Bombay (Mumbai) / India: Girgaum Back Road Street Scene Horse Carriage (Vintage PC 1910)

vintage printed postcard showing a lively street scene at girgaum back road in bombay, british india (now mumbai). the front depicts traditional multi-story colonial buildings, local shops, pedestrian street traffic with people carrying umbrellas, and a horse-drawn carriage in the center of the road surrounded by lush palm trees.
the back of the postcard is formatted with a divided back, noted as a post card / carte postale, and bears the production mark printed in saxony. it features two british india postage stamps with the profile of king edward vii (a brown one anna and a green half anna stamp). the card is postmarked with a bombay double-ring cancellation dated 27 december 1910.
it is addressed to frau amelie axthelm in quedlinburg, germany, and features a lengthy handwritten personal message in german from a sender named w. axthelm.

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

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

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