Postcard of the stadium, San Siro, 1969

Product detailed description

Condition: rounded corners

Dimensions: 14.5 cm x 10.2 cm

Milan’s temple of football in the Rossoneri’s year of European glory! A colour postcard of San Siro stadium, home to both AC Milan and Inter, looking across a junction full of period cars and trams towards the two-tier arena, before its rebuild for the 1990 World Cup. Posted from Milan to Prague with a postmark of 7 April 1969, the season AC Milan won the European Cup. Italian 25 lire stamp from the Siracusana series, published by Edizioni Passoni, series 705. Short greeting in Italian on the reverse.

Facts at a glance

• Item: colour postcard, postally used, written, with stamp
• View: Stadio San Siro (now Stadio Giuseppe Meazza), Milan, Lombardy, Italy
• Clubs: AC Milan, Inter Milan
• Publisher: Edizioni Passoni, series 705, Printed in Italy
• Caption on reverse: Italian, English and German
• Postmark: Poste Milano Ferr. Corrisp., 7 April 1969
• Franking: Italian 25 lire stamp, Siracusana series
• Destination: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Expert note – FAQ

When did AC Milan win the 1969 European Cup?
AC Milan won the European Cup in the 1968/69 season, beating Ajax Amsterdam 4–1 in the final in Madrid on 28 May 1969. It was the club’s second triumph in the competition after 1963. Items linked to San Siro from this season are therefore especially appealing to Rossoneri collectors.

Are postally used postcards worth more than unused ones?
A postally used postcard carries an exact date and place of posting thanks to its postmark, making it a documented period item. Collectors of sports subjects therefore often value used cards more highly than unused ones. The legibility of the postmark, the stamp and overall condition also matter.

What is the Italian Siracusana stamp series?
Siracusana is a long-running Italian definitive stamp series issued from 1953. It shows the head of Italia wearing a turreted crown, based on an ancient coin from Syracuse, and was used for decades in many face values. It is very common on postcards from the 1960s.

lours are especially sought after.