Dominican Republic – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 17 postcards

Giudad (sic) Trujillo, Hotel Jaragua (not a postcard)
So many changes. Keep reading! First, the city name of course now is Santo Domingo. Second, the hotel name is now Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and Casino. Third, this unused linen item is not technically a postcard, more of an ad card fully pre-printed on the back. If you had been desperate at the time, you might have been able to mail it as a postcard but that was not the intention. As for the hotel, it is apparently closed for renovations as we type this, due to re-open soon. No doubt the online reviews will improve then. Implied grade for this nice historical artifact: 1

Code: 20105001
Price: $8.00
Santo Domingo, Parque Colon
A statue of Christopher Columbus on this unused card. Very minor age spots. Grade: 2

Code: 20105002
Price: $2.00
Santo Domingo, Catedral Primada de America
Just to clarify about this cathedral, we quote from Wikipedia: “The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo is dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation. It is the oldest cathedral in the Americas, begun in 1512 and completed in 1540. It is the Cathedral of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo who has the honorary title of Primate of the Americas because Santo Domingo was the first Catholic diocese established in the New World.” The card is unused but with foxing on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 20105003
Price: $2.00
Santo Domingo Colonial, Calle las Damas
Unused but with major staining on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20105004
Price: $1.00
Santo Domingo, Convento de los Dominicos
Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 20105005
Price: $3.00
Santo Domingo, Alcazar de Diego Colon 1510
Unused card. Grade: 2

Code: 20105006
Price: $3.00
Punta Cana
Fine on the front but a major abrasion on the back where some sticker was removed. Grade: 4

Code: 20105007
Price: $1.00
La Romana, Altos de Chavon
Unused card but definitely showing its age on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 20105008
Price: $2.00
La Romana, Artist Village at Altos de Chavon
Unused and clean, but significantly aging. Grade: 2

Code: 20105009
Price: $2.00
Republica Dominicana, multiple views
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20105010
Price: $2.00
Republica Dominicana, multiple views 319
That 319 is the card’s own reference number. This is unused and clean apart from the original sales sticker on lower right reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20105011
Price: $2.00
Santo Domingo, George Washington Avenue
Among Dominican Republic postcards, maybe not the most exciting, but unused and clean. Grade: 1

Code: 20105012
Price: $2.00
Santo Domingo, “Fritureras” at Boca Chica Beach
As international as a postcard can be, originating in the Dominican Republic, and mailed from Toronto (Canada) with a postage meter, then a conventional postmark, in 1983 to Austria. And now here, by way of Brazil. There’s a story in there somewhere. Grade: 3

Code: 20105013
Price: $2.00
Santo Domingo, Coconut vendor at Dike
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20105014
Price: $2.00
Unnamed church
Unused card, with an original barcode sticker fading on the reverse. They could have named the church, and should have. Grade: 3

Code: 20105015
Price: $2.00
Puerto Plata, Playa Sosua
That this card — mailed in 1989 with stamp and partial postmark — is in good condition belies the fact that it might be one of the most boring beach postcards ever. Even so, who knows? It might be just what you’ve been looking for. Grade: 1

Code: 20105016T
Price: $2.00
Costa Norte, multiple views
The card was mailed, with an unusual, serial-numbered Express stamp, but there’s no postmark. Otherwise, nothing wrong with it though those scenes are not individually identified. Grade: 3

Code: 20105017T
Price: $3.00

Total: 17 postcards