Showing 81–120 of 290 postcards

  • Korça, Lycee

    With bilingual Albanian and English captions that read “The Lycee at which Comrade Enver Hoxha studied and taught in Korça,” this unused card from 1985.  Heavily aged memento of the era.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20501097

    Price: $16.00

    Korça, Lycee
  • Kruja, aerial view

    The perfect town for a day trip out of Tirana, Kruja has something for everyone, including a really wonderful street lined with souvenir shops.  Plan ahead and you’ll never need to buy Christmas gifts ever again.  This Arba card 347 was mailed from Tirana with two different stamps and partial postmark, as well as bilingual Par Avion label.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501098

    Price: $9.00

    Kruja, aerial view
  • Kruja, The Castle

    Although Kruja is an attractive small town in its own right, this postcard of the castle looming above is especially flattering.  How, somehow, did they make it look like Switzerland?  Unused Arba card 557.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501099

    Price: $4.00

    Kruja, The Castle
  • Kruja, road

    Unused Arba card 350.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501100

    Price: $2.00

    Kruja, road
  • Kruja, The Old Market

    We can see where this would have been an old market area but it has been substantially transformed into “souvenir street”.  They do sell things that make you wonder:  “Who thought of that?”  Unused Aeditions card 734.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501101

    Price: $4.00

    Kruja, The Old Market
  • Kruja, The Skanderbeg’s Museum

    Unused Aeditions card 45.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501103

    Price: $4.00

    Kruja, The Skanderbeg’s Museum
  • Kruja Castle (cen. V-VI AD)

    Unused Aeditions card 802.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501104

    Price: $4.00

    Kruja Castle (cen. V-VI AD)
  • View of Kruja

    Older (1988), unused card before all the development took off.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501106

    Price: $12.00

    View of Kruja
  • The castle of Kruja

    Unused card from 1988, once again before development started to take over.  The fundamental scene remains, though.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501107

    Price: $14.00

    The castle of Kruja
  • Ksamili

    Ksamil (Ksamili) is in the Butrint/Saranda area, within easy reach of lots of Greek tourists.  Less so for most of us, but worth the effort.  Unused 4-1/4″ x 7-7/8″ card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501108

    Price: $3.00

    Ksamili
  • The Ksamili Islands, Saranda

    Aeditions card 408, unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501109

    Price: $2.00

    The Ksamili Islands, Saranda
  • The Ksamili Islands, Saranda 596

    Unused Aeditions card 596.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501110

    Price: $3.00

    The Ksamili Islands, Saranda 596
  • Ksamili Islands, beach

    Unused Aeditions card 923.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501111

    Price: $3.00

    Ksamili Islands, beach
  • Ksamili’s Islands

    Unused Arba card 385.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501112

    Price: $3.00

    Ksamili’s Islands
  • Lezha, Castle and Skanderbeg Tomb

    Unused Arba card 488.  Bilingual captions.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501113

    Price: $4.00

    Lezha, Castle and Skanderbeg Tomb
  • Lezha, The Castle and Skanderbeg’s Tomb

    Unused Arba card 619.  Bilingual captions.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501114

    Price: $4.00

    Lezha, The Castle and Skanderbeg’s Tomb
  • View of Driloni, Pogradec

    An old (1988), unused, Albania postcard from the transitional period.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501115

    Price: $6.00

    View of Driloni, Pogradec
  • Saranda, View from Krorezi Beach

    But those few people are huddled out on the pier … Unused Arba card 306.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501117

    Price: $2.00

    Saranda, View from Krorezi Beach
  • Saranda, bay view

    Unused Arba card 210.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501119

    Price: $3.00

    Saranda, bay view
  • Saranda, The Blue Eye

    Looking here much like a Louisiana bayou, we did a search for the Blue Eye, and faithful Wikipedia gave us this:  “The Blue Eye is a water spring and natural phenomenon occurring near Muzinë in Vlorë County, Albania. A popular tourist attraction, the clear blue water of the river bubbles forth from a stunning, more than fifty-metre-deep pool.”  Yet the postcard does say Saranda.  Unused Aeditions card 189.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501122

