Total: 15 postcards

  • Nicaragua Tierra de lagos y volcanes

    Mailed in 1997 with two stamps, partial postmark, and address label affixed.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20111001

    Price: $6.00

    Nicaragua Tierra de lagos y volcanes
  • Dia de la Liberation

    Without additional comment, we let you know that this unused card of Sandanistas entering Managua on 19th July 1979 was issued by the Instituto Nicaragilense de Turismo (INTURISMO).  As the card says it commemorates the first anniversary of “Triunfo de la Revolucion Popular Sandanista,” that dates the card on or about 1980.  Some notable foxing (staining) on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20111003

    Price: $6.00

    Dia de la Liberation
  • Diriamba, folkloric dancers

    Unused, heavily aged and handled Mike Roberts card C19568 of these festivities of San Sebastian.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20111004

    Price: $3.00

    Diriamba, folkloric dancers
  • Rio San Juan, San Juan River and Fortress

    Two unused cards are available, with captions in Spanish and English.  On one, the upper edge is a bit irregular, and we don’t know if it came that way or if someone tried to trim it — probably the former.  Lots of mottling on the reverse (Grade: 3, $1).  The other is a bit aged but looks better (Grade: 1, $3).

    Code: 20111005

    Price: $3.00

    Rio San Juan, San Juan River and Fortress
  • Casa Hacienda San Jacinto

    Unused, with significant aging and foxing on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20111006

    Price: $3.00

    Casa Hacienda San Jacinto
  • Masaya, Crater Santiago

    Two of these cards are available, bilingual captions of which the English reads:  “Different aspects of its magma”.  One card is unused but with lots of spotting on the reverse (Grade: 3, $2).  The other was not postally used but has lots of words and drawings all over the reverse (Grade: 5, $0.50).

    Code: 20111007

    Price: $2.00

    Masaya, Crater Santiago
  • Leon, Telica Volcano

    Not so much a gem among volcano postcards, but undeniably authentic.  Mailed with a postage meter, year undetermined because some missing tape has abraded the postmark area.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20111008

    Price: $2.00

    Leon, Telica Volcano
  • Managua, Central Bank of Nicaragua

    Unused Mike Roberts card C18353, Spanish and English captions telling us this is “actually the tallest building in Central America”.  (That honour now goes to Trump Ocean Club in Panama.)   Staining and handling on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20111009

    Price: $3.00

    Managua, Central Bank of Nicaragua
  • Esteli, Estanzuela Water Fall

    Unused, aging card with spotting on the reverse.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20111010

    Price: $2.00

    Esteli, Estanzuela Water Fall
  • Poneloya

    We love the caption on this unused card, and because we have time to do it, we’ll give you the unedited English version (it’s bilingual):  “View of the happy bathers on the beach of Poneloya, Division of Leon, Nicaragua.  This is the place where the most important people meet, for it has all desirable comforts, including an airport.”  No further comment!  Grade: 2

    Code: 20111011

    Price: $3.00

    Poneloya
  • Monimbosenos

    Unused card No. 11 from “Serie: Postales Historicas”, issued by the Tourism Department, and representing the War of Liberation.  Aging.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20111012

    Price: $4.00

    Monimbosenos
  • Leon, Cerro Negro Volcano

    Not the most exciting of cards, but it depicts an eruption in 1971.  Unused.  Aging.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20111016

    Price: $1.00

    Leon, Cerro Negro Volcano
  • San Juan del Sur

    The bilingual caption says this dream spot is “sure to be a main tourist attraction in the near future.”  Did that come true?  let us know.  The card is OK on the front but the reverse (dated 1966) is a terrible mess of typing and scribbling.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20111017

    Price: $1.00

    San Juan del Sur
  • Sun Set in the Island of El Cardon, and the Park of Corinto

    Unused Mike Roberts card C30993, aging.  A weak Grade: 1

    Code: 20111018

    Price: $2.00

    Sun Set in the Island of El Cardon, and the Park of Corinto
  • Managua, Monument to Ruben Dario

    We thought you might like to know about Ruben Dario, so we have borrowed from Wikipedia here:  “Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism.”  Unused card, good on the front but heavily aged and foxed on the reverse.  No extraneous writing, though.   Grade: 3

    Code: 20111019

    Price: $3.00

    Managua, Monument to Ruben Dario