3c DOMESTIC CARD
3c Turquoise blue postal card, lithographed on white card stock by Waterlow & Sons, London, 
measuring 140 mm x 90 mm. Quantity: 200,000 in one printing.

The postal cards delivered on February 19, 1890. To date, no decree
or instruction has been found setting a date for their issuance.


ADDRESSED TO GUATEMALA CITY                     1890, MAY 7
Postmarked AGENCIA POSTAL AMBULANTE / F.C.C. in black.
Backstamped CORREO / INTERIOR / MAY 7 1890 / 4 P.M. in red.

EARLY USE OF POSTAL CARD

COBAN to JAVA                                                1892, JANUARY 3
Foreign use of 3c Domestic Card, via SAN FRANCISCO /  FEB 4. 
Black Coban cds and star duplex overstruck with BATAVIA  / 
25-3 cds. HAGELANG / 28-3 cds on the side.

UNCOMMON DESTINATION FOR GUATEMALAN MAIL

SAN JOSE to GUATEMALA CITY         1895, SEPTEMBER 28
With No. 3. / ESCUINTLA Y SAN JOSE ambulante cds and ESCUINTLA  September 28 and 29 sawtooth 
and octagonal datestamps. SET 29 arrival postmark on front. 
Oval company cachet on the side.
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ANTIGUA to GUATEMALA CITY                  1892, JANUARY 12
Circular ANTIGUA / CANCELADO / GUATEMALA marking
in violet  with datestamp and star alongside. Dated “1892” on verso.
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SAN JOSE to ORURO, BOLIVIA                            1896, JUNE 11
Foreign use of 3c Domestic Card, with purple octagonal disptach postmark.  TRANSITO / PANAMA / 26 JUN cds 
by British Post Office in Panama on front. 
Transit Guatemala City with JUN 11 backstamp.