Grande Lotteria Nazionale Italiana mailed to Cagliari
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Items (Cataloging Focus)
Title Proper/Title Text
Grande Lotteria Nazionale Italiana mailed to Cagliari
Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated August 8, 1912 on the verso)
Inscription Language
Italian (Language)
General Subject Terms
Descriptive Note Text
This postcard advertized the Grand Italian National Lottery that benefitted the 1911 Exposition. The grand prize amounted to 1.5 million liras (approximately 5.718.717 Euros today) and a ticket cost 3 liras (approximately 17 Euros today) and could be divided into thirds.
The postcard depicts an allegory of Fortuna (a blindfolded woman in flowing white garments against a fiery sky) holding the Wheel of Fortune as a young maiden approaches her with arms outstretched. In the background, one can see the Mole Antonelliana (Turin) and the Altare della Patria (Rome).
The postcard was mailed to Cagliari (Sardinia) and dated August 8, 1912.
Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)
Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PATR-0004