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Valparaiso, Vista de la Bahia
Unmailed, aging card with an inked notation from 1979 in the address area. Grade: 4
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Vina del Mar, Playa Renaca
A beach, looking very chilly (ha), on this unused card. Grade: 2
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Vina del Mar, Hotel Miramar 05-8
Now a Sheraton, on this unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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Vina del Mar, Hotel Miramar
The card is 4-5/8″ x 6-3/4″, not postally used and with an inked notation from 1990 in the address area. Now the Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center. Grade: 4
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Vina del Mar, Hotel-Restaurante Cap Ducal
A quirky hotel–still there, apparently–with mixed reviews online. We are not concerned with those, however. The card was not postally used but has a long message (in French) from 1991, covering the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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Vina del Mar, Vista aerea del Casino, Estero y parte de la ciudad
This aging old card is not postally used but has an inked notation from 1979 in the address area. Grade: 4
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Magallanes
Unused, very old real-photo card. Heavily aged. Grade: 3
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La Serena, Avenida de Mar beach
Colourful, unused card with much in it — including our much-loved blue beach umbrella. Captions in Spanish and English. Grade: 1
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Parinacota – Altiplano, multiple views
Unused card, with Spanish and English captions more or less identifying each of the views. Very minor smudging on each side, not enough to downgrade. Grade: 1
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Santiago, multiple views
As far as we can tell, each of the many views is identified (Spanish only) in the caption on the reverse. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Hotel Antofagasta
Unused card with lots of streaking on the reverse. The hotel itself? Really mixed online reviews, but it’s still there. Grade: 3
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Valparaiso, colorful houses
Unused card with lots of streaking on the reverse. The hotel itself? Really mixed online reviews, but it’s still there. Grade: 3
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Concepcion, multiple views
Unused card celebrating “Bicentenario Chile 2010”. All these views are identified in the Spanish-language caption on the back. Grade: 1
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Arica, Plaza Colon
Clean, older, unused card 511-39. Grade: 1
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Cordillera, Hotel Portillo
If that’s the hotel in the distant background, it’s not the star of this unused old real-photo card. Grade: 2
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Lago Todos Los Santos, Hotel Peulla
Not postally used, but in 1990 someone wrote the date and location on the address area. As for the hotel, online reviews didn’t really encourage us to stop there for any reason–not that we would ever get there, of course. Grade: 4
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Puerto Varas, Llanquihue Lake
Unused card, beginning to show its age. Grade: 1-
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Punta Arenas, Fuerte Bulnes
Unused card, beginning to age. But clean. Grade: 1
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Quillota, Vistas de Plaza de Armas
There’s a very small smudge on the back of this unused card. Grade: 2
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Quillota, Plaza de Armas, Arbol Tallado
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Quillota, Vistas Plaza de Armas, multiple views
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Santiago, Carrera-Sheraton Hotel
Rarely do we run into as many dead ends as we did when we tried to do some online research about this hotel. If it still exists–we don’t think so, but maybe under a different name?–it’s definitely not a Sheraton now. In any case, the card is older, aging, and unused. Grade: 2
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Santiago City View
Unused, older card. Minor but visible foxing on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Valdivia, Plaza de Armas
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Valle de Colchagua, Vinedo de Lolol, Costa: Casa Silva
Unused ad card for this winery, with Spanish and English captions taking up the message area. Grade: 1
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Valparaiso, La Sebastiana, Casa Pablo Neruda
Unused Huber & Huber card 510-C, possibly dated 1994 (if that’s not an index number). Some aging. Grade: 1
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Valparaiso, Casa Museo “La Sebastiana,” Dormitorio
Unused card from Fundacion Pablo Neruda itself. Grade: 1
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Valparaiso, Casa-Museo “La Sebastiana,” Living
Unused card from Fundacion Pablo Neruda itself. Grade: 1
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Valparaiso, crepúsculo
In Spanish, crepúsculo = twilight. This card was mailed to Brazil in 1978 with a postage meter. Apart from obvious aging, still in good condition. Grade: 2
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Valparaiso, Parque costero
This means “coastal park,” and the card is unused. Grade: 1
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Viña del Mar, Partial view of the city
Unused Hispapel card 32-09. Minor corner bumping. Grade: 2
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Viña del Mar, Partial view of the city and it’s (sic) beaches
Unused Hispapel card 32-19. Grade: 1
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Viña del Mar, multiple views
The six views are all identified in the Spanish caption on the back. These include Castillo Wulff, Reloj de Flores, and Hotel del Mar. Unused Hispapel card 32-08. Grade: 1
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Multiple views
Unused Hispapel card 41-03. The views are identified, and the central mural explained in detail in Spanish on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Lakes District
Unused, aging card with left perforated edge. Grade: 3
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Square of Puerto Montt
Unused, slightly aging card. Some bumping around the edges. Grade: 2
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Los Hornitos de Curacavi
At Km 55.5 along the Santiago – Valparaiso Road, a waystation for your Chilean road trip. The restaurant gets broadly decent online reviews, and we’d try it if we could. Unused, heavily aged card. Grade: 3
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Vina del Mar, Hotel San Martin
Older, unused, B&W real-photo style postcard. As for the hotel, such mixed online reviews … we may not have the chance to stay there any time soon. Grade: 1
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Vina del Mar, Entrada principal del Casino Municipal
In 1954, Elza wrote a long message and addressed the card to Brazil but it was not postally mailed — no stamp, no postmark. Grade: 4
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Isla y Pueblo de Achao, Decima Region – Achao City View
Somehow we have two of these older, unused cards available, in identical condition: gentle aging, very minor abrasion, otherwise clean. Grades: 2