Puerto Rico – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 23 postcards

San Juan, Caribe Hilton
Mailed from Florida in 1970 with 5-cent stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 10202001
Price: $2.50
Greetings from Puerto Rico – LMM International Airport
Where to start? Well, this 4-7/8″ x 6-7/8″ card was mailed from France (not Puerto Rico!) with five stamps (four the same), postmark, and some barcoding. The front is clean, and the caption–instead of talking about the airport–has a recipe for Banana Daiquiris. See what we mean? Grade: 3

Code: 10202002
Price: $3.00
San Juan, International Airport Hotel
There’s a small premium for the sheer novelty of this card, which clearly started out in Puerto Rico but was actually mailed from French Guyana in 1956 with two French stamps (being a French territory) and full postmark. The card got to Los Angeles, has been heavily handled, and is now safe in Hong Kong. Until you buy it. Grade: 4

Code: 10202003
Price: $5.00
View of Aguadilla
Unused “Tichnor Quality Views” linen card 68891 of a site where “Columbus stopped his caravels to take on a supply of water.” Grade: 1

Code: 10202004
Price: $2.00
El Morro and Entrance to San Juan Harbor
Unused Waldrop Photographic Co. “Porto Rican Views No. 1”. Dated 1909. Grade: 1

Code: 10202005
Price: $7.00
San Juan, El Morro Castle
Card dated 1970 and mailed in 1972 with 9-cent air mail stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10202006
Price: $3.00
San Juan, Caribe Hilton and Casino
Unused card in fine condition. It seems through our search engine that the casino might have been closed, but the resort is still there. Grade: 1

Code: 10202007
Price: $2.00
Isla Verde Beach
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10202008
Price: $2.00
Map
Mailed in 1982, with 28-cent Airmail stamp and clear San Juan postmark. Bilingual, detailed captions. Grade: 1

Code: 10202009
Price: $3.00
Maunabo
The caption says “A picture is worth 1000 words,” which means they couldn’t find anything to say about the view. Card was mailed in 2015 with stamp and Virginia postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10202010
Price: $1.00
San Juan, Caribe-Hilton Hotel
Back when this hotel (and the card) was new, it was probably great. Now, it gets decidedly mixed online reviews. But we’re selling the card, not the rooms. Unused, aging card. Grade: 2

Code: 10202011
Price: $2.00
Ponce, Yacht Club
Mailed from San Juan to Brazil with two stamps and most of the postmark. Significantly aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10202012
Price: $2.00
Condado
Unused but heavily aged card. Grade: 2

Code: 10202013
Price: $2.00
Ponce, Public Swimming Pool “El Tuque”
Unused card, aging and with abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 10202014
Price: $1.00
San Juan, Fort San Geronimo and Condado Lake
A view from the Caribe-Hilton Hotel, on an unmailed Tichnor Bros. Lusterchrome card K-5979. Heavily handled, and with a name inked into the address area. Grade: 4

Code: 10202015
Price: $1.00
Mountain lakes – rural scenery
Unmailed Tichnor Bros. Lusterchrome card K-1634 (#2091), with a decent photo but in poor condition overall. Grade: 5

Code: 10202016
Price: $0.50
Joyuda
Visitors en route to Rats Island. Joyuda — the card says — is a popular resort area near Boqueron. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10202017
Price: $1.00
Streets of Old San Juan
Viejo San Juan, on an unused card from 2004. Grade: 1

Code: 10202018
Price: $1.00
San Juan, city view
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 10202019
Price: $2.00
San Juan, San Felipe del Morro Fort
Unused card with bilingual English/Spanish captions. (In Spanish, it’s Castillo San Felipe …) Grade: 1

Code: 10202020
Price: $3.00
San Juan, City Walls and Old Spanish Gate
In 1995, Oscar wrote a message to Evelyn but didn’t mail the card. Grade: 3

Code: 10202021
Price: $1.00
Magen’s Bay from Drake’s Seat
Mailed from San Juan in 1989 with a 25-cent stamp, clear postmark, and oddly positioned message. Grade: 1

Code: 10202022
Price: $2.00
San Juan, two views
A very old, unused card that manages to look new. But it’s not, showing those two views in “Porto Rico”. Grade: 1

Code: 10202023
Price: $6.00

Total: 23 postcards