Peru – Global Postcard Sales

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Machu Picchu, Cusco
Card was mailed in 2002 but with postage meter. One minor corner bend, otherwise both sides are in terrific condition. Grade: 2 (just because they used a postage meter and not a real stamp)

Code: 20210001
Price: $4.00
Map
Mailed in 2012 with three large (and different) stamps, very large postmark … Grade: 1

Code: 20210002
Price: $6.00
Cuzco, people
Unused, undivided back, old real photo B&W card. There’s no caption, but the name of the producer, city, and country are rubber-stamped on the reverse upper left corner. Grade: 3

Code: 20210003
Price: $7.00
Lago Titicaca – Puno, Tipicas Cocinando en Uros
Unused, aging, very local and somewhat flimsy card. Grade: 1

Code: 20210004
Price: $6.00
Lima, Country Club
Unused Mike Roberts card most likely from the 1960s though we’re not certain. Grade: 2

Code: 20210005
Price: $3.00
Machupicchu (sic), Interior of the Military Tower
This is an old, unused Swiss – Foto card 63105, B&W with gently serrated edges. Captioned in Spanish and English, and still in fine condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20210006
Price: $8.00
Altiplano, El Lago Titicaca
Scattered throughout our Central and South American entries, we have other cards from this series. They aren’t really postcards, as a printed text in French fills most of the reverse. It would however be possible to mail this as a postcard if one tried to do that. But so far, with this one, nobody tried. Aged and foxing a bit. Grade: 2

Code: 20210007
Price: $1.00
Lima, San Isidro, Country Club
Unused card, serrated edges. Mild foxing (mottling) on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20210008
Price: $4.00
Pisac, Cuzco, panoramic view with ruins
We will quote Wikipedia: “Písac … is a Peruvian village in the Sacred Valley. It is situated at the Willkanuta River. The village is well known for its market every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, an event which attracts heavy tourist traffic from nearby Cusco.” And this card was mailed in 1972, with stamp and postmark. Heavily aged but undamaged otherwise. Grade: 3

Code: 20210009
Price: $8.00
Machu Picchu, Panoramic View
Not postally used, but with a message filling the left side of the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20210010
Price: $2.00
Talara, Main Square
Unused card dated 1975 and sponsored by Faucett Airlines. Grade: 1

Code: 20210011
Price: $8.00
Lima, Plaza Don Jose de San Martin
The front of the unused card is good. The back is heavily foxed, though no external writing. Grade: 3 (weak)

Code: 20210012
Price: $3.00
Lima, Miraflores
Not postally used, but the back of this card has an extensive message in Portuguese from 1978 covering the entire reverse. Grade: 5

Code: 20210013
Price: $2.00
Lima, Miraflores – Modern Building
Yes, that’s what the caption on this unused card says–in Spanish and English: Modern Building. Serrated edges. Grade: 1

Code: 20210014
Price: $3.00
Cusco, multiple views
The three views, in order: Machu Picchu, nina de Pisac, and a llama. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20210015
Price: $3.00
Machupicchu (sic), Llama in the ruins
Unused 1973 Swiss-Foto card C-1622. Bilingual caption, telling us that the Huaynapicchu are (is?) in the background. Grade: 1

Code: 20210016
Price: $4.00
Macchu-Picchu
From the same series as our entry 20210007, so we’ll repeat that information here: Scattered throughout our Central and South American entries, we have other cards from this series. They aren’t really postcards, as a printed text in French fills most of the reverse. It would however be possible to mail this as a postcard if one tried to do that. Unused, aged and foxing a bit. Grade: 2

Code: 20210017
Price: $1.00
Cuzco, Baths of the Inca – Tambomacchay
Thanks to Wikipedia for this explanation: “Tampu Mach’ay is an archaeological site associated with the Inca Empire, located near Cusco, Peru. An alternate Spanish name is El Baño del Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals and waterfalls that run through the terraced rocks.” The 1973 card is unused, with very mild spotting on the back. Grade: 2

Code: 20210018
Price: $3.00
Petrobras
For us, this is a mystery card in several ways. Petrobras is the national oil company of Brazil and the unused card seems to be an ad for them, possibly produced for the Brazilian market as the slogan on the back is only in Portuguese. As for the photo, we have no idea at all what’s going on there. Grade: 1

Code: 20210021
Price: $3.00
Arequipa, View
Unused 1973 card from the series sponsored by Faucett Airlines. The captions are in Spanish and English: “Arequipa, 7.661 ft. Peru, View from the country side and to Mt. Chachani from Sachaca”. Aging but clean. Grade: 1

