München / Germany: Mathäserbräu Bierkutsche Beer Barrels (Vintage PC 1912)

vintage 1912 german color printed postcard published by "ottmar zieher, münchen" (numbered "137 hel. bier" in the stamp box), featuring a traditional bavarian brewery dray wagon loaded with rows of wooden beer barrels pulled by a four-horse team with two smiling brewery coachmen in traditional alpine hats and vests, inscribed "gruss" in red at top left.
the reverse is postmarked "münchen 2 16 v 12" (may 16, 1912) with a wavy machine cancel and additionally bears a violet circular cachet reading "mathäser-bräu münchen" (the famous historic munich beer hall and brewery). handwritten message in german kurrent script headed "münchen, mathäserbräu" addressed to "gustav lang, bei frau hauser, marktplatz, isny (allgäu), württemberg" (stamp removed).

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1912

condition: very good....please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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