Basel, Switzerland - Market Place & Town Hall - RP postcard 1938

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Basel - Marktplatz & Rathuis (market place and town hall)
• Publisher:  Xaver Frey, Basel
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  20c red defin.
• Postmark(s):  Basel 11 Sep 1938 cds
• Sent to:  Miss Margaret Smythe, 122 Atkins Road, London SW12, England
• Notes / condition:  bumped corner

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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Basel (pron.: /'b??z?l/) or Basle (pron.: /'b??l/; German: Basel; pronounced ['ba?z?l])^{[note 1]} is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants.^[3] Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. In 2011, the Basel agglomeration was the third largest in Switzerland with a population of 500,600^[4] in 74 municipalities in Switzerland and an additional 53 in neighboring countries (municipal count as of 2000).^[5] The tri-national metropolitan area has around 830,000 inhabitants in 226 municipalities.^[6]

Located in northwest Switzerland on the river Rhine, Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace, reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: ""Regio TriRhena"". It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460). Basel is German-speaking. The local variant of the Swiss German dialects is called Basel German.

Basel is among the most important cultural centres of Switzerland. The city comprises a large number of theatres and many museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the world's oldest art collection accessible to the public. In addition the Theater Basel was chosen in 1999 as the best stage for German-language performances and in 2009 & 2010 as ""Opera of the Year"" by German Opera Magazine ""Opernwelt"".^[7]

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: rest of the world

sub-theme=europe

county/ country=switzerland

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=posted