Andalucia / Spain: Olive Harvest Postcard Collector Exchange Miguel Vila Mallorca (Vintage PC 1917)

original vintage colour postcard "andalucia - coger de aceitunas / la manta - recoleccion d'olives" (olive harvest), showing a lively rural scene with workers sorting olives on a large cloth, wicker baskets, a donkey and an olive grove landscape.

published by tomas sanz, sevilla.

franked with a spanish stamp, postmarked sevilla and palma de mallorca 12 july 1917.

the sender, antonio cepudo (sevilla), explicitly writes "me agradaria cambiar con vd. algunas tarjetas" (i would be glad to exchange some cards with you) - direct documentary evidence of an early 20th century postcard exchange network, with a club reference "i.a.e.c.".

sent to miguel vila, fiol 9, palma de mallorca (islas baleares) - a postcard collector who exchanged cards with fellow collectors worldwide. 

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

postally used in 1917

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

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