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Week of Culture Zagreb 1938
We wish our card were a little more conventional, but we are happy to offer this se-tenant item anyway. Opened up, one side is what you see in the scan. The other side comprises the usual reverse of a postcard, and also a list of events. Aged but intact and unmarked. Grade: 1
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Rogaska Statina
Two stamps and faint postmark are there on this real photo card, along with the writing on the front, but we can’t quite say when the card was mailed. This town, known for its mineral water and crystal glass, is now in Slovenia. Grade: 3
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Sibenik
You might think it was an ordinary postcard but for this: mailed in 1958 with three different stamps and two postmarks to the famous American actress Ava Gardner at MGM Studios in Hollywood, asking for something that we can’t really translate. Can you tell us what “platohusten Jammamne” means? Card has serrated edges. Grade: 2
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Mala Draga
The site is now in Croatia, and the unused sepia card is aging and with a stain on bottom reverse. Grade: 3
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Zagreb, multiple views
Unused, with several faint stains on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Sarajevo, Princip Bridge
Apart from all the other associations of Sarajevo, we thought we would look up the bridge. Wikipedia told us this: “Latin Bridge (Serbo-Croatian: Latinska ćuprija/Латинска ћуприја, named Principov most/Принципов мост – “Princip’s Bridge” in Yugoslav era), is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka … The northern end of the bridge was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, which became casus belli of World War I.” As for the card, it was mailed in 1970 with two different stamps, mostly readable postmark, and staining along the upper reverse edge. Just by the way, we went there and stood in that same spot but nobody shot at us. Grade: 3
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Pula Aerodrom
Pula is now the eighth largest city in Croatia — how the world changes — but from this card you might think it was even larger. Mailed from there in 1974, with Yugoslav stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Belgrade, Museum of Yugoslav History, Tito with visitors (1969)
Because of the topic and focus of the museum, we choose to list this series of black-and-white cards under “Yugoslavia” instead of “Serbia,” though the cards date from 2019. So please don’t let the old appearance fool you. Photo was taken on 24th May 1969. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Belgrade, Museum of Yugoslav History, Tito and pioneers
Because of the topic and focus of the museum, we choose to list this series of black-and-white cards under “Yugoslavia” instead of “Serbia,” though the cards date from 2019. So please don’t let the old appearance fool you. Photo was taken on 24th May 1969. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Belgrade, Museum of Yugoslav History, Tito’s Birthday (magnetic)
Because of the topic and focus of the museum, we choose to list this series of black-and-white cards under “Yugoslavia” instead of “Serbia,” though the cards date from 2019. So don’t let the old appearance fool you. Photo was taken on 25th May 1969, International Youth Day. Unused card that’s flexible and — yes — magnetic. We would not put this on our refrigerator, but you could. Grade: 1
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Tito and President Kennedy in Washington, October 1963 (magnetic)
Sourced from Belgrade’s Museum of Yugoslav History, this unused and contemporary B&W card is flexible and magnetic. The yellow sticker should be able to be peeled off. Grade: 1
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J.B. Tito and wife
Sourced from Belgrade’s Museum of Yugoslav History, this unused and contemporary B&W item is flexible and a magnetic postcard. The yellow sticker should be able to be peeled off. The photo though was taken in Belgrade on 8th February 1958. Your refrigerator will be honoured to display one of the more unusual postcards. Grade: 1
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Opatija, multiple views
Space-filler only. The stamp and 1970 postmark are there but the card is severely abraded on the front. Grade: 5
