Framed by the spreading canopy of a great oak and a white picket fence, the small Swedish lakeside town of Ulricehamn shimmers across the calm waters of Lake Åsunden in this quietly beautiful real-photo postcard — sent from Borås, Sweden, in May 1953 and addressed to "Alois" at Warenberg, Upper Austria, bearing the striking oval blue cachet of the "Österreichische Zensurstelle" (Austrian Censorship Office), a vivid reminder that Allied-occupied Austria did not fully regain sovereignty until the State Treaty of 1955, and mail from abroad was still being opened and inspected as late as spring 1953. A Swedish 25-öre red King Gustaf VI Adolf stamp franks the card, postmarked Borås 1.5.53. The message, written in German, references fishing ("Fische") and the joys of summer ("Sommer"), with the sender — who signs as something like "Manuel" — describing life in Sweden to their friend or relative Alois back in still-occupied Austria.