My Black & White postcards from the 1950-60 era by 'George Talanos' and 'National Photo Studio'.

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Landscape format Black & white postcards made by George Talanos:

Note – different series:
Some postcards have the same photo and/or different number. It seems there are at least 7 different printings:

1. Copyright by: Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN
2. Copyright by: Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –  Printed in Germany
3. Copyright by: Photo-Art, George Talanos‘, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
4. Copyright by: Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, P.O. Box 240 Ethiopia.
5. Copyright Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6. Copyright by: Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Valentine’s post card and PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN on backside.
7. PHOTO ART GEORGE TALANOS ADDIS ABABA – hand-stamped, and white margins around photo. 

Only the different postcard numbers/pictures combinations are presented below in number sequence, but are spilt between horizontal and vertical blocks:

Horizontal postcards:

Portrait format Black & white postcards made by George Talanos, listed by numbers:

Vertical postcards:

Landscape format Black & white postcards made by “National Photo Studio“, listed by numbers.

Note: There seems to be two different printings: one by “Edit National Phpto Studio” with number on the front, and one by “National Photo Studios” with number on the back. Both were printed by “Photocelere, Torino”:

Horizontal postcards:

Portrait format Black & white postcards made by “National Photo Studio“, listed by numbers (numbers on front or on the back):

Vertical postcards:

Hand colored B&W postcards (without numbers) made by:  ‘Photo Georges – Cunningham Street n. 56 – de fronte alla Posta Centrale’:

Hand colored B&W postcards (without numbers) made by:  ‘Ed. M Antonacci – Harar’:

Valentine’s postcards (without numbers) made by George Talanos (with ref. to number on his identical B&W postcards):