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Black-and-white postcard of the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with the dome and the Statue of Freedom rising above the trees. Undivided-back card published by The Washington News Company, No. A 1520, printed in Germany and marked "Leipzig-Berlin." Posted in 1906 with a 1-cent green Franklin stamp and a handwritten message.
Condition: The image is clean, with light edge and corner wear. The back has a small mark at mid-card and some toning or staining around the stamp. The Washington, D.C. postmark is dated October 10, 1906, 10:30 AM, matching the date written at the upper left of the front, and a machine cancel runs through the stamp and part of the "Post Card" header. The message is written across the bottom of the front and appears to read, in part, "From present computations the store of routine and interesting things … will hold out the entire winter. Map out a schedule each day for such spare time as is afforded." A few words are unclear, and the signature is not legible. There is a pencil ".25" on the back.
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This is an early card from the era when messages could not be written on the address side, so the sender used the front. The one-cent rate paid the postage.
Ideal for collectors of Washington, D.C. and U.S. Capitol postcards, early undivided-back cards, and postal history.
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