Chess-items from Italy of '50 years and before ..

Rimini august 22nd - 30th  1959  "XX Italian chess championship"

a cancel (Ckm nr. 67) on a special card has been issued by the organisation of the tournament

Marostica august-september 1957  "chess match with live chessmen"

for this event was used 3 meter slogan postmarks in Bassano, Venezia and Vicenza

This copie have an error , a part of the date is inverted !

From Marostica post office was used this special and rare cancel too
 

Gardone 28.4.56 - 1.5.56  "V International chess Tournament"

the special cancel (Ckm nr. 49) and the nice official card issued for the tournament

MAROSTICA september 11th 1955  "Match with live chessmen"

the organisation has reprinted the nice card of the preceding year

Sirmione 30.4.54 - 2.5.54  "3rd International chess Festival"

a special cancel (Ckm nr. 41) and a nice official card was issued for this event

MAROSTICA september 12th 1954  "Match with live chessmen"

the organisation has issued a very nice and rare special card

Venezia September 28th - October 15th  1950  "4th International Tournament"

very nice card  printed for the event

Venezia September-October 1949  "3rd International Tournament"

very nice card  printed for the event

Venezia October 3rd-8th 1948  "2nd International Tournament"

very nice card  printed for the event

MAROSTICA september 2nd 1923  "Match with live chessmen"

2 postcards printed for the event : the famous and very rare special card "the king crying"

and the image of the chess square in front of the castle

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