Total: 13 postcards

  • Jamaica, Myrtle Bank Hotel

    Here’s a case where someone went to the Canal Zone and took the trouble to buy a stamp and mail the card describing the trip (Canal Zone stamp and fully readable postmark) in 1954, yet the card itself comes from a hotel in Jamaica. There is also a rubber stamp from a travel agency on the back. Can’t do anything about it, though. Grade: 4

    Code: 20717001

    Price: $7.50

    Jamaica, Myrtle Bank Hotel

  • Port Antonio, rafting

    The front of this John Hinde “Beautiful Jamaica” card 2JM16 is OK, in average mailed condition. The reverse, though, is a mess, with stamp removed and also large parts of the message and address from tape, or whatever. Grade: 5

    Code: 20717002

    Price: $1.50

    Port Antonio, rafting

  • St. Elizabeth, bamboo avenue

    This card was mailed in 1953. It has two (identical) stamps and partial postmark, and also a travel agent’s black rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

    Code: 20717003

    Price: $5.00

    St. Elizabeth, bamboo avenue

  • Hope Botanical Gardens

    Two Mardon, Son & Hall Ltd. cards #17 are available.  One is unused (Grade: 3, $3) and the other was mailed in an unknown year with three stamps (one torn in a corner) and two indistinct postmarks (Grade: 3, $3).

    Code: 20717004

    Price: $3.00

    Hope Botanical Gardens

  • Typical Jamaican Country Scene

    Just what we need on a postcard:  instructions and a lecture (see bottom right).  Unused but heavily aged Dexter Press card 13055-B, serrated edges.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20717005

    Price: $2.00

    Typical Jamaican Country Scene

  • Kingston, King’s House

    Unused, unattributed, very old and vintage postcard showing the home of the Governor.  The caption laconically adds:  “This house was partially destroyed during the last earthquake in Jamaica.”  Highly aged.  Grade: 3 

    Code: 20717006

    Price: $5.00

    Kingston, King’s House

  • Multiple national symbols

    Unused card with minor age spotting and smudging on the reverse.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20717007

    Price: $4.00

    Multiple national symbols

  • Greetings from Jamaica, map

    Unused Dexter card 81322-C, getting old.  Some age spotting (foxing) on the back.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20717008

    Price: $3.00

    Greetings from Jamaica, map

  • Land of sun and sea

    Unused, older John Hinde card 2JM50.  Aging and with minor smudging on the reverse.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20717009

    Price: $3.00

    Land of sun and sea

  • Tryall Golf Course

    Two distinct elements to this card:  first, the Tryall Golf Club — still there, outside Montego Bay — and second, that it was mailed by an American sailor stationed aboard the USS William R. Rush.  That was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy, launched on 8 July 1945, commissioned on 21 September 1945, sold in 1978 to the Republic of Korea to become the ROKS Kang Won (DD-922) but then in December 2016, arriving at Busan Dadaepo port for dismantling.  Servicemen could use American postage to mail letters, and this one did, in 1971.  The postmark shows that.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20717010

    Price: $4.00

    Tryall Golf Course

  • Montego Bay, St. James

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20717011

    Price: $4.00

    Montego Bay, St. James

  • Rural Way

    Bilingual English/Italian caption on the reverse suggests the producers of the unused card were/are quite proud of the scene.  Well, OK, who are we to argue?  Grade: 1

    Code: 20717012

    Price: $4.00

    Rural Way

  • White-necked Jacobin Humming Bird

    Also kindly identified as Florisuda Mellivora, on this card mailed in 1989, with stamp and postmark and a really long message.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20717013T

    Price: $3.00

    White-necked Jacobin Humming Bird

Total: 13 postcards