Code: 20210025
Price: $5.00
Lima, Museo de Oro – Ceremonial Knife: Gold & Turquoises
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2

Code: 20210026
Price: $2.00
Peru Atual, Food
This must once have been a part of a linked set, as indicated by (A) perforated top and bottom edges, and (B) what seems like a metric ruler along the right reverse edge. And this unused card was somewhere in the middle of that. Grade: 1

Code: 20210027
Price: $1.00
Peru Milenar, Kuelap
This must once have been a part of a linked set, as indicated by (A) perforated top and bottom edges, and (B) what seems like a metric ruler along the right reverse edge. And this unused card was somewhere in the middle of that. Grade: 1

Code: 20210028
Price: $1.00
Lima, Palacio Torre Tagle
Wikipedia to the rescue: “The Torre Tagle Palace is a Spanish Baroque palace located at Jr. Ucayali 363, in downtown Lima, a couple blocks east of the Plaza de Armas. The palace currently is home to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Now we have two of these unused cards available. They are in roughly the same condition. The fronts are identical but the reverses are not. They both come from Ediciones de Arte Rep, no. 517. One has serrated edges and somewhat shorter English and Spanish captions. The other has normal edges and bilingual pitches to sell a guidebook. Grades: 1

Code: 20210031
Price: $3.00
Huaraz, Laguna Churup
Unused card issued by the Sipan Hotel from Miraflores in Lima. The view has nothing to do with the hotel, of course. There must have been a typo during printing, because a tiny matching sticker that says “Hotel” has been appended in the caption area on the reverse. That’s at source. Grade: 1

Code: 20210032
Price: $2.00
Lima, Night view of the new Emancipacion Avenue
Unused Triunfo card 338, with significant foxing (mottling) on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 20210033
Price: $4.00
Piura, Civic Center and Post Office
In 1972, someone wrote a long message that completely covers the reverse, so the card was not postally used. Grade: 4

Code: 20210034
Price: $2.00
Cusco, Pisac Indian Mayor’s (sic)
Unused card, possibly from 1974, aging. By the way, this is a good place to remind that we spell it either “Cusco” or “Cuzco” according to which name each card uses. Grade: 2

Code: 20210035
Price: $4.00
Machupicchu, Partial view of the ruins with the Huaynapicchu
Not postally used, this 1967 Swiss Foto card C-1612 has a long message from 1971, written in Portuguese, on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20210037
Price: $3.00
Machupicchu, Panoramic View
As with Cusco/Cuzco, we also follow each card’s lead when it comes to spellings of Machu Picchu. This is unused Swiss Foto card NC-1607 from 1977, aging but clean. Captioned in Spanish and English. Grade: 2

Code: 20210038
Price: $4.00
Machu Picchu, Detail of the ruins with Huayna Picchu Peak
Unused Arte Rep card 514, captioned in Spanish and English. Serrated edges, significantly aged. Grade: 3

Code: 20210039
Price: $2.00
Machu Picchu, The tower
Unused Arte Rep card 542, captioned in Spanish and English, also pitching a guidebook. Serrated edges, significantly aged. Grade: 3

Code: 20210040
Price: $3.00
Cusco, View of Machu Picchu’s city
Unused Triunfo card 1433, heavily aged. Grade: 3

Code: 20210041
Price: $3.00
Cusco, Carretera Hiram Bingham
Captioned differently in Spanish and English, this unused, heavily aged Corbacho card A0010 from 1980 shows “The 13 Hairpin curved roads leading to Machupicchu from the Railroad terminal, built in 1948”. Grade: 3

Code: 20210042
Price: $4.00
Cusco, Citadel of Machupicchu
Unused Fenno card W 188. Grade: 1

Code: 20210047
Price: $4.00
Cusco, Ciudadela de Machupichu
Unused Fenno card W 124. Grade: 1

Code: 20210048
Price: $3.00
Vista panoramica de las Ruinas de Machu Picchu
Unused Bauer card No. 194. Grade: 1

Code: 20210049
Price: $2.00
Machupicchu, Funeral rock
Unused Corbacho card A 0020 from 1980. Aging but otherwise clean. Grade: 1

Code: 20210050
Price: $3.00
Cusco, Machupicchu Granite City
In the same reverse design as a Carbacho card, but this unused, aging 1981 example has changed its name to Pachacamac and it’s No. A 011 with differing captions in Spanish and English. Grade: 2

Code: 20210051
Price: $3.00
Machu Picchu, The Hut of the Caretaker, llama and rainbow
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20210053
Price: $3.00

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