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Capitol Reef National Monument
Unless the barn burns down, this view shouldn’t change much. Card dates from 1960s, issued by Capitol Reef Natural History Association. Unused, very minor smudge on reverse. Grade: 1
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Bryce Canyon
Card mailed in 1976, has stamp and partial postmark but also unfortunately severe abrasions on front. Grade: 5
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Scenic Utah (folio)
This miniature (2-3/4″ x 4-1/8″) album of 10 prints was meant to be sent altogether as a souvenir. Dating from early 1960s, by Eric J. Seaich and published by H.S. Crocker, it shows national parks and Salt Lake City. Though back cover is a bit smudged, the album overall is unused and in good condition. Grade: 2
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Four Corners, greetings
We are assigning different Four Corners cards to each of the four states, even though it’s just been reported the actual location is a few miles away. Won’t that be fun to relocate. Unused card from the 1960s, aging a bit and with serrated edges. Grade: 2
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Great Salt Lake, sunset
They could have said this was the Pacific Ocean and gotten away with it. But the card sincerely wants you to know the photo was taken at Silver Sands Beach, 15 miles west of Salt Lake City. Grade: 3
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Great Salt Lake, bathers
Unused card from the 1960s. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, Main Street at Night
Unused H.S. Crocker card ES-35. Grade: 2
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Mailed in 1997 from Minneapolis, with two 32-cent fruit stamps and fully legible postmark. Also the USPS barcode on reverse. Grade: 1
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Bingham Copper Pit
The detailed and highly technical caption on the reverse of this unused Eric J. Seaich card ES-1 takes up nearly half the message space. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Hotel Utah, Starlite Gardens
Unused card by Stevens & Wallis, Inc., from way back in the day. Grade: 2
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State line sign
Unused Plastichrome card P20564. Grade: 2
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Capitol Reef National Monument, Chimney Rock
Very nice card mailed in 1966 with 4-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Mormon Temple illuminated
Unused C.T. American Art Colored linen card 2011-30, celebrating the week of April 6th, 1930, wherever “units of the Church” were illuminated. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Handcart Pioneer Monument
Unused Mike Roberts card C4801 of this monument located in the Museum on Temple Square. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, main library
Mailed in 2011, this card has three different stamps, mostly legible (modern) postmark, and address taped onto the reverse. Grade: 4
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Salt Lake City, The Great “Mormon” Tabernacle
This unused novelty card has a tiny bag of salt from The Great Salt Lake stitched to the right side, as you can see in our scan. The card itself kindly reminds you that the correct postage–if the bag was still attached–was 3 cents. Grade: 1
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Bingham, North America’s largest open cut copper mine
This unused E. C. Kropp novelty card 31861 has a tiny bag of ore from Bingham stitched to the right side, as you can see in our scan. The card itself kindly reminds you that the correct postage–if the bag was still attached–was 3 cents, or 1 cent otherwise. Some of the ore has leached into a stain on the right edge. Grade: 3
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Saltair Pavilion
Mailed in 1924 with one-cent stamp and very clear postmark; also, as you can see, significant postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Zion National Park, Great White Throne, Union Pacific System
Unused card 101126 issued by Union Pacific System to publicize its railroad and motorbus services in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. Grade: 1
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The Floaters, Great Salt Lake
Mailed in 1911 with stamp and full postmark, and the writer may have been just a little bit homesick. Grade: 1
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Provo Canyon, “The Sky Ride,” Bridal Veil Falls
Mailed in 1972, this Dexter Press card 66595-C has serrated edges, stamp, and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, Main Street and Federal Building
Unused linen Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone card 3B-H1567. How many cards tell you how wide Main Street is? Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Post Office
Beautiful old but unattributed card, printed in Germany. Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Temple Square “The Bureau” Temple Block
Very old, unused and unattributed but also very heavily aged card, especially on the reverse. There’s no specific “damage” but this Mormon Temple postcard is definitely showing its age. Grade: 4
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Salt Lake City, State Capitol
Unused Eric J. Seaich card 71769 (and ES-6). Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Temple Square
Unused Plastichrome card P27017 (SL 102). Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, L.D.S. Tabernacle
Unused Mike Roberts card C749, aging just a bit. Grade: 2
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Salt Lake City, The Mormon Battalion Monument
Unused Plastichrome card P29152 (and SL 156). Grade: 1
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Salt Lake City, Mormon Tabernacle, choir and organ
Mailed in 1964 with stamp and partly legible postmark. Significant postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Salt Lake City, Brigham Young Monument
Mailed in 1964 with stamp, readable postmark, and major postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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The Oldest House in Utah
Built 1847. Unused, highly aged, undivided back card. Abrasions. Grade: 4
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Ogden, City Park and Mount Ogden
Unused E.C. Kropp card 28634 with a significant stain on the lower edge that goes through the card. It is more noticeable on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Park City, Golf Course
Two of these unused cards, dated 1995, are available. Grades: 1
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Map
Made more special by having been mailed with five different stamps, of which two are commemoratives, in 2013. Faint postmark, some of which also appears on the front. Grade: 2
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Saltair Bathing Pavilion, Great Salt Lake
Old, unused card with abrasions all around the edges, and a small slice from the lower left corner. Somewhat unusually for cards we’ve seen, it explains on the back when the law changed allowing messages to be written on the reverse. Grade: 3
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The Bathers, Great Salt Lake
An old, well-handled card, heavily postmarked on both sides, though the one on the reverse is quite clear: July 26, 1909. The stamp is there, and the message, and the thought. Grade: 4
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Kanab, Coral Sands Motel
Just for fun, we went to Google to see if this property still exists. It seems to, but they are quite cagey about it, and listings for their postcards dwarf information about the motel itself. Well, here we are, one more card, unused, and cheaper than the others. Grade: 1
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Zion National Park, Checkerboard Mesa
Unused Mike Roberts card C4793, with a crease on the lower left corner and heavy fading on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Harvesting Salt near Great Salt Lake
If we didn’t know better–and maybe we don’t–it looks like this card was dipped in salt water before it was mailed in 1947 with stamp and postmark. It’s a linen card that has been exposed to something along the way, not totally disqualifying the card but just enough to make us wonder. Grade: 4
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Emigrant Springs
Unused. Grade: 2