115.00 USD
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), prima ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, needs little introduction. She is possibly the most famous of all Russian dancers and perhaps best known for her performance of "The Dying Swan," a ballet solo that was choreographed for her by dancer/choreographer Michel Fokine in 1907.
This wonderful card offers us an image of her costumed for that role. Printed in Berlin by Verlag Hermann Leisner, this particular card was one exported for distribution in England to Augener and Company Ltd. of London.
In the stamp box on the card's obverse, we see the imprint of the Neue Bromsilber Convention, a price and quality control group set up in Germany in 1909. This allows us to date our card to sometime between 1909 and 1914, at which point World War One halted export of German printed postcards to England, and incidentally brought down the curtain not only on the picture postcard's "Golden Era," but also the era known in France as La Belle Epoque.
A superb card in near-fine condition with only very minor wear to edges and corners. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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