| Stockholm: Gustavianska Operahuset |
Country: Sweden (Sverige) City: Stockholm Location: Gustav Adolfs torg Royal Opera House, built by Carl Frederik Adelcrantz for King Gustav III. Opened 30 Sep 1782. Site of the assassination of King Gustav III during a masqued ball on 16 Mar 1792. Demolished 1892 in favour of the new Kungliga Operan. |
Front Text: "Mässan å Kungliga Teatern."Publisher: Axel Eliassons konstförlog, Stockholn; Pressens Vecka Officiella Berfkort; No. 20 Type: Undivided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Operan"Reverse Text: "Stockholm, Operan, Gistav III:s operahus; 1782-1891. Akvarell (1890). The opera-house of Gustav III, 1782-1891. Watercolor (1890) by F. Isberg" Publisher: Operan, Stockholm; 9517/19 Type: late 20th-century postcard of an 1890 watercolour painting by Johan Fredrik Isberg Size: Classic Not sent. |
First Day Cover (18 Jan 1973)Front Text: "Kungliga Teatrn 200 år", "Gamla operasalongen" Size: 17.6 x 11.1 cm Not sent. Detail: 
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Stamp and Postmark (18 Jan 1973) Text: "Kungl. Teatern 200 År - 18.1.1973 - Stockholm" [Royal Theater - 200 Years - 18 Jan 1973] Stamp picture: Pehr Hilleström's painting "Orfeus", showing a decoration for Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" that is still in use at the Drottingholm Slottsteater |
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