Showing 201–235 of 235 postcards

  • Lago Maggiore, Isola Bella – Sala da Ballo

    Unused real-photo card, serrated edges, staining scattered across the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20527241

    Price: $2.00

    Lago Maggiore, Isola Bella – Sala da Ballo

  • Funivia Orona – Lago Mucrone

    Unused real-photo, an Old Italy postcard, serrated edges.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527242

    Price: $4.00

    Funivia Orona – Lago Mucrone

  • Funivia Orona – Lago Mucrone – Stazione Superiore e Monte Mucrone

    Unused, real-photo postcard with serrated edges, aged but clean.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527243

    Price: $4.00

    Funivia Orona – Lago Mucrone – Stazione Superiore e Monte Mucrone

  • Luino, Albergo Verbiana e Viale Carmine

    Just try Googling and see what comes up for you … we ran out of patience, though we did find one hotel with a different name and different outlook whose core building looks just like this.  So who knows?  Unused real-photo B&W card, aging but Grade: 1

    Code: 20527244

    Price: $4.00

    Luino, Albergo Verbiana e Viale Carmine

  • Milano, Basilica S. Ambrogio

    Unused sepia card, well-aged.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527245

    Price: $2.00

    Milano, Basilica S. Ambrogio

  • Paestum, Nettuno Temple

    When we first saw this card, we assumed it was Greek.   It sure looked Greek to us.  The first clue we might be wrong was noticing it was mailed from Italy (three stamps, three 1964 postmarks).  The second clue was that the card was made in Italy.  The clincher was to Google “Paestum” and see this:  “Paestum was a major Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia. The ruins of Paestum are famous for their three ancient Greek temples in the Doric order, dating from about 550 to 450 BC.”  So we weren’t wrong — but Paestum is now in Salerno.  Oh those shifting borders and conquests.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527246

    Price: $5.00

    Paestum, Nettuno Temple

  • Orvieto, Duomo

    Unused old real-photo card showing “Interno e Battistero” (we know!) of Il Duomo.  Very minor age-related staining.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527247

    Price: $3.00

    Orvieto, Duomo

  • Orvieto, Porto Romana

    Nice and quite old real-photo card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527248

    Price: $4.00

    Orvieto, Porto Romana

  • Rome, Tomb of Cecelia Metella

    The most important thing to note is a major abrasion on the lower left of this card, mailed in 1963, whose stamp and postmark are still there.  And who was Cecelia Metella?  Turns out there were several people by that name, all ancient, though this one’s story is:  “The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia. It was built during the 1st century BC to honor the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a consul in 69 BC, and the wife of the Marcus Licinius Crassus who served under Julius Caesar and was the son of the famous triumvir with the same name, Marcus Licinius Crassus.  The mausoleum was probably built in 30–10 BCE by her son.”  Abridged from Wikipedia, that is still probably more than you wanted to know.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20527249

    Price: $0.50

    Rome, Tomb of Cecelia Metella

  • Rome, Foro Romano

    Old, aged, and unused sepia card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527250

    Price: $2.00

    Rome, Foro Romano

  • Roma – S. Maria in Cosmedin

    Old card, unused and unwritten but in terrible stained and crinkled condition.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20527251

    Price: $0.30

    Roma – S. Maria in Cosmedin

  • Siracusa, Cripta di S. Marciano nell’antica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni

    We could go into another long story, but will give you a rest this time.  Unused, aged, vaguely creepy old postcard.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527252

    Price: $2.00

    Siracusa, Cripta di S. Marciano nell’antica Cattedrale di S. Giovanni

  • Sorrento, Hotel Tramontano e Porto

    It’s now the Imperial Hotel Tramontano, but existed earlier on this unused, B&W real-photo postcard with serrated edges.  While we enter these cards, we get great pleasure in discovering the older hotels that are still around, and how people judge them.  So also with this one … you can check TripAdvisor.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527253

    Price: $3.00

    Sorrento, Hotel Tramontano e Porto

  • Sorrento, Hotel Tramontano

    Unused B&W real-photo card with serrated edges.  How imposing is that structure, anyway?  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527254

    Price: $3.00

    Sorrento, Hotel Tramontano

  • Sorrento, Panorama Visto da S. Antonio

    Unused, very old card heavily stained on the reverse and with an abrasion over the trunk of that tree near the left.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20527255

    Price: $0.30

    Sorrento, Panorama Visto da S. Antonio

  • Taormina, Finestre Ciampoli

    A very old view on a very old, unused postcard whose right upper corner tip is missing.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20527256

    Price: $1.00

    Taormina, Finestre Ciampoli

  • Venice Archaeological Museum, Fanciullo

    This is a remarkable photo, no matter what your thoughts of ancient sculpture.  So much expression … alas, the postcard is good on the front but awful on the reverse, mailed in the USA but missing its stamp, and heavily water-stained.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20527257

