Mixed Lot of 63 Assorted Postcards [Post Cards, Carte Postale] from Greece, Brazil, Egypt, Ceylon, Fiji, West Africa (Ghana), Argentina (some with franked postage stamps, some dated from c1910s to c1970s, some to USA addresses)

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Mixed set of 63 postcards (several of which are duplicates);-----45 blank unused cards, all undated, but all appearing to be approximately from the 1910s to 1940s:---Greece: 17 scenes depicting 10 different images, 1 black-and-white photograph, 13 in duotone, 3 in colour;---Brazil: 21 scenes depicting 19 different images, 10 black-and-white photographs, 5 in duotone, 5 in colour;---Cuba: 1 in colour;--- Egypt: 2 in colour;---Ceylon: 1 duotone without postage stamp, 3 in colour with "6 cents" stamps affixed to cards, not preprinted;---most of these are in Very Good to Fine condition, but several show minor traces of shelf wear to corners, still Good or better;-----18 cards addressed and with franked stamps: 1 from Argentina---6 from Ceylon (2 dated 1960, 1 in 1963)---7 from Brazil (1 with an American "One Cent" stamp franked in Chicago in 1910, 2 in ?1939, 1 with U.S. Army Postage in 1944, 1950, 2 in 1960)---2 from Fiji (1 with date unreadable but with a reference to 1950, the other 1972)---1 from Egypt dated 1962---1 from West Africa dated "14.VI.15" (presumably 1915, but sadly with the stamp removed and the franking stamp unreadable); most of these are in surprisingly Very Good condition despite their travels with only a few showing minor traces of shelf wear to corners;-----images include, in Brazil: Praia do Flamengo, Pão de Açúcar, Sugarloaf Mountain, Corcovado, Copacabana, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador-Bahia; in Ceylon: Mount Lavinia Hotel, Peradeniya; Buenos Aires; Christiansborg, Gold Coast, Western Africa (Ghana); Cuva; Queen`s Hotel, Kandy; Salonique; Athens. See also our listings for Famous Mountains in China [commemorative souvenir book of 22nd UPU Congress, Beijing, 1999 [stamps, philately, Universal Postal Union], and for A Cidade da Beira (Moçambique): um ensaio historico-socialogico urbano anos 1880-1970 [History of Mozambique PLUS laid in several old related photographs and Carte Postale (Post Cards) (Portuguese Overseas Province, Africa)].

Seller Inventory # 040298

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• Title: Mixed Lot of 63 Assorted Postcards [Post Cards, Carte Postale] from Greece, Brazil, Egypt, Ceylon, Fiji, West Africa (Ghana), Argentina (some with franked postage stamps, some dated from c1910s to c1970s, some to USA addresses)
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