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Lake Washington Floating Bridge and Mt. Rainier
Unused Dexter Press card 43430-B from the 1960s. Grade: 2
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Mt. St. Helens
With the information on the card, we did our best to research this through Google, with no success. If you don’t know the story of Mt. St. Helens and what happened in 1980, you might want to check. This is an unused Robbins-Tillquist card #1619 (and #24288 for the Northern Pacific Railway Co.) and apparently not a common card at all. Grade: 2
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Mt. Rainier and Tipsoo Lake
Card mailed in 1984 with full Seattle postmark, a 20-cent Preserving Wetlands commemorative, and the address on an affixed label. Grade: 3
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Seattle, Space Needle
From 2010, a mailed card with 98-cent stamp and full Seattle postmark. Grade: 2
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Marblemount
At the time, the last chance for services before an 89-mile journey into the Cascade Mountains. Unused card 19947-E, with initials inked into the postage area. Grade: 3
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Menlo, Willie Keil grave
The unused card is so dark (front and back) that it’s nearly impossible to know the story of Willie Keil. You may need to Google. Grade: 4
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Olympia, Legislative Building and fountain
Unused Dexter Press card 28075-B. Grade: 3
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Snoqualmie Falls
In the Cascade Mountains, not only scenic but a power source too. Unused Mike Roberts card C970, rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Summer Falls
Unused but heavily stained (from tape, on the reverse) Dexter Press card 96707-B. Grade: 4
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Seattle, the Wind Mill and Rustic Bridge
Also in the unused “local” card C8968, the Sammamish River. Grade: 1
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Rainier National Park, Narada Falls
Unused and unremarkable Dexter Press card 41279-B. Grade: 3
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Mount Rainier
In 1968, someone wrote this card to Mary in Ohio. The stamp is there, and three distinctly different postmarks. Grade: 1
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Granite Falls, Mountain Loop Highway fish ladder
Unused Dexter Press card 67937-B (C-619). Grade: 3
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Seattle, waterfront and Mt. Rainier
Contemporary card mailed in 2011 with postmark and three different stamps. Grade: 2
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Mt. Rainier National Park
This card was mailed from Canada, with “William and Kate” stamp and blue bilingual airmail label affixed. Grade: 3
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Freight train coming out of the Horseshoe Tunnel near Scenic, on the Great Northern R.R., Wash.
This card can fit into so many categories. It was mailed in 1915, with stamp and Seattle full postmark. Little bit stained and roughly handled, but very specific and very good of kind. Grade: 3
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State Insane Asylum, Fort Steilacoom, near Tacoma
Unused Lowman & Hanford card 2017. Grade: 2
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Greenbank, Whidbey Island
Mailed in 2011 with 98-cent stamp. Grade: 1
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Seattle, Totem Pole and Pioneer Square
Mailed in 1910 with stamp and full postmark, and apparently in an album for many years after that, this card raises the question of what it was that auntie actually had. We’ll never know. Grade: 3
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Seattle, High School
Back in 1909, when this card was mailed, was this the only high school in Seattle? The postmark is great but the stamp has one corner torn off. Grade: 3
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Fort Casey Lighthouse
Unused Columbia View card 51326. Grade: 2
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North Head Lighthouse
Unused card, from when we don’t know, but it’s as-new. Grade: 1
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Washington’s famous razor clams
Unused Smith-Western card S-47235-2, aging. Grade: 2
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Grand Coulee Dam (Union Oil Company No. 36)
Over the years, Union Oil Company of California issued a series of cards (“See the West with 76 Gasoline”) depicting western U.S.A. landmarks. This unused card is one of those, from 1939. It’s special because it shows the dam under construction. Grade: 1
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San Juan Islands (Union Oil No. 37)
Over the years, Union Oil Company of California issued a series of cards (“See the West with 76 Gasoline”) depicting western U.S.A. landmarks. Two of these unused cards are available, from 1939. Grades: 1
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Tacoma, Nereides Baths, Point Defiance Park
Wikipedia offers up that “in Greek mythology, the Nereids are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris, sisters to Nerites.” School is closed now. Unused Mitchell card 1561–and what are those guys doing, lounging around the entrance? Grade: 3
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Whidbey Island map
All-purpose card mailed in 2011 with four different stamps, three of which remain uncancelled, but no legible postmark. Abrasions on reverse due to USPS processing. Grade: 3
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A Spokane Dairy
Unused Portland Post Card Co. card. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Washington – Mount St. Helens, Alt. 9750 ft.
Mailed in 1909, with clear postmark, stamp, and message, this German-made card is simply a slice of Americana from the era, message and all. Album marks. Grade: 2
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Poulsbo, Kvelstad Pavilion
Mailed in 2012. The stamp was abraded, as they often are, by USPS processing. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Washington
Another card that will appear in many topical categories. Mailed in 2012, this has four different stamps and postal barcoding. All 16 of those attractions are identified on the reverse caption. Grade: 1
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Tumwater, Pabst Brewing Company
All right. The front of this unused card 8304 clearly shows “Olympia Brewing Company,” while the reverse caption discusses “Pabst Brewing Company.” Olympia was acquired by Pabst in 1983, but this still looks strange. Grade: 1
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Roosevelt Monument at Grand Coulee Dam
Mailed in 1955 with 2-cent stamp and full postmark. The Roosevelt here is Franklin, not Theodore. Grade: 2
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Tumwater, Olympia Brewing Company
Unused and unattributed, slightly aging card, possibly issued by the brewery. Grade: 1
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Grand Coulee Dam Spillway
Tichnor linen card 74190 mailed in 1950 with stamp and full postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Point Wilson Lighthouse
Somewhat bleak view of this facility at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula, a part of Fort Worden State Park. Unused, slightly aging card. Grade: 1
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North Head Light House
Two of these linen C.T. Art-Colortone cards 8A-H118 (and 547) are available. One is unused (Grade: 1, $4) and the other was mailed in the 1950s with stamp and blurred postmark (Grade: 2, $3).
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Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Unused card 081186 of this 58,000 candlepower facility, completed in 1858 and operated at the time the card was printed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Grade: 1
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Westport, Grays Harbor Light
“Built in 1898 of brick on sandstone base,” at Port Chehalis, with 180,000 candlepower. Unused card 175486. Grade: 1
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Fort Casey Lighthouse
“One of the three forts overlooking Admiralty Inlet established to guard the entrance of Puget Sound,” on the west side of Whidbey Island. Unused local card 51326. Grade: 1