Trencin (Trencsen) / Slovakia: Railway Bridge & Castle Over Vah River Feldpost (Vintage PC 1915)

vintage tinted printed postcard showing a historic scenic view of trencin in slovakia, which was then part of the kingdom of hungary under the name trencsen. the front depicts the iron railway bridge crossing the vah river with the majestic medieval trencin castle (trenciansky hrad) towering on the high rocky cliff in the background. it includes the printed hungarian caption trencsen vagreszlet in the upper left corner.
the back of the postcard is formatted as a hungarian mailing card (levelezo-lap) with a divided back layout. it was used as an austro-hungarian world war i military field post (feldpost) and features a circular postal cancellation stamp. it is handwritten and dated 19 january 1915.
the card is addressed to frau frida fiedler at eulenbergstrasse no 6 in leisnig, saxony, germany, and contains a lengthy personal message written in german. it features the publisher production code 22172/194768 in the lower left corner.

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

postally used in 1915

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

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