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1953 - LECCO - Vicolo Fiumicella, via Mascari and the castle: a card reproducing a black and white drawing by G. Gennai, sent to Como.

1925/30 TRANI - THE SWABIAN CASTLE - small-format black and white picture postcard, postally used to Salsomaggiore, "Hotel Regina", franked with a pair of the 10 on 15 centesimi (Cat. Unificato No. 175).

15/3/1934 LECCO - the gardens and the lake, a picture postcard in blue, postally used to Como.

13/5/1930 ROME - "Anfiteatro dei Flavi (Colosseo) restaurato conforme trovasi al tempo dell'imperatore Adriano" (the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum, restored as it stood in the time of the Emperor Hadrian), black and white picture postcard sent from Vatican City and franked with a 20 centesimi of the Vatican (Cat. Unificato No. 3), postally used to Como

1940 - NERVI (GE) - A black and white picture postcard, " Panorama della Marina", busy with people, sent to Milan. On the reverse a travelling post office postmark, "Ambulante Pisa/Torino"

TURIN - A picture postcard in blue, " Chiesa Gran Madre di Dio", busy with people (the early twentieth century). Unused.

8/6/1923 - PADUA - A colour picture postcard, " Piazza Unita' D'Italia ", an animated view with figures, postally used to Como - on the reverse the travelling post office postmark " Messaggero Venezia-Milano ".

15/2/1949 MODENA - black and white picture postcard, "Tempio Monumentale (Arch. Ing. D. Berbenti)" (the Monumental Temple), postally used to Como

28/1/1944 BUGLIO IN MONTE (SONDRIO) - black and white picture postcard, "Entrando", postally used to Lecco (the address partly erased).

18/10/1929 MILAN - black and white photographic postcard, "Piazza Duomo, portici e arco della galleria", with people and cars of the period - postally used to Como.

1943 CAPRI - black and white picture postcard, "Castello Barbarossa" (on the castle, women with parasols), postally used to Como.

1948 RICCIONE - black-and-white illustrated postcard " Sorrisi di Spiaggia" (Beach Smiles), carried to Bagnolo Mella

22/12/1931 VENICE - a black-and-white illustrated postcard " Monumento a Colleoni", postally used to Como.

18/8/1947 VENICE - black and white picture postcard, busy with people, "Hotel des Bains", postally used to Brescia.

19/3/1932 NAPLES - black-and-white illustrated postcard " Hotel Excelsior a Napoli ", carried to Grosseto (Scansano)

30/5/1910 - GENOA - A colour picture postcard, " Panorama Citta' e Porto", with views of steamships, sent to Casale Monferrato.

12/671940 APUANIA MARINA DI MASSA - black-and-white illustrated postcard " Colonia Senese" (the Siena children's holiday camp), carried to Brescia (Bagnolo Mella)

1949 - MONTECATINI TERME - A black and white picture postcard, "Piazza Umberto I° Locanda Maggiore", posted to Como

2/12/1916 - GOZZANO - A black and white picture postcard, "Punta di Buccione Scalo Piroscafi", the steamer landing. Posted to Como, the stamp removed. A postmark in red, "Censura Militare Novara 4/12/16"

15/1/1936 PARMA - black and white picture postcard, "Parma Abside del Duomo" (the apse of Parma Cathedral), postally used to Como.