TN 414
Seven vintage European chromos on Tunisia. Confectioners include El “Basar de 95”, Albert Cigarettes, Robert Lehmann Delikatessen, Mantecober, more.
Price: $210.00
Algeria, Tunisia
TN 413
1926 postcard of a pilgrimage to the tomb of Sidi-Mohand-Amokran.
Price: $40.00
Note: Sidi Mohand Amokran was a renowned 17th-century Algerian Muslim saint and wali (holy man) whose shrine is located in the high city of Bejaïa. He is recognized as a wali protecteur and is the son of a noble family connected to the Sultan Si Nacer of the Qalaa des Beni Abbès.
TN 412
3 colonial postcards of architectural interest in Tunis.
Price: $90.00
TN 411
TN 411
26 early postcards of Tunisia scenes and types, mainly produced by Lehnert and Landrock. The postcards were all sent by Jose Galve to his family estate in Barcelona in 1914, shortly after the Kert campaign. (Note: In 1929 Jose Galve was the Lieutenant Judge in charge of the Alcantara Cavalry Regiment, 14th Cavalry, based in Ceuta, Morocco. See https://www.boe.es/gazeta/dias/1929/09/12/pdfs/C00193-00208.pdf
Price: $780.00
NOTE: Lehnert & Landrock was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images. Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock produced images of North African people, landscapes, and architecture for a primarily European audience. These images were mainly distributed in monographs, though also as original prints, photogravures, and lithographic postcards.
TN 410
TN 410
8 early European chromos of Algeria. Confectioners include Toffees Trefin, Will's Cigarettes, Arlatte & Co., Au Merinos Nouveautes, Hauswaldt's Kaiser-Otto, A. Cardon-Duverger.
Price: $240.00
TN 409
Chocolat D’Aiguebelle chromo card of Constantine, with much data on reverse.
Price: $30.00
TN 408
Rare postcard of Pere de Foucauld at Targui.
Price: $40.00
TN 407
Two postcards of the Insurrection de Margueritte.
Price: $80.00
NOTE: Margueritte's insurrection,which occurred in April 1901 in French Algeria, was an indigenous revolt against the colonial order that resulted in the deaths of five Europeans. The ensuing repression targeted 87 people, profoundly marking the colonial history of the region.
TN 406
3 early colonial postcards of colonial Oran. Colonial interest.
Price: $90.00
TN 405
6 colonial postcards of Cherchell, a former Roman colony and the capitals of Numidia and Mauretania. Architectural interest, with one postcards used during the Independence transitioning period .
Price: $180.00