Antique & Vintage Postcards

Sent from Rome in the spring of 1907, this vivid hand-colored card shows the Arch of Constantine rising against a leafy backdrop beside the conical Meta Sudans fountain stump — a landmark pairing that would vanish when Mussolini demolished the Meta Sudans in 1936, making this pre-demolition view historically significant. The sender — whose message on the front reads "March. Moved in the papers. 4 new postal. H. M. 11." — addressed the card to a Miss at 83 Park Avenue, West Springfield, Massachusetts, posting it through Roma Ferrovia (Rome's main rail station post office). The card bears a 10-centime Italian stamp of King Victor Emmanuel III, cancelled with dual postmarks: Roma Ferrovia and a West Springfield, Massachusetts arrival mark dated 1907. The Altrocchi/Interco publisher blind embossed seal is faintly visible lower left of the image.