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Mexico City, Monument A. Juarez
Estimating 1950s-60s real photo B&W card, never mailed but with abrasions around the edge–not significant. Reverse is aged normally. Grade: 3
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Mexico City, Carlos IV y Mon. Revolucion
Aging B&W real photo card, white caption in tiny letters on bottom front, Carlos IV in front and Mon. Revolucion down the boulevard. There is a small stain on top front, and some on reverse, though card is unused. Grade: 3
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Mexico City, Mon. a Cuauhtemoc
Claiming “Made in U.S.A.,” this B&W real photo card with hand-lettered caption seems quite old but we can’t guess exactly. Unused, with minor creasing and edge abrasions. And oh yes, abrazitos to Monica! Grade: 3
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Yucatan, Uxmal
Card, unused, most likely from 1960s (or maybe 1660s, if they were making cards then). Average heavily-handled condition. Rounded corners. Quadrangle of the Nuns? Interesting. Grade: 3
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Yucatan, Chichen Itza
Unused card from 1960s or so, heavily smudged, index # V1358. Described as the Temple of the Warriors and the 1000 Columns. No reason to believe otherwise! Grade: 3
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Yucatan, Chichen Itza ruins
Old but timeless B&W real photo card, unused, aging but atmospheric and beautiful to look at. Grade: 2
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Villahermosa, Fountain of the Primitive Head
Like looking in a mirror! No, not really, just joking. Unused Cabeza Mexfotocolor postcard, probably 1960s, rounded corners and well-worn on reverse. It was never a high-quality card but is good of kind. Grade: 3
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Mexico City, National Palace
Unused card, aging a little, often-handled. Grade: 3
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Cordoba, Hotel Manzur
Have you stayed here before? Neither have we. Unused Gabriel Salazar Vistacolor card V5391, Grade: 1
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Villahermosa, University
Card is heavily aging but unused and undamaged otherwise. Grade: 2
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Mexico City, Orozco fresco
An unused wholly domestic card of this artwork, entitled “La Justicia.” Grade: 3
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Veracruz, multiple views
Normally aged, unused Vistacolor V2665 card including San Juan de Ulua Fortress. Grade: 3
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Villahermosa, museum piece
The actual English caption on this unused card is “Archeology Piece on the ‘La Venta Museum'” so we hope that helps. Rounded corners. Grade: 2
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Mexico City, Palacio Bellas Arstes (sic)
Mid-20th cent. B&W Gambor real photo card, unused but passed around quite a bit. There is a hand-lettered caption on bottom front. Grade: 3
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Mazatlan, Dolphins fountain
Relatively newer and unused card, little bit rough around the edges but not otherwise damaged. Offered to Monica with peluks. Grade: 2
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Mazatlan, Valentino Disco
Disco is coming back. You heard it here first! Unused card, heavily handled, not damaged but just clearly not new either. Grade: 3
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Danza “Los Viejitos”
A lot of factors to this card. Issued by the Mexicana de Aviacion subsidiary of Pan American World Airways (both attributed), mailed in 1955 with intact stamp but illegible postmark. It has a large black rubber stamp from a travel agency on the reverse. Front is a bit abraded. Grade: 4
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Mexico City, National University
Mark Turok Vistacolor card V116, unused, collected in 1967. It’s beginning to show its age on the reverse but is otherwise undamaged. Grade: 2
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Mexico City, Ciudad Universitaria
Four mid-1960s views on this unused Marcolor card 3027. Grade: 2
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Bayer advertising
You probably need to know a bit about Mexican food and culture to appreciate this 100%, but it’s very clever. Two unused cards are available, from the 1990s. Grades: 1
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Acapulco, Hotel Papagayo
Unused Fischgrund card 148, a bit dull and aging, but unmarked. Somehow this looks like a train station. Grade: 2
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Mexico City, Hotel Del Prado
Mailed in 1953, with stamp and full if only partly legible postmark. The card has been heavily handled, is creased in the lower right corner, and has a travel agency rubber stamp in the address area. Grade: 4
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Rosarito, Hotel Calafia
Unused 3.75″ x 7″ card, creased a bit on front left edge. It really is a postcard but the message area is largely taken up by the logo of the hotel. We guess they figured that’s all you would want to say. Grade: 3
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Mexico City, Diego Rivera mural
Unused card, rounded edges, probably late 1960s vintage. Grade: 1
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Tijuana, Matadors
Unused card from the 1960s. Grade: 1
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Guaymas, Sonora – Saludos (greetings)
Card was mailed from Nogales, Arizona (not Mexico) in 1967 with four one-cent stamps. A bit of ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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La Fiesta
Somewhat generic card mailed from California in 1971 with a 6-cent stamp and full Chula Vista postmark. Grade: 3
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Guerrero, painting on Amate paper
It looks like Joanna wrote this card to her aunt in Chicago in 1981. The stamp and most of the postmark are gone. Grade: 5
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Cancun, view from Presidente Hotel
Unused card from about 1985 with inked notation in postage stamp area. Rounded corners. Grade: 4
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Angel y Columna de la Independencia
Oddly coloured but normal card with three large stamps and two even larger postmarks. Grade: 1
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Ciudad Juarez, Bull Fight, The Grand Parade
Mailed in El Paso (not C. Juarez!) in 1916, with U.S. stamp and postmark. The printed caption tkes up most of the reverse message area and manages to describe the entire process. Grade: 3
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Mexican women making bread (USA)
What to do with a card like this? It’s #33349 from Central News & Novelty Co. of Phoenix, Arizona, mailed in Phoenix in 1932 with U.S. stamp and full postmark, so it is clearly meant to represent Mexican women in Arizona? We think so, but we will list it in the “Mexico” category anyway. All that aside, it’s in good condition. Grade: 2
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Mexican flag
In 1956, Thelma wrote to her friend about the weather. Stamp is here, and indistinct postmark. Stained reverse. (Grade: 4, $4). Then we have another unused copy but with some scribbling on the front (Grade: 4, $3).
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Chichen Itza, Head of the Plumed Serpent
Heavily creased card mailed probably in the early 1970s. The stamp is there, a clear postmark isn’t. Grade: 4
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Oaxtepec, I.M.S.S. Vocational Center
Mailed in 1971 with stamp and mostly legible postmark, this card has rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Mexican Oxen Team and Carreta
Early 20th-century unused card, probably for sale in the USA but we list it under Mexico because that’s the stated location. Grade: 3
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Guadalajara Central Airport
Unused Dexter Press card 97558A. Grade: 1
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Taxco
Old, unused, real-photo card from Laboratorios Nacionales Quimico-Fotograficos. Grade: 2
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Hijo del Santo (Nancy Almazan)
Larger (5-1/4″ x 8-1/4″) card mailed in 2012 with two stamps and impressively large postmark. Despite some creasing, the card survived the journey well. Grade: 3
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Fortin, Veracruz, Hotel Ruiz Galindo
Real photo card mailed in 1944 with two stamps and large postmark. Grade: 1