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Constantinople Istanbul Photo Storm Seaside Bosphorus Ottoman Turkish Stamp
The front shows a dramatic scene of a coastal storm, with large breaking waves striking a stone waterfront promenade. Two silhouetted figures stand near a heavy iron mooring chain looped around bollards, while wooden support posts and overhanging tree branches partially obscure the right side of the frame. In the background stands a substantial multi-story stone building along a fortified or walled shoreline, with a hillside town rising behind it.
A brief handwritten caption in Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script) appears at the upper left of the image but remains, so the specific location cannot be confirmed from the inscription alone. The reverse confirms this is a genuine postcard-format photographic print, printed with the standard divided-back layout (a vertical rule separating a correspondence area from ruled address lines), consistent with early 20th-century Ottoman or early Republican Turkish postcard stock. No handwritten message or postal address was ever added, and there is no mailing cancellation present. However, a purple ink stamp bearing Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script) text appears at the top of the reverse, likely a photographer\'s, dealer\'s, or archival collection stamp rather than a postal marking; the wording isand cannot be confidently transcribed. As an unmailed photographic postcard with an unresolved caption and stamp, this piece is best suited to collectors of Ottoman-era coastal/topographical photography who wish to research the exact location and the purple stamp\'s origin further.
Measures 15 x 10 centimeters (approx.)
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Please examine the listing, some bent corners, era folds, small tears and slight stains due to their genuine antique aging.As is, what you see is what you will get. We try to present the real state of the object as completely as possible with photos.
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