Guatemala – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 21 postcards

Lake Atitlan
Zadik card was produced cheaply (1960s?) and is of low quality, but somehow communicates great atmosphere and beauty. It’s the kind of card you might have wanted someone to send to you. Never mailed; photo doesn’t quite fit on the card, which is otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2

Code: 20107002
Price: $5.50
Lake Atitlan, blue tint
Card is from 1967 and is in outstanding condition. Never mailed, it does seem a bit bleak but that’s the way the card was made. We don’t know, maybe the scene itself is bleak? Grade: 2

Code: 20107004
Price: $4.00
Lake Atitlan, panoramic view
Solola Vista Panoramica card mailed in 1967, with stamp intact and postmark largely readable. Grade: 2

Code: 20107006
Price: $6.00
Lake Atitlan
Card from mid-60s in the Land of Eternal Spring, never mailed, and while the view is probably timeless, the card is beginning to age. Grade: 2

Code: 20107007
Price: $3.50
Guatemala City panoramic view
This bizarre, unused 1960s card says it is a panoramic view of Guatemala City but honestly it looks like the picture was taken from 300 miles away. Grade: 2

Code: 20107008
Price: $4.50
Guatemala City, National Palace
Card was never mailed, dates from mid-60s, is in fine condition though reverse is beginning to age a bit. Grade: 2

Code: 20107009
Price: $3.50
Chichicastenango, Santo Tomas church
This card from 1967 is a bit dark (by design) and was never mailed but if you can use your imagination, it’s atmospheric. Grade: 2

Code: 20107014
Price: $4.00
Chimaltenango, Sumpango
Zadik card, bought in 1967 and never mailed, with very minor abrasions on edge but beginning to age. Grade: 3

Code: 20107015
Price: $8.00
Antigua, Recoleccion Church
Card mailed in 1967, and has intact stamp but postmark isn’t legible. Minor creasing doesn’t really affect the photo. Grade: 2

Code: 20107017
Price: $6.50
Chichicastenango market day
1960s card–El Quiche, Dia de Mercado–never mailed, gently aging on reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20107018
Price: $4.00
Tikal, Puma
Unused but aging black and white card issued by Jaguar Inn (not our irony, we promise) of Santa Elena. Grade: 2

Code: 20107022
Price: $2.00
Chichicastenango, Los Cofrades
Unused card possibly dating from 2004, a bit smudged on the reverse from handling but otherwise fine. Grade: 2

Code: 20107023
Price: $4.00
La Antigua, Fuente de las Sirenas
Unused card from about 2003, beginning to age on the reverse. But still, Grade: 1

Code: 20107024
Price: $4.50
Sunset over Tikal
This is an unused old card of an oil painting by Diana May Nobbs, who instructed us to remove the image of the painting from the website. Whenever someone asks or tells us to do this, we comply if they are the rightful copyright holder. However we still have the card, the outline of which is shown here without the image. The image is of a green jungle scene, with a temple, and blue sky. Grade: 4

Code: 20107026
Price: $0.50
Antigua, Arch of St. Catherine and Volcano “Agua”
Mailed in 1947 with stamp and most of the purple postmark, this postcard issued by Clark’s Tours reflects the very good time the writer was having. Those were the days! Grade: 2

Code: 20107027
Price: $12.00
Lago Atitlan
Unused, heavily aged card with serrated edges and a small inked scribble on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20107031
Price: $3.00
Antigua, Convent of Capuchinas
Unused old card, heavily aged and foxed on the reverse but otherwise clean. Grade: 3

Code: 20107033
Price: $2.00
Quezaltenango – Procesion de Semana Santa
Not sure in what year, but this real-photo card was mailed with two different stamps (one, dated 1952, gives a clue) and partial postmark. Estelle was happy. Grade: 1

Code: 20107036
Price: $3.00
University of Antigua
Unused, aging card with slight staining (tropical humidity?) on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20107037
Price: $3.00
Guatemala City, Ruins of the Church of San Francisco
Like several of our other Guatemala postcards, this unused one is aging more than usual. It has serrated edges, and while the front is fine, the reverse really is browned and foxed with age, though otherwise clean. Grade: 3

Code: 20107038
Price: $2.00
Lago de Atitlan y Volcan San Pedro
We give you the caption in Spanish because the card does, but you can make out the lake and the volcano in this unused, old, real-photo card. What’s unusual about it is the legend to the left of the (blank) postage area, saying “Postage Paid Courtesy of Bank of America”. There’s a tiny tear on the bottom edge. Grade: 3

Code: 20107039
Price: $4.00

Total: 21 postcards