ID CP-TVPQFPEK69 · CP Score 263 (estimate)
$6.00
Condition: Postally used, with a handwritten message, address, stamp and machine cancel on the back. The front image is clean, with light overall toning and mild corner and edge wear. The back shows toning and light soiling. The stamp has a small torn red paper fragment at its top edge. No major creases are evident. Please review all images closely with your own eyes to form your own opinion.
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Hotel St. Regis, Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, New York: Vintage Artvue Postcard, Postally Used to Nashville, Tennessee
This is a standard-size postcard, approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches. The front shows a black-and-white printed street-level view of the Hotel St. Regis, with the church spire at left, period automobiles and pedestrians on Fifth Avenue. The front caption reads "Hotel St. Regis, Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, New York." The divided back is printed "Post Card" and carries the publisher imprint of Artvue Post Card Co. (Art Vue), Fifth Avenue, New York. It bears a handwritten message and address, a red 2c stamp, and a New York, N.Y. machine cancel with a Red Cross fund slogan. The front is monochrome on smooth card stock, not embossed linen texture. The seller states the postmark date is March 5, 1937. Please check the year in the close-up photos.
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The Hotel St. Regis at 2 East 55th Street opened on September 4, 1904. It was built in the Beaux-Arts style and quickly became known as an upscale hostelry. An annex to the east, designed by Sloan & Robertson, was completed in 1927. The hotel is a designated New York City landmark. The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, where this card was sent, is a well-known historic hotel in its own right.
Transcription: "Dear Miss Virginia, Guess I won't have perfect attendance for March & April - missing everybody. See you April 9 - As ever, [illegible]". Address: "Miss Virginia [illegible], Exchange Club, Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tenn."
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