1954 Postal Card Jamaica NY Finkelstein Address Change Queens Blvd Kew Gardens For Sale

This government-issued United States Postal Card, imprinted with a two-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp, was processed through the Jamaica, New York post office on September 16, 1954, at 6 PM. The card bears a circular black postmark from that station, placing its mailing within the borough of Queens during the post-World War II era, a period of significant municipal expansion and administrative modernization in New York City. The printed red banner reading \"THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS\" indicates the verso was reserved for the recipient\'s direction, a standard format for postal cards of this denomination.The handwritten content in blue ink documents a change of address notification submitted to the Bureau of City Collections, located at 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens 34, New York. The sender is identified as Mrs. H. Finkelstein, writing care of J. Finkelstein at the address 89-20-161, with the location abbreviation \"Jomaig\" appearing to denote Jamaica, New York. The recipient\'s postal zone \"34\" reflects the two-digit zone system employed before the widespread adoption of five-digit ZIP codes in the early 1960s, a detail of interest to postal historians and collectors of municipal ephemera. The Bureau of City Collections served as a municipal department responsible for collecting various city revenues, including property taxes, water charges, and other civic assessments, making this card a tangible artifact of mid-century bureaucratic correspondence. The handwriting is executed in a clear, legible script, and the card exhibits typical signs of age including slight yellowing of the paper stock, though no major tears, creases, or significant stains are present. The postmark remains well-struck and mostly clear, allowing for straightforward identification of the date and origin. This piece would appeal to collectors of New York City postal history, Queens County ephemera, or mid-twentieth-century government correspondence.