).
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Myrtle Beach, sunrise
Mailed in 1998 with a partly-obscured postmark, a partly torn stamp, and a partly abraded reverse thanks to postal handling. So you need to focus on the front. Grade: 4
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I Heart North Carolina
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Whitewater Falls
This is what happens when USPS gets frisky with their automation. That white tape stuck on the front enables their machines to read the huge bar code. Could this be one reason why fewer postcards are being mailed? From 2000, with Florence, SC postmark and one 55-cent Justin Morrill stamp, along with large red airmail rubber stamps. Grade: 5
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Winston-Salem, World’s Largest Coffee Pot
Actually in the Old Salem section of Winston-Salem. Our observation: it looks big, but not THAT big. But what do we know … Unused Dexter Press card 59897-B from 1980s. Grade: 1
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Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain is between Winston-Salem and Mt. Airy and rises to 2700 feet and that’s all we’re going to tell you! Unused Dexter Press card 94958-B from 1964. Grade: 1
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Winston-Salem, Whitaker Park
This was a huge R.J. Reynolds cigarette factory. Unused Dexter Press 7270-C from 1966. Grade: 1
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Generic post card
This ha-ha theme carries right through to the back, which has lots of pre-printed message options in that space. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Raleigh, State Legislative Building
Unused card, says the “new Legislative Building completed in 1963.” Grade: 1
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Picturesque tobacco barns
On the front, it’s the barn that’s picturesque. On the reverse, the caption says it’s the state that’s picturesque. You can vote … Unused tobacco postcard, Grade: 1
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Chimney Rock Mountain
Unused Asheville Post Card Co. card E-5742 (and N-600). Grade: 1
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Greensboro, Jefferson Standard
Unused card bought in the 1960s, for someone who really wants a memory of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company’s building. State News Agency/Curteichrom 0DK-1824. Grade: 2
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Asheville Expressway
Asheville is known as the “Land of the Sky” and the expressway is only a part of this unused card. Grade: 2
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Asheville, Pack Square
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Blowing Rock
Hugh Morton unused Plastichrome card P23247 from the 1960s, with a view including Table Rock, Hawk’s Bill, and Mount Mitchell. That’s what the caption says. But we think you need to know the area fairly well to be able to identify those. Grade: 1
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Grandfather Mountain, Split Rock
North Carolina is apparently well-endowed with rocks like this. This boulder is “one of geologic wonders along the road to the top of Grandfather Mountain.” Unused card P36323. Grade: 1
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Asheville, Biltmore House
The house was built in 1895 by George W. Vanderbilt. The card was bought in the 1960s. Unused, Hugh Morton card P9930. Grade: 1
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Asheville, Biltmore House distant
The house was built in 1895 by George W. Vanderbilt. The card was bought in the 1960s. Unused, Plastichrome card P5461. Grade: 1
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No Bull
Unused comic card. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Cities in Western North Carolina (folio)
This is fold-out folio of 20 scenes, mailed as a unit in 1932 with a 2-cent stamp from Canton, NC, with full postmark. But this piece is in terrible condition: a corner missing, heavily water-stained, battered. The scenes are all there, but that’s the best thing to say about it. Grade: 5
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Great Smoky Mountains
Everything about this card would have you think it is located in Tennessee but we did our homework and it looks like it’s really North Carolina. The writer thought so too. Mailed in 1998 (from Minnesota, that’s no help) with two different 32-cent stamps. Abrasion on reverse probably caused by cancellation machine. Grade: 2
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Greensboro, Hotel King Cotton
Unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K313 from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Winston-Salem, aerial view
As a postcard-collecting specialty, aerial views can be fun, tracking changes in skylines and scenery over time. Here’s another chance for you. Unused card from roughly the 1980s, mild mottling on the reverse. Grade: 2