Antique & Vintage Postcards

Turbaned horsemen in flowing white djellabas charge at full gallop, long-barreled muskets leveled at the sky in a burst of powder smoke — this is the fantasia, Morocco's ancient equestrian war-game turned ceremonial spectacle, captured mid-thunder on a vivid chrome card from Edition Ismail of Casablanca. Tourists in 1970s clothing press close at the barriers, cameras raised, as the riders and their horses churn up a red dust cloud beneath a canopy of palms. On the back, a German-speaking sender identified only as "Unsine Golfi" dashes off warm holiday greetings to family in Virens/Donau, Austria, reporting a "Rundreise zu den Königsstädten Marokkos" — a tour of Morocco's royal cities. Two Moroccan stamps grace the card: a 1-dirham showing the young King Hassan II in a fez, and a 2-dirham portrait of the older Hassan II.