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Four old postcards from different countries, two with messages.
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
a vintage blank postcard sent from Brayton, UK in 1900s, ready for any usage of historic events background related to mail delievery description.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021: An historic manuscript, hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Vintage Edward VII Antique British half penny postage Stamp, postmark Cheltenham 1902
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
Ancient Traditional Chinese Manchu Script Books - Qing Dynasty
A very scruffy old British television licence dated 1974, which permits the purchaser to watch TV and listen to radio for a year at the cost of £12.00. It as issued in Walsall, Staffordshire (West Midlands). Identifying details removed.
Closeup of 10 Bulgarian lev banknote for design purpose
a vintage American blank postcard of 1900s, ready for any usage of historic events as a background related to mail delievery description.
Postcard with Eiffel Tower stamps with date of 16-6-1945.
Detail with initial letter from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Historic Money of the German Empire
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
Aged, 200 years old letter from ottoman empire
A certificate awarded to a school child by a British county council in recognition of “good conduct, industry and attendance during the year 1917-18” as the awarding of medals had been suspended “during the Great War”. The recipient had qualified to receive a “First Medal”. (All identifying details have been removed.)
Art Deco style vector illustration with silhouettes of oak leaves creating a symbol
Vintage postcard sent from Japan in early 1900s, a very good background for any usage of the historic postcard communications.
Vintage elements of paper banknotes.Bonistics.Fragment of 100 US dollar banknote for design purpose. United States of America
The first chapter of Don Quixote
Old handwritten postcard
Ancient China Bronzeware Handle Close-up
Fünfhunderttausend Mark (five hundred thousand Mark) banknote from the hyperinflation in May 1923. Antique money from the biggest devaluation of cash in the German history. Reichsbank currency.
Postage stamp printed in Italy shows Standard, 1953
a vintage blank postcard sent from Fresno, California, and transmitted in New York, USA to abroad in 1900s, ready for any usage of historic events background related to mail delievery description.
A high resolution scan of page from very old from Russian book from 16th century
Admire the enigmatic allure of Old Slavic writings, preserved with care, narrating stories of a bygone era
Free Images: "bestof:French - Leaf from Alphabet Book - Walters W20010R - Open Obverse.jpg century 16 Renaissance ink paint parchment folio cm 11 7 5 ; initial cm 6 6 approx"
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