    Price: $2.00

    Venice Archaeological Museum, Fanciullo

  • Venezia, Isola di Burano e Rio di Mezzo

    Unused, very old postcard marred only by that black line at the very top.  It doesn’t cross anything out; it’s just there.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20527258

    Price: $3.00

    Venezia, Isola di Burano e Rio di Mezzo

  • Valderice, “Baglio” Santacroce

    As usual, we Googled the hotel, which is not only still there but sounds like the kind of place we might stay if we had the chance.  Unused older card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527259

    Price: $2.00

    Valderice, “Baglio” Santacroce

  • Milan, Dome Square

    This postcard is the paper equivalent of an old, charmless mongrel dog that has been sitting in a rescue shelter for months and snaps at anyone who might want to adopt it.  Only one thing is good about the card:  it has a “Singapore Malaya” stamp and large Singapore Airport postmark.  Everything else is just wrong.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20527260T

    Price: $0.30

    Milan, Dome Square

  • Florence, Ponte Vecchio

    Mailed in 1959, the stamp is there, and a full postmark off to the side, with other assorted chops and markings and that sticker you can see on the front.  Grade: 5

    Code: 20527261T

    Price: $0.50

    Florence, Ponte Vecchio

  • Venezia, Ca’ d’Oro

    The Ca’ d’Oro, or Palazzo Santa Sofia, is a palace on the Grand Canal.  Its name means “golden house” due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. Since 1927, it has been used as a museum, as the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti.  Not sure when the card was mailed because it only has half of the postmark — probably early 1960s.  The stamp’s there, though.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527262T

    Price: $4.00

    Venezia, Ca’ d’Oro

  • Venezia, S. Marcus Place and doves

    This real-photo card was mailed in 1960 with two stamps and postmark, along with the remnant of some tape on the reverse.  Grade: 4

    Code: 20527263T

    Price: $2.00

    Venezia, S. Marcus Place and doves

  • Bordighera, Riviera dei Fiori

    About as classic a tourist postcard as you’ll ever find (or need), this was mailed — we think — in 1959 with stamp and postmark and more postmark ink on the front.  It even shows blue beach umbrellas.   Grade: 3

    Code: 20527264T

    Price: $2.00

    Bordighera, Riviera dei Fiori

  • Milano, Duomo

    Real-photo card mailed in the 1950s with stamp and postmark.  Minor creasing not too visible.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527265T

    Price: $2.00

    Milano, Duomo

  • Biella Piazzo – Corso Principe Amedeo Avogadro

    Real-photo postcard with serrated edges, mailed in 1957 from there, with stamp and readable postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527266T

    Price: $3.00

    Biella Piazzo – Corso Principe Amedeo Avogadro

  • Riccione, Promenade

    Mailed in 1958, with stamp and some of the postmark, along with more postmark ink on the front.  Grade: 3

    Code: 20527267T

    Price: $2.00

    Riccione, Promenade

  • Salo, Tre Golfi

    A real-photo postcard with serrated edges that has traveled:  mailed from Italy to England in 1958 (stamp and postmark are OK), then forwarded to another address in England with another postmark five days later.  And now in Hong Kong, and, hopefully, on to you.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527268T

    Price: $2.00

    Salo, Tre Golfi

  • Bordighera, Cliff and S. Ampelio Church

    This card with serrated edges was mailed with great anticipation, the stamp, and the postmark, in 1959.  We hope they had exactly what they wanted.  There’s postmark ink transfer on the front.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527269T

    Price: $2.00

    Bordighera, Cliff and S. Ampelio Church

  • Firenze, Aerial view of the Cathedral

    Mailed in 1986, with two stamps, two partial postmarks, and one bilingual Per Via Aerea label.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527270T

    Price: $2.00

    Firenze, Aerial view of the Cathedral

  • Firenze, Signoria Lodge, The Perseus

    Artwork by B. Cellini on this card mailed in 1986 with two different stamps, postmark, and the longest of messages.  Some postal bumping around the edges.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527271T

    Price: $1.00

    Firenze, Signoria Lodge, The Perseus

  • Florence, Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge)

    Unused, older card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527272T

    Price: $2.00

    Florence, Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge)

  • Florence, Ponte Vecchio

    Unused Tognoli card 31.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527273T

    Price: $2.00

    Florence, Ponte Vecchio

  • Venezia, Canal Grande

    Absolutely one of the most representative postcards of late-20th-century Venice that you’ll find.  Mailed in 1993 with two different stamps, postmark, and large blue Via Aerea label.  Some postmark transfer on the front, to add atmosphere.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20527274T

    Price: $4.00

    Venezia, Canal Grande

  • Rome, Sheraton Roma Hotel

    That’s what it used to be, and now the Cardo Roma, Autograph Collection, a Marriott property.  Online reviews are sure interesting.  Unused postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20527275

    Price: $3.00

    Rome, Sheraton Roma Hotel

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