Post Office Czechoslovakia 1917 (M2491)

Catalog number: M2491

Old postcard - Post Office, Czechoslovakia 1917

This historic postcard depicts a scene from the postal service with a drawing of a woman at a telephone exchange taking calls. The postcard is provided with a handwritten address and a Czechoslovak Post stamp with a face value of 50 haller, postmarked from Pilsen dated November 30, 1917. The image shows a detail of the exchange and enlarged heads of the callers, which gives the postcard a special ethnographic and historical context. The overall condition of the postcard corresponds to its time with normal signs of wear and a patina that underlines its collector's value. An ideal item for collectors of old postcards and those interested in the history of postal services in Czechoslovakia. MIRKO ŠORM

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