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POAP18*  This is a specialist modern postcard by Ake Ericson called Roma People In Slovakia and from this famous Swedish phographer captures an incredible gypsy boy performing a backflip who he has photographically captured perfectly in the air (see below information) which was the photo used to enter the annual  photographers awards of Charity London with details on reverse of this unique collectors souvenir unused and mint.

This photograph was taken in the Luník IX settlement in Košice, Slovakia, in 2013, and shows a young Romany boy, Juraj Mizigor, performing a backflip for his friends beneath a rundown tower block. It is a study in resilience and resourcefulness as well as exuberance. The fact that it is in black and white, unintentionally or otherwise, links it to older images of the Roma from decades past, suggesting their long history of persecution and displacement.