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Postcard 1930s RPPC Raumbanen Romsdalshorn Norway Mountain Fjord Unused
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RPPC · 1935

Postcard 1930s RPPC Raumbanen Romsdalshorn Norway Mountain Fjord Unused

Romsdalen / Åndalsnes, Norway1935RPPCFair-Good

Jagged twin peaks of the Romsdalshorn pierce a cloud-streaked Norwegian sky, their sheer granite faces mirrored to glassy perfection in the still waters of the Romsdalsfjord below, while a pale white building — likely the old Aak Hotel — nestles among birch trees at the mountain's foot and the embankment of the Raumabanen railway curves along the waterline in this masterfully composed real-photo postcard attributed to the celebrated Norwegian landscape photographer Normann, published by Carl Normanns Kunstforlag of Oslo. The Raumabanen — opened in 1924 — was one of Norway's engineering triumphs, threading through the Romsdal valley beneath some of the country's most dramatic scenery; this card, with its pristine photographic quality and the handwritten "Aandalsnes" on the reverse (the railhead town at the fjord's mouth), was likely purchased as a souvenir of the line in the 1930s. Never mailed, it remains in collectible unwritten condition, with some moisture staining on the reverse from decades of storage.

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PC-04668 · Carl Normanns Kunstforlag, Oslo
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