Los 2425

1914, from Bengasi, Cyrenaica to Bari, picture postcard showing local woman titled COSTUMI ARABI TIPO DI BELLEZZA POPOLANA, early colonial photographic motif, violet circular official cachet GOVERNO DELLA CIRENAICA STATO MAGGIORE (Government of Cyrenaica General Staff), postmarked BENGASI 16.3.14, sent under military administration during the consolidation of Italian rule in Libya after the Italo-Turkish War, mailed just months before the First World War, rare use of orientalist imagery on officially handled correspondence, strong crossover between military governance and visual culture of empire, ex Kugel, VF! Estimate 300€.