Serene alpine waters mirror sheer limestone cliffs in this stunning real-photo postcard of the Königssee — Germany's deepest lake, nestled in the Berchtesgaden Alps of Bavaria — viewed from the "Malerwinkl" (painter's corner), the legendary vantage point beloved by landscape artists for two centuries. A small passenger ferry glides across the mirror-still fjord-like lake, dwarfed by the soaring Watzmann massif. What elevates this already beautiful card into a document of history is its reverse: sent with two 10-pfennig Deutsche Bundespost "Posthorn" stamps (the first stamps of the new West German Federal Republic, issued 1951), the card bears a striking purple oval censor stamp reading "Alliierte Zensurstelle / Z.1 / 90" — Allied Censorship Office — applied during the postwar Allied occupation of Austria, as the card traveled from Bavaria to a Walter in Wien (Vienna), Austria, then still under four-power occupation. The brief message in German, addressed "Deine Mutter" (your mother), speaks of travel costs and hopes for a visit from Walter soon.