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Williamsburg, The Governor’s Palace
Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-988, aging. Grade: 2
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Williamsburg, The Powder Magazine
Unused Walter H. Miller card 60258 of this storehouse built in 1715 by Governor Alexander Spottswood. Grade: 2
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Shenandoah National Park, horseback riding
Horseback Riding Through Whiteoak Canyon in this unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 21, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, pine tree and azalea
Unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” aged Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 4, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, Hemlock Springs Overlook
Unused “Official Virginia Sky-Line Co.” aged Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card 17, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Norfolk, azaleas
Unused “local” card S-13563-4. Grade: 3
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Steamer Virginia Lee Leaving Cape Charles
Old Curteich-Chicago linen card was mailed in 1947. The postmark is there but the stamp is abraded and there’s also tape residue. However if you’ve been looking for a card of this vessel … Grade: 4
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Yorktown, The Victory Monument
Unused Curteichcolor card 8CK-2327 (49). Grade: 2
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Yorktown, Monument to Victory and Alliance
Unused Walter H. Miller card 47881. Did you know that the figure of Liberty at the top was hit by lightning in 1942 and had to be replaced with a new one by Oskar J.W. Hansen? Now you do. Grade: 2
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The Garden at Stratford Hall
Built in 1727 by Thomas Lee as the ancestral home of many famous Lees. The unused Curteichcolor card 1DK-924 is somewhat newer. Grade: 2
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Warm Springs, Springhouse
Unused Dexter Press card 44995-B. Not to be confused with the Warm Springs of FDR, this one did entertain Thomas Jefferson. Grade: 3
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Norfolk, MacArthur Memorial
Lusterchrome card K-12855 showing everything about General Douglas MacArthur, including his crypt after his burial on 11th April 1964. Grade: 2
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Norfolk, Botanical Gardens
Unused Plastichrome card P64502 (A-110) with the date of 6/14/65 inked on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Natural Bridge of Virginia
Just the sign, not the bridge. Unused Lusterchrome card K-18433. Grade: 3
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Norfolk, Botanical Gardens and Administration
Two of these unused but aging Plastichrome cards P64412 are available. Grades: 3
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Skyline Drive, Crescent Rock view
Unused Plastichrome card P845 showing “morning sun chases fog from Shenandoah Valley.” Grade: 3
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Arlington, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Unused, highly aged Plastichrome card P29924 (W-144). Grade: 3
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Brookneal, Patrick and Dorothea Henry graves
Unused, yet somehow smudged Curteichcolor card 0DK1107 of this burial place at “Red Hill.” The caption on reverse only refers to Patrick, not to his wife. Grade: 3
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Richmond, Equestrian statue of Washington
Unused Curteichcolor card 9CK-369. Grade: 3
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Mt. Vernon, George Washington Mansion and tomb
Unused Capsco Wholesalers card K-10964. Grade: 2
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Williamsburg, Holly Maze
“The gardens at the Governor’s Palace have a well-clipped holly maze, where lovers used to wander.” Unused Walter H. Miller card 25252. Grade: 3
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Jamestown, Fort James, colorful dress
Unused Walter H. Miller card 25991. Grade: 2
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Jamestown, Fort James, soldiers
Unused Walter H. Miller card 25985. Grade: 2
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Williamsburg, The Capitol
Unused Walter H. Miller card 66923, with the date 6/14/65 inked on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Williamsburg, The Capitol
Unused, heavily aged “local” card 16328. Grade: 3
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Williamsburg, Pasteur-Galt Apothecary Shop
Unused Walter H. Miller card 60257, with the date 6/14/65 inked on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Shenandoah National Park, Dark Hollow Falls
Flip the card and you’ll know that these falls are on the Hogcamp Branch of the Rose River. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Falls Church, American Indian Heritage Foundation
It looks like these cards are sold or supplied to donors to the Foundation, who are then encouraged to mail them. This unused card wound up with us. Grade: 1
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Afton, Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Museum
Unused Dexter Press card 82437-B. Grade: 3
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Fredericksburg, after the battle
This card might have us believe it dates from about 1862 but of course it is later than that, mailed in 1941 with slightly torn stamp and Baltimore postmark. We congratulate the postman who could read this handwriting. Staining on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Williamsburg, The Motor House Pool
Mailed from Williamsburg in 1963 with 4-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3
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Seven bends of the Shenandoah River
Unused linen card. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Chincoteague Island
Depicting the annual wild pony swim, the card also shows Assateague Lighthouse, built in 1886. Unused Plastichrome card P326717. Grade: 1
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Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Canada Geese
Oversized (5-1/4″ x 6-7/8″) unused Plastichrome card P311577, rounded corners and aging. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Assateague Island
Unused Plastichrome card P31581 with rounded corners, measuring 5-1/4″ x 6-3/4″. Yup, those are sea gulls. Grade: 1
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The Legend of the Dogwood, Virginia’s State Flower
Vintage linen card, unused. Grade: 3
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Charlottesville, Monticello, West Front
Unused sepia card published for the benefit of Monticello by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. Someone underlined the city and state name on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Richmond, The Old Stone House and Enchanted Garden
The shrine to Edgar Allan Poe is captured forever on this unused and heavily mottled 1922 Tichnor card 119150. Grade: 4
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Alexandria, Woodlawn
Quoting the caption, “Woodlawn, completed in 1805, was part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate (and) was a wedding gift of General Washington to Nelly Custis, his adopted daughter, when she married his nephew.” They spelled Nelly’s name differently on the front and the back. Linen card mailed in 1958, of which one stamp remains, along with the postmark. Grade: 4
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Charlottesville, Monticello
The home of Thomas Jefferson on this unused linen Capitol News Agency card 67025. Grade: 1