Photos and Postcards

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Collection of 16 postcards/photos of the colonial presence in Libya. Shown are a dirigible at Tripoli, the dirigible hanger at Bengasi, Tobruk, an archaeological mission, establishing an artesian well at Zuara, Cirenaica Governor Ameglio, military monument at Homs, Governor Caneva visiting a camp outside Tripoli, Arab prisoners, named Italian officer at Zuara, rare photo of Jacopo Gasperini (governor of Eritrea 1923-1928), travelling in Sirte, Italian investment. B

Price: $350.00

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Six postcards of male and female prostitutes photographed in Tunis by Lehnert & Landrock and published in Libya. B

Price: $200.00

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5 large format postcards of named oriental dancers at the Arab café in the Suk el Muscir in Tripoli, 1940. B

Price: $200.00

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Commemorative postcard for gold medal for valor recipient Giuseppe Loctelli, who died heroically at Alam Abu Hileinat, November 19, 1940. B

Price: $40.00

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Set of 8 large format photos on postcard stock of Tripoli in 1939. Shows the Suk El Muscir and the café interior, cotton making, cave dwelling. B

Price: $300.00

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4 snaps of desert life in Libya. B

Price: $20.00

t-mph206MPH 206Rare set of 5 photos of the funeral of Italo Balbo. B

Price: $500.00

Note: Italo Balbo (6 June 1896 – 28 June 1940) was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. Due to his young age, he was sometimes seen as a possible successor of dictator Benito Mussolini. After serving in World War I, Balbo became the leading Fascist organizer in his home region of Ferrara. He was one of the four principal architects (Quadrumviri del Fascismo) of the March on Rome that brought Mussolini and the Fascists to power in 1922, along with Michele Bianchi, Emilio De Bono and Cesare Maria De Vecchi. In 1926, he began the task of building the Italian Royal Air Force and took a leading role in popularizing aviation in Italy, and promoting Italian aviation to the world. In 1933, perhaps to relieve tensions surrounding him in Italy, he was given the government of Italian Libya, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Balbo, hostile to antisemitism, was the only leading Fascist to oppose Mussolini's alliance with Nazi Germany. Early in World War II, he was accidentally killed by friendly fire when his plane was shot down over Tobruk by Italian anti-aircraft guns who misidentified it. B

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Advert card for the Banco Italiana Perl Colonie. B

Price: $45.00

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Two advert cards from Pastiglie Valda on Cirenaica and Tripolitania. B

Price: $90.00

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Italian humor postcard showing a Turkish nobleman being chased by an Italian easter egg, with the caption, “happy easter”. B

Price: $50.00

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