Andalusia / Spain: Costumbres Andaluzas Procession Purger Munic To Miguel Vila Mallorca R.E.C.P. (Vintage PC 1918)

original vintage colour postcard "costumbres andaluzas - la majestad" (andalusian customs), showing a religious procession (viatico) passing through a whitewashed andalusian village street, with lantern bearers, altar boys and a red canopy, hilltop church in the background.

published by coleccion toya, casa sevilla;

printed by purger & co., munich (photochromiekarte).

franked with a spanish stamp, postmarked 30 march 1918, sent from sevilla by antonio cepudo to miguel vila, fiol 9, palma de mallorca - a postcard collector who exchanged cards with fellow collectors worldwide in the early 20th century.

this postcard is part of a small collection linked to the "registre d'échangistes de cartes postales" (r.e.c.p.), sometimes also "...et de timbres-poste" - a french-founded international club and registry active from the early 1900s through the 1910s-1930s, connecting thousands of postcard and stamp collectors across europe, the french colonies and beyond. members identified themselves with personalised rubber stamps or printed vignette labels bearing their individual membership number, applied to the cards and correspondence they exchanged. several cards in this collection carry such r.e.c.p. member numbers and were sent to miguel vila, fiol 9, palma de mallorca, a collector who exchanged cards with correspondents across europe and north africa. together they offer a rare, tangible glimpse into one of the largest pre-war deltiology and philatelic exchange networks, beyond the individual views they depict.

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

postally used in 1918

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

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