Photography in Postal History

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Monday, 15 March 2021

Lowman & Hanford: Photographic Supplies Dealer & Printing Co.

Business stationery of Lowman & Hanford, a US photographic supplies dealer and printing company.

Damga tarihi : 1905 Amerika

Lowman & Hanford antetli iş zarfı.Fotoğraf malzemeleri satıcısı.

Date of use : 1905 USA

Business stationery.Used by the Lowman & Hanford stationery and printing co, also dealer of the photographic supplies.

Saturday, 29 August 2020

Oriental Carpet Co. – Aliotti Family's Global Trade Legacy

Business stationery from the Oriental Carpet Company, used by Pierre Aliotti, showcasing early 20th-century Levantine trade connections.

Damga tarihi : 1917 Osmanlı Imparatorluğu

İzmir'in tanınmış levanten ailelerinden Pierre Aliotti anteni taşıyan zarf.Zarfın üst kısmında fotoğraflar yazılı bir not düşülmüş ve taahhütlü olarak İsviçreye gönderilmiş.Aliotti ailesi iki yüzyıl önce Floransa'dan İzmir'e gelmiş ve Oriental Carpet Company şirketini kurarak (1907) halı ticareti işine girmiştir.Şirket ilerleyen yıllarda büyüyerek, İstanbul,Londra,Paris,New York,Kahire,Toronta Buenos Aires'te şubeler açmıştır. Aile İzmirde Bornova, Buca ve Karşıyaka'da yaşamıştır.

Reverse side of Pierre Aliotti’s business stationery with handwritten commercial content, reflecting Ottoman-era Levantine trade correspondence.

Date of use : 1917 Ottoman Empire

Business stationery, used by Pierre Aliotti.The levantines family Aliotties came from Florence to İzmir ( Turkey ) some 200 years ago and lived in Bornova,Buca,Karşıyaka. They are owner of the Oriental Carpet Company. This company was established in 1907. The company had branches , İstanbul,Londra,Paris,New York,Cairo,Toronto,Buenos Aires.

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