Tripoli / Italian Tripolitania: Il Portastendardo - Romano Dazzi - Africa Te Tengo (Vintage PC 1929)

antique italian art postcard from 1929 depicting "il portastendardo" (the standard bearer), an artwork by romano dazzi.

the postcard was issued in connection with the iii fiera campionaria di tripoli, held in tripoli in 1929. the reverse is printed with "romano dazzi – il portastendardo" and "iii fiera campionaria di tripoli – 1929". it also identifies the series as "africa, te tengo", published by edizioni d'arte fauno, roma.

an attractive and historically interesting example of italian colonial-era graphic art and propaganda from the italian period in libya. the dramatic illustration shows a mounted standard bearer and is particularly suitable for collectors of italian colonial history, libya, tripoli, african-themed art, art postcards, political and historical postcards and deltiology.