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- 5/9/1911 (Creation)
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13.8 x 8.8 cm
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Handwritten note by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy from Hyères, France, on a postcard. He expresses thanks to C. P. Cavafy for an issue of the [The Egyptian] Gazette he received. Short comment on the landscape depicted on the card. The card bears a postage stamp, mail service rubber stamps (Hyères, Alexandria) and recipient details. The date "12.9.'11" entered on the card indicates the time it was received (which coincides with the dates on the mail rubber stamps). Handwritten indication "27Α". The other side of the card depicts a chapel at Hyères ("Chapelle de l’Ermitage"). (Hyères)
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English
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Paperboard postcard. Black ink and pencil.
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Cavafy, Paul. “Note by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy”. Postcard, 05.09.1911. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF002-0038 (555), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF002-0038.
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- Cavafy, Paul (Authority)
- Éditions Poullan (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)