Carved into near-vertical limestone above the Arlberg, the Flexenstraße — one of Europe's most dramatically engineered mountain roads — snakes across this striking real-photo postcard in a series of snow-gallery-protected switchbacks, a tiny alpine hut anchoring the foreground against the vast rock face above. Mailed on 27 March 1959 from Reutte in Tyrol to a Mr. William in Miami, Florida, the card carries a brief but charming message in Czech — "Jsme v Rakousku na malém zájezdu. Je tu moc krásné. Škoda, že tu také nejsou." ("We are in Austria on a little trip. It is very beautiful here. What a pity you are not here too.") — a snapshot of Cold War-era travel, Czech émigrés or tourists roaming the Alps while writing home to America. The Austrian 2-Schilling blue Costumes stamp pays the international airmail rate, with a bold "Par Avion" handwritten in blue ink.