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Livorno, Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini
Now known as Stadium Armando Picchi, the facility was named Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini between 1935 and 1945. (Edda was the eldest child of Benito; later a Countess and on the cover of Time Magazine.) Unused, browning sepia card with serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Roma, Stadio Olimpico
Unused real-photo card, significant foxing (mottling) on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Pescara, Adriatico Stadium
Not postally used, and with writing all over the reverse. Grade: 4
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Venezia, Ponte dei Sospiri n. 307
Unused card, 4″ x 8-1/4″. Grade: 1
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Venezia, St. Marco Wharf – The Dawn
Unused. Grade: 1
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Firenze, Chiesa di Ognissanti, Croce dipinta
Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Rome, St. Paul’s Basilica
It would be easy to be confused by this card since it was mailed from Vatican City with two different stamps and Vatican postmark. However this is the “Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls” and not inside the Vatican itself. Mailed in 1967. Grade: 2
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Firenze, Lung’ Arno Nuevo
The true value of this card is that it is old (mailed in 1903), still has the stamp and two illegible postmarks, and has a poignant message of the era. But the many years have not been kind to the condition. Without anything special being wrong, Grade: 4
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Roma – Il Colosseo
This is a very old, unused postcard, and it would be interesting to compare the detail with similar, newer cards. Grade: 2
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Roma – Il Quirinale
Unused, heavily aged card, generally clean but for noticeable album marks diagonally across the four corners. Grade: 3
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Roma – S. Pietro
Unused Fototipia Alterocca – Terni vintage postcard #43. Grade: 1
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Roma – Il Campidoglio
Unused, old real-photo card. Grade: 1
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Venezia – Panorama dal bacino S. Marco
Iconic sepia view on an unused, heavily aged old card with edge and corner abrasions. Grade: 4
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Roma – La Fontana Paolina sul Gianicolo
Unused old Ern. Richter card #85. Grade: 2
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Milan, Hotel du Nord et des Anglais
Unused hotel postcard from this long-gone property. Grade: 1
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Firenze – Piazzale Michelangelo
Unused A. Traldi card 20, serrated edges. Aging. Grade: 1
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Napoli – Villa Nazionale e Via Caracciolo
Unused vintage Italian postcard, undivided back, showing its age. Grade: 2
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Roma – S. Pietro
A very old, aging, unused card. Grade: 2
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Roma – Arco di Costantino e Colosseo
We like this card. Not only is the real-photo clear, it’s a different perspective on the Colosseum. The card is unused, though someone has pencilled this on the revrse: “Got this picture in Rome 1939”. That helps! Grade: 3
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Firenze – Palazzo Pitti
In 1910, the person who bought this card wrote a notation on the reverse, giving thoughts about the visit. So, not postally used. Grade: 3
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Firenze – Palazzo del Podesta
In 1910, the person who bought this card wrote the date on the reverse. So, not postally used. Grade: 3
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Milano – Torre di S. Gottardo
Unused sepia card. Grade: 2
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Milano – Castello Sforzesco
Though this card was mailed in 1935, it was from the USA, with stamp and postmark, from one member of a postcard-collecting club to another. Upper left corner torn. Grade: 5
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Roma – Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
Unused card with major album marks on the four corners. Grade: 3
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Roma – Pantheon di Agrippa
Unused card, age-related smudging on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Roma – Accademia di Francia dalla Trinita dei Monti
Older M. Gigli card, sepia, unused. Grade: 2
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Roma – Raffaello Sanzio – Le quattro Sibille – Chiesa di S. Maria della Pace
Unused Alterocca sepia card 10264. Grade: 1
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Roma – Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Unused Adolfo Como card 19, sepia and very notably aging. But still, Grade: 2
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Roma – Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore
Unused, sepia, Alterocca card 107. Grade: 1
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Roma – Chiostro di S. Paolo
Unused, sepia, Alterocca card 66. Grade: 1
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Roma – Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro
A rather old view of Rome on a rather old, unused, unattributed sepia postcard. Grade: 2
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Roma. Campidoglio
One of the seven hills, on this unused old postcard. Grade: 2
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Roma, Mercurio – Belvedere – Mus-Vat.
Unused Alterocca card 165. Finally, we want to observe that these old Alterocca postcards have held up very well over the years. Grade: 1
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Roma – Chiesa di S. Pietro – S. Veronica (Mochi)
Unused, unattributed (but numbered 84) sepia vintage Roman postcard. Grade: 2
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Martina Franca, Altar Maggiore S. Martias “Maternalta”
Unused sepia Semeraro card 0214, gently serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Roma – Eduta del Campidoglio (art)
Unused. Grade: 2
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Roma, multiple views
Mailed in 2012, but from England (not Italy), with two stamps, faint postmark, Mailing label, and orange postal barcoding. Grade: 5
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Venezia, Basilica S. Marco, Hall – Noah Arch Detail
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Venezia – Panorama dal Campanile di S. Marco
Aged sepia card, atmospheric on the front and on the back. Mailed in Florence in 1922, with stamp and full postmark and a long holiday message. Grade: 1
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Venezia, Grand Canal with the Church of la Salute
It’s a full postmark (and stamp) on this card but we don’t know how to interpret what year it was mailed. Can you tell us? It looks like: 9-10, then 30.VII, then 30.VIII. In any event, Grade: 1