The Bucentaur State Barge of the Doges of Venice 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card

Description

The Bucentaur State Barge of the Doges of Venice 80 Y/O Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL c80 YEARS OLD  TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
THE "BUCENTAUR"
The bucentaur was the state barge of the doges of Venice. It was used every year on Ascension Day up to
1798 to take the doge out to the Adriatic Sea to perform the "Marriage of the Sea" - a ceremony that
symbolically wedded Venice to the sea every year on the "Festa della Sensa".
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE ARE LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION - IT IS AN ORIGINAL
THIS CARD IS c80 YEARS OLD AND NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE:
PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - BENT and/or ROUNDED CORNERS
SEE IMAGES ABOVE!
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NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
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