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
![RI59ask.jpg (58149 byte)](RI59ask.jpg)
Marostica august-september 1957 "chess
match with live chessmen"
for this event was used 3 meter slogan postmarks in Bassano,
Venezia and Vicenza
![CH57B.jpg (48359 byte)](CH57B.jpg)
![CH57C.jpg (47174 byte)](CH57C.jpg)
This copie have an error , a part of the date is inverted ! ![MA57cer.jpg (35503 byte)](MA57cer.jpg)
From Marostica post office was used this special and rare cancel too
![MA57d.jpg (61859 byte)](MA57d.jpg)
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
![BS56sk.jpg (60272 byte)](BS56sk.jpg)
MAROSTICA september 11th 1955 "Match with
live chessmen"
the organisation has reprinted the nice card of the preceding
year
![MAR55sk.jpg (80295 byte)](MAR55sk.jpg)
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
![BS54sk.jpg (83375 byte)](BS54sk.jpg)
MAROSTICA september 12th 1954 "Match with
live chessmen"
the organisation has issued a very nice and rare special card
![MAR54sk.jpg (80619 byte)](MAR54sk.jpg)
Venezia September 28th - October 15th 1950 "4th International Tournament"
very nice card printed for the event
![](1950VENEZIA.JPG)
Venezia September-October 1949 "3rd
International Tournament"
very nice card printed for the event
![](1949VENEZIA.JPG)
Venezia October 3rd-8th 1948 "2nd International Tournament"
very nice card printed for the event
![](1948VENEZIA.JPG)
MAROSTICA september 2nd 1923 "Match with
live chessmen"
2 postcards printed for the event : the famous and very rare special card
"the
king crying"
![1923re.jpg](1923re.jpg)
and the image of the chess square in front of the castle
![](1923cr.jpg)
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