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Posted By: Dwight Davis

Anyone care to take a stab at identifying the markings on this card? Under magnification at least two of them - one front the other on the back - appear to be postal cancellations and the words "Ashville & Murphy." Also a date that appears to be 1925. Those two cities are western N.C. towns, but the correct spelling of the former is "Asheville," at least it is now. But, for what reason would a card have a postal cancellation?
Also strange grid marking on the back that appears to have come from some sort of stamping.
I've had the card for many years and I believe the original owner lived in N.C. In addition, the two cities are not that far from Ala., if that's relative at all.
Many thanks in advance to all.