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Keywords: Stairs, Statues, Balconies, Artistic Cards
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>>> article no. P 14277 <<< Condition: corners and edges minimally rubbed, back slightly blotchy coloured artistic card – stairs with pedestrians, statues, houses, and balconies; artwork by Gilett(?) |  To the map of Valletta / il-Belt |
– Details –
Year: ca. 1910
Postal state: postally unused
Inscription front: Malta. Strada Santa Lucia. Gilett
Inscription back: Tuck's Post Card, Carte postale. Postkarte. (For Address Only.) By Appointment. Strada Santa Lucia. Valletta, the present-day capital of Malta, is build on somewhat hilly gound on the side of the Grand Heabour. Owing to the formation of the land, some of the side streets are very steep and have to be negotiated by flights of stairs, calling to memory Byron's couplet: Adieu, ye cursed streets of stairs; how every one who mounts ye swears!, Wide-wide world Series, Malta. Series III. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Oilette Postcard 7568, Art publishers to their majesties and the King & Queen, Printed in England. T R&S, Raphael Hense Trade Mark
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