Raggio, Antonio
1939

Manuscript map of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe

Isla Guadalupe

DESCRIPTION: Beautiful manuscript map of Guadeloupe (Isla Guadalupe), part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Includes the Isles des Saintes and Maria Galante Island. Fine detail with rivers, mountains, and cities identified. Includes a separate matching fact sheet on the island in Spanish. Both on light card stock.

By Antonio F. Raggio as one in a series of ink and watercolor maps on cards prepared for the Exposicion Filatelica Internacional 11th Congreso de la Union Postal Universal (World Postal Congress), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1939. It is likely that the manuscript cards were proof drawings or models for the engraving of stamps.

CREATOR: Raggio, Antonio

PUBLICATION DATE: 1939

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Guadeloupe

BODY OF WATER: Caribbean Sea

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean and bright with a small light stain in bottom margin. Fine detail and careful execution.

COLORING: Original fine hand coloring.

ENGRAVER: Hand drawn and hand colored

SIZE: 8 " x 12 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 5

PRICE: $300

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