https://www.balkanphila.com Postal history, stamps, archives, postcards, ephemera, books Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:40:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.balkanphila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png https://www.balkanphila.com 32 32 https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1884-brazil-gymnastic-society-20r-postal-stationery-card/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:44:50 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=90001 Brazil: 1884 20r postal stationery card used internally within Rio De Janeiro with, on reverse, handstamped italic heading in blue ‘Societe Francaise de Gymnastique’. A fine and very early Gymnastics item.

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