BLIXEN, KAREN [DINESEN, ISAK]
Autograph postcard. Rome: 4 July 1912. Note in Danish initialed "T." (short for her nickname Tanne) on picture postcard depicting a group of horsemen in Rome. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm). Very minor creasing, fine overall.
This rare early postcard is written in Danish to sister Ellen Dinesen in Denmark writing (in translation) "Many greetings. Tomorrow moving to Porto d'Anzio- oh farewell to Rome. There are such fences as on this picture, stationmasters- of which there are so many in Campania, and which they jump over, but I don't dare. T."
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BLIXEN, KAREN [DINESEN, ISAK]
Autograph postcard. Rome: 4 July 1912. Note in Danish initialed "T." (short for her nickname Tanne) on picture postcard depicting a group of horsemen in Rome. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm). Very minor creasing, fine overall.
This rare early postcard is written in Danish to sister Ellen Dinesen in Denmark writing (in translation) "Many greetings. Tomorrow moving to Porto d'Anzio- oh farewell to Rome. There are such fences as on this picture, stationmasters- of which there are so many in Campania, and which they jump over, but I don't dare. T."
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Nov 24, 2014