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VTG 1954 RPPC LIMBURG AN DER LAHN BRUECKENTURM GERMANY Old Lahn Bridge Details
◆ Core Subject: Alte Lahnbrücke (Old Lahn Bridge) and Brückenturm (Bridge Tower), Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany
◆ Publisher: Cramers Kunstanstalt KG, Dortmund (Cekade Brand). Catalog / Serial Markings: Lim 99 and 54/3.
◆ Text on Card:
• Front: \"None\"
• Back: \"Limburg an der Lahn. Lahnbrücke / 50 Jahre Cramers Kunstanstalt KG., Dortmund / Cekade Lim 99 54/3 / Originalfoto\"
◆ Visual Elements:
• Building: A prominent medieval stone arch bridge covered in creeping ivy vines, terminating at a massive 14th-century fortified stone defensive gateway tower (Brückenturm) with arched entry.
• Traffic: Features a singular pedestrian walking or looking over the upper parapet wall of the bridge ramp structure.
• Details: Calm surface of the Lahn River with ripples in the foreground, dense bankside tall reeds, architectural timbered expansions to the right, and sharp geometric cutwaters protecting the bridge piers.
◆ Estimated Era: Real Photo Postcard / RPPC (Circa 1954)
◆ Postage Status: Notes
◆ Overall Grading: Very Good to Excellent Vintage Condition
◆ Surface & Image: Superb, crisp black-and-white continuous tone photography with deep contrast and smooth tonal gradients. As an authentic silver-gelatin development (\"Originalfoto\"), there is no lithographic or halftone printing dot matrix patterns under magnification.
◆ Edges & Corners: Excellent vintage condition featuring clean, distinct, and uniform deckled/scalloped edges. Sharp corner tips with minimal age-appropriate shelf wear.
◆ Reverse Side: Matte cardstock surface displaying uniform off-white paper toning consistent with mid-1950s age. Features a small, light handwritten pencil notation (\"50\") written upside down near the upper edge, likely an old dealer price or stock mark. No stamps, heavy smudging, or adhesive residue.
◆ Defects: None other than the noted minor pencil notation. The card remains flat, structural, and completely free of creases, bends, pinholes, or surface and Handling
◆ Packaging: Shipped securely in a protective plastic sleeve with card stock support inside a white envelope.
◆ Service: Sent via Standard Envelope for Postcards.
◆ Value: Provides a highly affordable, reliable shipping option that includes tracking.
