Romania: Bucuresti Market Women National Costume Covrigi Pretzels/ Postally Used To Palma Mallorca (Vintage RPPC 1916)

original vintage real photo postcard from romania showing two women in traditional national costume with embroidered blouses, fringed headscarves and floral skirts, standing at a market stall selling covrigi (romanian pretzels) or bread rings.

lively street market scene in the background with more people and buildings.

postally used, franked with a 5 bani romanian stamp, postmarked and dated 16 june 1916, edit. c. spetea, bucuresti.

sent to miquel vila in palma de mallorca, spain, a postcard collector who exchanged cards with fellow collectors worldwide in the early 20th century. interesting piece of early deltiology / postcard collecting history in addition to the romanian ethnographic subject.

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

postally used in 1916

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

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