Edinburg VA Fadeley Family 10 Postcard Lot Harrison Mollie Ruth Shenandoah Co For Sale

Item Description:
Up for sale is an exceptional, highly significant 10-Piece Fadeley Family Antique Postcard Archive Lot (1910–1915) from Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia.This original heirloom collection offers a beautifully preserved look into the daily life, correspondence, and family relationships of a single foundational Shenandoah Valley pioneer family line across two generations.Deeply Interconnected Fadeley Family Tree:This archive lot centers entirely around the household of patriarch Harrison G. Fadeley and matriarch Mollie Fadeley. The extensive handwritten text on the reverse sides explicitly documents their children, relatives, and close family network:

• The Parents: Mr. Harrison G. & Mrs. Mollie Fadeley (Edinburg, VA, R.F.D. #1).
• The Surnames: Features direct correspondence from their daughters Mamie (alongside son-in-law Alvin) and Ruth Fadeley, alongside Aunt Gertie and Cousin Mrs. B.A.R.Historical & Postal History Highlights within the Lot:
  • Rare Lineville Depot R.P.O. Cancel (1914): Features a highly collectible, circular LINEVILLE DEPOT, VA. R.P.O. AUG 21 1914 Railway Post Office route cancel stamp [v:1]. This is a premium piece for specialized Virginia postal history collectors.
  • Fascinating Dental & Social Content: A 1914 letter to "Cousin Mollie" details specific family birthdays and plans to travel to the regional hub of Harrisonburg, VA to get gold crowns and fillings at the dentist!
  • Bowman's Mills Postmark (1911): Features an excellent circular postmark from BOWMANS MILLS, VA. AUG 24 1911, documenting a historic rural milling community along the North Fork of the Shenandoah River [v:1].
  • The Southern Railway Depot Meeting (1910): A card sent from neighboring Woodstock, VA features daughter Ruth telling her mother to meet her at the local train depot, capturing early 20th-century railway travel in action.
  • The Rockingham County Fair (1913): A 1913 card postmarked from Harrisonburg documents "Grandpa" traveling to town specifically to attend the historic regional autumn fair.Premium German Printing: Multiple cards feature premium gold-embossing, heavily textured borders, and distinct gel or "pinked" fringe edge trims explicitly stamped "Printed in Germany" from the peak of the Postcard Golden Age.Physical Specifications & Dimensions:
    • Postcards: All 10 postcards are standard antique 3.5" x 5.5" size dimensions, allowing them to fit perfectly inside standard protective sleeves.Condition Notes:Offered in antique, Acceptable condition. This 10-card family lot shows uniform signs of a century of careful handling, family storage, and standard shelf wear. The cards are structurally sound with varying degrees of corner rounding, light edge scuffing, or faint storage creasing. All handwritten ink and pencil messages, historical postal stamps, and rare cancellations remain completely intact, dark, and highly legible. Please inspect all photos closely to evaluate individual item