Skip to product information
1 of 58

CollectingPlaces

Arlington County and Alexandria, VA (73 items)

Arlington County and Alexandria, VA (73 items)

Regular price $61.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $61.00 USD
Sale Sold out
Shipping calculated at checkout.
ARLINGTON COUNTY and ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
  73 items      $61
  Established: March 13, 1847 (Arlington Co.); 1747 (Alexandria)
  County Seat: Arlington (Arlington Co.)
  1900 population: 20,958 (Arlington Co.); 14,528 (Alexandria)
   
Arlington County was the Virginia portion of the original District of Columbia.  Alexandria is now an Independent City.
  
Alexandria  1913 Flag cancel on cover, “New Hotel Rammel” corner; 1927 date-out duplex on front of postcard (with stamP), view of E.C. Post Office; 1939 machine cancel and following day duplex on post card with 2 auxiliary markings, “Held for Postage” and “This is the mail for which you sent Postage,”; 1943 machine cancel on Postal Card; 1949 machine First Day of Issue [of 6¢ Air Mail] on cover; 1961 machine slogan “Birthday of George Washington” on unaddressed cover; 1961? machine slogan for Wolf Trap Farm on cover
Souvenir Booklet: “Souvenir of Historical Alexandria Virginia” [18 views of various scenes and buildings]
   Post cards:  “Penn-Daw Hotel ... U.S. Route No. 1 ... per person $1,.50 to $2.00 per day”; Brookside Motel [chrome]; “Marshall House as it was in 1861” [2 views, one linen, 1941]; “The Carlisle House” [c.1910?, Printed in Germany]; Ramsay House Visitor Center [chrome]; ; Alexandria Academy, built 1785” [linen]; “Christ Church” [6 views - one exterior B&W, 1911, three other exterior and two interior]; “Memorial Amphitheatre” [2 views, one c.1929, the other linen]; “Masonic Lodge” [linen, Soldier’s “Free” mail 1945]; George Washington’s clock [2 chrome views]; “Masonic National Memorial” [2 linen views]; “Old Club Teahouse” [2 cards, drawings]
Arlington  1944 duplex on Postal Card
   Post cards: Pentagon [4 aerial views, one chrome, one  Continental; and 4 ground-level, all linen]; “Arlington House” [interior view, Continental]; John F. Kennedy grave [6 views, one aerial, five ground level]; Custis Lee Mansion [7 exterior views,  one B&W, one 190?, two white border c.1930], two linen and one Continental]; 7 interior views; original envelope with “12 Post Card Views of Lee Mansion”; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [5 views, 2 c.1930 one of which is damaged, two linen views, and one chrome]; Iwo Jima Statue [chrome]; “The Anchor of the Battleship Maine” [1921, damaged corner]
Arlington Cantonment Sta.  1942 duplex on 3x5 card
Clarendon  (1907-1918) 1915 4-bar on post card
East Falls Church Sta.  1964 duplex on LD cover-sized card
Fort Myer  (1895-1942) 1910 Doane on post card
Humphreys Sta.  1919 machine cancel on post card boosting the YMCA
Rosslyn Sta.  two 2004 round daters on cover
View full details