Commonly known as La Diana Cazadora (Diana the Hunter), this 1942 bronze nude sculpture atop a fountain is actually meant to represent the Archer of the North Star. La Diana stands at the center of a major traffic intersection so is hard to approach. The League of Decency under the Ávila Camacho administration had the sculptor add a loincloth to the buxom figure, which the artist cleverly attached with just two pins in hope of easy removal in more enlightened times; it was removed in 1966. There’s your back story for this unused Editorial Mexico postcard 1095, with a couple of small bumps on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Peninsula de Yucatan
Most notable for being mailed from Russia (not Mexico!) in 2012, with stamp, illegible postmark, and blue additional rubber-stamp marking. Grade: 4
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San Miguel de Allende, La Parroquia
Mailed in 1999 with three stamps and all or part of two large postmarks. Grade: 1
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Juarez, Old Church of Guadaloupe
Unused Fred Harvey card, dated 1908, likely for sale in the USA and not Mexico. Grade: 3
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Ciudad Juarez, Juarez Race Course
Although the stamp and therefore most of the postmark are missing, the card would be a nice “space filler” for any collection of race track postcards. Grade: 4
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Hermosillo, Boats in Kino Bay
“Mexfotocolor” card, rounded corners, with stamp and mostly legible postmark from 1968 (we think), a nice enough card of an absolutely unremarkable scene. Grade: 1
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Acapulco, Hotel Caleta
A nice enough card, rounded corners, good condition. With a twist: mailed from Acapulco to Illinois, with Mexican stamp and partial postmark, and on top of all of that, for no explained reason, is a full 1966 postmark of St. Louis, Missouri. We don’t downgrade the card because of this. Grade: 1
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Mexico DF, University City, Library and mosaic
Card possibly mailed during the 1960s and while the stamp is there, the postmark is not quite legible. Bilingual caption in Spanish and English explaining the murals in mosaic by Juan O’Gorman. Grade: 2
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Zona Arqueologica de Palenque
Nice, atmospheric, contemporary card mailed in 2014 with three large stamps and multiple postmarks. Grade: 1
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Oaxaca, Saint Domingo Temple
Mailed in 1988 with two stamps and large postmark. The card has rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Michocan, Dance of the Old Men
Mailed with stamp and very faint postmark. Rounded corners. Staining on front. Grade: 4
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San Juan Teotihuacan, Sacrifice to the Gods
Unused card with captions on the front and back. Grade: 2
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Typical Mexican Views
Our header is the card’s caption. Mailed in 1976, with stamp and postmark. Rounded corners. Grade: 2
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Oaxaca, Ave. Hidalgo
We are not certain when this real-photo card was mailed: the stamp and postmark are there, but the mark while heavy is not distinct. It was sometime in 1934 or later, based on the stamp. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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Tijuana, Bridge
Unused old card with significant abrasion on the reverse and some on lower left front corner too. Grade: 4
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Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Unused Vistacolor card V1758, rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Mexico City, Palacio Nacional de Mexico
With a Spanish caption, this linen card was mailed in 1939 with stamp and postmark there. At some point, someone stuck a small round blue sticker on the lower right reverse. Grade: 4
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Mexico City, Secretaria de Comunicaciones
Unused, older, real-photo card with some corner creasing, not serious. Grade: 3
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Acapulco, Condesa del Mar Hotel and Boulevard M. Aleman
Mailed in November 1975 by a couple who wanted to rub it in to their friends in chillier Wisconsin. Stamp and partial postmark are there, and some water staining along the lower reverse edge. Grade: 3
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Tulum, Quintana Roo
Mailed in 1982, with stamp, partial unidentifying postmark, and Air Mail sticker affixed. Some creasing all around. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Ciudad Juarez
Unused, E.C. Kropp Large Letter card 2424, with the contents of all those letters neatly identified: J – Juarez Monument; U – International Bridge; A – Bull Fight, Grand Parade; R – Public Market; E – Mexican Burro; and Z – Carcel ‘Jail’. Grade: 1
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Taxco, Humboldt’s House
Mailed in 1972 with stamp and postmark, the card has rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Tijuana
Mailed in the USA (not Mexico!) in 1976 with a US stamp and two different postmarks. Back in the day when day-trips to TJ were a common and pleasant diversion for Southern Californians, it was easy enough to find the postcards but nearly impossible to get them mailed from there. There were more pressing tasks than finding a stamp. Grade: 4
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Bullfight
… from start to finish. Unused, heavily aged and age-mottled card. Grade: 4
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Tijuana, Vicente Gerrero Park, Benito Juarez statue
From our stash of Tijuana postcards, this unused but heavily age-mottled (on the reverse) Plastichrome card P79583. Grade: 3
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Nogales, Avenue of Flags, and Immigration Station
Unused Petley card 79798, marred by three thumbtack holes through the middle and an abrasion (the scan doesn’t show it) on the upper right front. Grade: 5
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Flag
We must make this clear: the Mexican flag on an unused postcard made in USA and sold in Arizona. Grade: 1
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Mexico 68 Olympics and Aztec Calendar
Unused Loper card No. 10, and some tape on the back was almost invisibly removed but took a bit of printing off with it. Grade: 4
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Scenes in Juarez, Mexico, Opposite El Paso, Texas
Showing “Scenes along the Sunset Route”, this old, sepia, Albertype card evokes memories of … a kinder time? Unused, Grade: 1
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Ciudad Juarez, Race Course
Mailed in Mexico in 1924, this card is OK on the front. The stamp and therefore nearly all the postmark are missing. Grade: 4
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Morelia, Morelos Monument
Unmailed old B&W card with handwriting on the back and an almost 2″ tear down from the upper edge. Grade: 5
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Mexico City, Torre Latino Americana (and) Ave. San Juan de Letran
Unused Editorial de Arte card 2007, rounded corners. Grade: 1
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Mexico City, Xochimilco
Unused Editorial de Arte card 1044, rounded corners. A fading darker area along the reverse left edge. Grade: 2
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Ciudad Juarez, multiple views
Mailed many years ago, with stamp and postmark, from folks who were having a good time shopping. Those were the days. Grade: 1
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Taxco, Santa Prisca Church
Unused card, rounded corners. Grade: 1
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San Blas, Public Park La Tovara
Mailed in 1967, the stamp and clear Mazatlan postmark are there. Grade: 1
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Kohunlich, Temple of the Masks
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Chacchoben, Radial Structure
An ancient Mayan structure, and think of it as a pyramid equivalent. Unused postcard. Grade: 1
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Chacchoben, Radial Structure, East Side
Unused. Grade: 1
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Pyramid of the Sun
If anyone visits Mexico City and does a day tour out of town, this is one of the most likely destinations. The card is not postally used, but has a message covering the entire reverse, along with a thumbtack hole in that cloud at the top. Grade: 5