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A postcard posted in London on 9th September 1945. The postmark shows the 'V for Victory' symbol immortalised by Sir Winston Churchill. The message on the reverse suggests arrangements for a meeting.Some British mail from my portfolio. Please see my lightboxes below for lots more.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
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St Patricks Cathedral is one of Dublins most popular attractions. Built between 1220 and 1260 the Cathedral is one of the few buildings left from the medieval city of Dublin.
Brno, Czech Republic - Circa September 2022: Meninska brana translation Menin gate
Arthur Rimbaud Poem on Stone Wall: Voyelles
Florence, Italy - MAY 10, 2019: Here originated the fairy tale the piglet written by the well-known Danish novelist Hans Christian Andersen that I love Florence where I stay several times defining our city, Memorable inscription on the wall of a building in Florence
a vintage American blank postcard of 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events as a background related to mail delievery description.
American colony, New Sweden.
Marseille, France - January 31, 2016: Memorial Plaque to Pope John Paul II Karol Wojtyla at Notre Dame de la Garde Stone Wall.
Thomas Riddell grave tombstone in Greyfriars Kirkyard, which was the inspiration for J. K. Rowling created the name of Tom Riddle's (Voldemort) character in Harry Potter in Edinburgh, Scotland
statues on the column of the Immaculate Conception in Piazza Mignanelli in Rome. The column was commissioned by Pope Pius IX and commemorates the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in 1854. The monument was designed by architect Luigi Poletti and was placed in front of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide; Rome, Italy
Paris, France: A plaque on a school on Rue Milton in the 9th arrondissement commemorating the deaths of school children deported and killed by the Nazis and the Vichy Government in WWII.
Komarno, Ukraine - October 8, 2020:  Roman Catholic Church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Komarno, Lviv region, Ukraine
a vintage blank postcard sent from London,  UK in 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background related to mail delievery description.
Hungary postage stamp showing an engraving of the famous English Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
This photo was taken in Toulouse, France
Both sides of a postcard sent by a Cheltenham schoolgirl during the reign of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She is informing her family about her exam results. (Name and address removed.)
Column of the Immaculate Conception, Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy
Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, England Sept 24 2023: Commemorative wall plaque celebrating the famous 'Man of Ross\
The sign on the school where the Bronte sisters taught in Haworth, Yorkshire, England, UK.
Durham, UK - 12 July, 2023: The shrine of St Cuthbert in Durham Cathedral, County Durham, England
Illuminated antiquities and historical ruins at night - close-up - Ephesus Ancient City - Ä°zmir / Turkey
An ancient book.
Expired US passport
Obelisk of Theodosius (Dikilitas) with hieroglyphs in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey. Ancient Egyptian obelisk in Istanbul, Turkey.
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