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Description

Award winning pair of manuscript cards, prepared by Antonio Raggio for the 11th Congreso de la Union Postal Universal (World Postal Congress) Exposition Filatelica Internacional, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1939.

The map shows a finely illustrated map of the Free City of Danzig (Gdansk), with a fact card superimposed over a flora motif with an images of an airplane. Danzig would remain a "free city" of the Hanseatic League for only a very short time thereafter.

The award was given to Raggio by La Sociedad Filatelica Argentina for a collection of maps on cards drawn by Raggio for the event, the majority of which consisted of a map and companion illustrated fact sheet. It would seem that the manuscript cards were likely intended as models for the engraving of stamps.

The attached link shows the award issued to Raggio: /gallery/detail/38004a

Condition Description
Finely executed manuscript cards.