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vintage 1911 color lithograph and printed advertising postcard for the world-famous brewery "bürgerliches bräuhaus in pilsen. gegründet 1842." ("pilsner urquell" / plzeňský prazdroj), located in pilsen (plzeň), bohemia, austria-hungary.
the front features a detailed bird's-eye panoramic view of the extensive brewery complex along the radbusa river with its iconic water tower, maltings, smoking chimneys, and industrial buildings, accented at the lower left by the imperial austrian double-headed eagle coat of arms in a circular medallion beside the bold white brand name "pilsner urquell".
the reverse is postmarked "plzeň 3 / pilsen 3 -3.x.11.-3" (october 3, 1911) with a wavy machine cancel and franked with an austrian 5 heller green emperor franz joseph jubilee stamp (1908), addressed in neat german script to "herrn wilhelm zieger, stuttgart, weberstr. 73/76", with a handwritten greeting in german kurrent script on the left. published by "j. b. c. m. 1910." (vertical imprint at left edge).
size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)
postally used in 1911
condition: very good....please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard
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