KLM Lockheed Super Constellation Airline Postcard – 1950s

A black-and-white KLM airline postcard showing a Lockheed Super Constellation parked on an airport apron. The three-quarter front view highlights the aircraft's rounded nose, propeller engines and distinctive triple tail, with airport buildings and another aircraft in the background.

The reverse features the KLM emblem and printed aircraft name, alongside a Hungarian handwritten message, a Budapest address and a cancelled Turkish postage stamp. A characterful addition to collections of KLM memorabilia, classic propeller airliners and postally used aviation postcards.

• Type: Airline postcard
• Condition: Postally used, with handwriting, stamp and cancellation on the reverse. Visible corner and edge wear, light age-related toning, scattered spotting and surface marks. The picture side has noticeable dark marks, particularly at the upper left and lower left. Please examine both photographs for the exact condition.
• Size: 14.8 × 9.7 cm (approximately 5.83 × 3.82 inches)
• Style: Black-and-white aviation photographic view
• Date: 1950s; handwritten date appears to read 13 July 1957. Exact printing year unknown.
• Airline: KLM
• Aircraft: Lockheed Super Constellation, identified by the printed caption on the reverse
• Printer: Planeta, Haarlem; reverse marked “Printed in the Netherlands by Planeta Haarlem”
• Language: English printed production credit; Hungarian handwritten message
• Postal use: Turkish stamp and cancellation; addressed to Budapest, Hungary
• Item reference: APC2

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