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Societa Veneziana per l'Industria delle Conterie
Venezia february 1st 1933, share of 350 Lira; black on yellow, unfolded, hole cancelled, EF, 270 Euro.
Very decorative: a beauty to frame ! see picture.
This glass bead industry on the isle of Murano was established at instigation of the discoverer Marco Polo who exchange-traded the beads with the people he met at foreign shores.
Illustrations:
- View on Venice, probably Murano
- Lion with text PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEOS
- Cock with snake, the armour symbol of the isle of Murano, which became part of Venice at the late 1930ies.
- 2 gracious ladies (one wth bare breasts) with glass bead strings, the produce of the factory
- orange trees