    Price: $3.00

    Saranda, The Blue Eye
  • Saranda, aerial view of bay

    Unused Aeditions card 680.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501123

    Price: $4.00

    Saranda, aerial view of bay
  • Saranda, Lekuresi Castle (Cen. XI AD)

    We think of castle postcards, we think of Scotland or Germany or wherever, but Albania is replete with old structures that seem still to be in use, one way or another.  Here’s Saranda’s entry, on an unused Arba card 389.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501125

    Price: $4.00

    Saranda, Lekuresi Castle (Cen. XI AD)
  • Saranda, Tourist Hotel

    Although this unused card only dates from 1989, the area, the name, and most likely the building itself would have been swallowed up by what Saranda is becoming.  (If you know the current name, could you let us know?  Thanks!)  Aging card, but clean.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501126

    Price: $19.00

    Saranda, Tourist Hotel
  • Lezha, Shengjini Beach

    Send some of that blue water over here, eh?  Unused Arba card 382.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501127

    Price: $4.00

    Lezha, Shengjini Beach
  • Shkodra, The Mesi Bridge (cen XIII)

    Unused Aeditions card 541.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501128

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, The Mesi Bridge (cen XIII)
  • Shkodra, Pijaca

    Unused Aeditions card 593.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501129

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, Pijaca
  • Shkodra, street view

    Why were they so intent on keeping people out of the scene?  This makes Shkodra look like an unused movie set.  The card, however, Aeditions 905, is indeed unused.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501130

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, street view
  • Shkodra, Rozafa Castle

    We don’t do this to you often — we like to tell stories but not open a schoolroom — but in this case, just because the castle’s history goes so far back, we’ll tell you what Wikipedia says (slightly abridged):  “Due to its strategic location, the hill has been settled since antiquity. It was an Illyrian stronghold until it was captured by the Romans in 167 BC.  The fortifications, as they have been preserved to date, are mostly of Venetian origin. The castle has been the site of several famous sieges, including the siege of Shkodra by the Ottomans in 1478 and by the Montenegrins in 1912. The castle and its surroundings form an Archaeological Park of Albania.”  And this is an old, transitional-period (1988) unused postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501131

    Price: $12.00

    Shkodra, Rozafa Castle
  • Shkodra, Catholic Churches

    Unused Arba card 535, very minor curling and creasing.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20501132

    Price: $2.00

    Shkodra, Catholic Churches
  • Shkodra, Rozafa Castle 232

    Unused Aeditions card 232.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501133

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, Rozafa Castle 232
  • Shkodra, Buna river

    Unused, aging, but otherwise clean card from the transitional period (1988).  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501134

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, Buna river
  • Shkodra, Museum House of Luigj Gurakuqi

    Luigj Gurakuqi was an Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honoured with the People’s Hero of Albania medal.  And here’s his house, on this unused but highly aged Arba card 140.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20501135

    Price: $3.00

    Shkodra, Museum House of Luigj Gurakuqi
  • Shkodra, The Castle (4th cen.)

    Unused, very very slightly smudged Arba card 542.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501136

    Price: $4.00

    Shkodra, The Castle (4th cen.)
  • Japanxhe

    Unused old Albturist card showing early 20th-century women’s wear.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501137

    Price: $2.00

    Japanxhe
  • The Best of Shkodra (folio, 20 photos)

    See our description for item 20501045.  Same concept.  Unused.  Grade: 1

     

    Code: 20501138

    Price: $19.00

    The Best of Shkodra (folio, 20 photos)
  • Tepelenë, multiple views

    Unused Klea Kolor card 96/4282.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501139

    Price: $4.00

    Tepelenë, multiple views
  • Thethi, view

    A town we finally got to see, and it was worth the considerable effort to get there.  Glance at the postcard, and you could guess why.  Unused Aeditions card 817.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501140

    Price: $4.00

    Thethi, view
  • Thethi’s Waterfall

    Unused Aedition card 701.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501141

    Price: $3.00

    Thethi’s Waterfall
  • Thethi, farm

    Unused Aeditions card 620.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501142

    Price: $3.00

    Thethi, farm
  • Thethi, multiple views

    Unused Klea Kolor card 96/4315.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20501143

    Price: $4.00

    Thethi, multiple views