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Pennsylvania Turnpike scenes, interchanges, on 5 older to 1996 color postcards
Pennsylvania Turnpike scenes, interchanges, on 5 older to 1996 color postcards
Pennsylvania Turnpike scenes, interchanges, on 5 older to 1996 color postcards

Pennsylvania Turnpike scenes, interchanges, on 5 older to 1996 color postcards

$ 4.85

Availability: 86 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Postage Condition: Unposted, posted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: The cards have mainly minor edge and corner wear, some from international postal handling.
  • Location: US - Pennsylvania
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Theme: Roadside America
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Region: Pennsylvania Turnpike
  • Era: Chrome (c. 1939-present)
  • Type: Printed (Lithograph)
  • Features: Roadside scenes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    Here is an attractive and memory-inducing group of five color postcards picturing varied scenes on the legendary Pennsylvania Turnpike, described on several as "The World's Greatest Highway." They range from early cards of the turnpike to 1996. Three are designed to show straight and fast sections of the road while two show twisty sections through the hills. Four are standard sized, with one larger card. one is  mint and four are posted, unusually in two cases to England. The cards have mainly minor edge and corner wear, some from international postal handling.
    The early mint card, possibly from soon after the turnpike opened in 1940, depicts straight lanes going under a cross traffic bridge. One of the cards to England, with a 1952 Bedford PA postmark, pictures the Blue Mountain Interchange. Both of these cards were published by the Howard Johnson Publishing Dept. of Bedford, as were the vertical card shows the straight-away east of the Blue Mt. Tunnel and the stretch through the Allegheny Mountains. The larger, 1996 card pictures the route over Stream Valley Mountain and is by Pendor Natural Color of Bartonsville PA. This card was sent to England.
    Eye-catching cards with quite a bit of information on the backs that documents changes on the system.
    The postage on this lot is higher than I would like, which is down to Royal Mail rates and other charges beyond my control such as eBay and PayPal commissions. I use good British stamps to send all my lots and these should result in collectable stamps cancelled by hand in my village post office for the buyer.
    As I have some fixed price lots, anyone who makes a purchase might want to look at them before paying.
    If you buy more than one item, please wait for my invoice so I can combine postage.
    When payment is received by teatime British time (usually about 4:30) I normally post the item the next morning. Our village post office is closed on Saturdays, however, so if you pay on Friday the item will not go out until the following Monday.
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