Milan Italy | Via Vincenzo Monti Street Scene | Bassani Postcard SP25

Vintage Milan postcard captioned “2011 Milano - Via Vincenzo Monti,” showing a broad street lined with multi-storey buildings, shops and pedestrians. Handwriting across the upper front margin is dated Milan, 11 September 1903.

Scene Details:

• Long view along Via Vincenzo Monti with rails running through the street.
• Ornate building facades, balconies, shuttered windows and shop awnings.
• Pedestrians in the foreground and along both pavements.
• Red printed location caption and card number 2011.

Postal Markings:

• Five red Italian 2-centesimi coat-of-arms stamps across the top of the reverse, with circular cancellations.
• Addressed to Signorina Berthe Guimond, 414 Laval Avenue, Montreal, P.Q., Canada.
• Front handwritten greeting “Amitiés,” signed Ida, with date 11 September 1903.
• Reverse imprint reads “Fotocromo G. B. … - Milano”; part of the name is indistinct.

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