Item Specifics
Type: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC / Vera Fotografia)
Location / Subject: Cappella Palatina (Palatine Chapel), Candlestick / Pulpit, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Era / Year: 1950 (Postmarked November 2, 1950)
Publisher/Printer: Fotocelere – Torino / Ediz. G. B. P.
Postal Status: Posted / Postally Used
Postmark: U.S.S. RICH (DD-820) Naval Cancellation
Stamp: US Air Mail 6¢ Carmine Red (Transport / DC-4 type)
Edge Style: Deckled / Scalloped Edge
Content: Typewritten sailor correspondence mentioning shore liberty, spaghetti dinner, cognac, and upcoming travel to Menton. Monte Carlo 
Key Points: Vintage Italy postcard, Palermo Sicily RPPC, Cappella Palatina Candlestick, Norman-Arab-Byzantine architecture, US Navy postal history, USS Rich DD-820 destroyer, military naval cover, ship postmark, US 6c air mail stamp, real photo postcard, Fotocelere Torino, sailor correspondence, 1950s ephemera, Trinacria cachet handstamp, Lansing, Michigan destination. 
 
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