CITY/REGION: Camerata Cornello (Val Brembana, Bergamo) Lombardy, Italy.
MEETUP PLACE: Camerata Cornello, via Orbrembo 20
DATE: 16.09.2023
TIME: 11:00 -16:30 (Italy timezone)
MEETUP PLAN:
The cities of Bergamo and Brescia, with their provinces, are this year declared “Italian cities of culture 2023”. In collaboration with the Museum of Tasso family and postal history, we’ll meet at 11:00 in Camerata Cornello (Bergamo), via Orbrembo 20 (c/o Ostello Brembo), then we’ll go by car to the nearby Bretto village, for a guided tour by the Museum (The Tasso Family founder of the European postal service ) - comfortable shoes are recommended, the village has architectural barriers.
13:15 Lunch at Ostello Brembo (I will provide booking).
In the afternoon the Ostello will reserve us a room for our postal activities, we’ll write and sign postcards and stamp them with the special Postcrossing cancellation mark of Poste Italiane (thanks to Aisp: Associazione italiana di storia postale - Italian association of postal history - service of Poste Italiane from 14:00 to 16:00 )
Then we’ll say goodbye.
Registration is required, deadline 16 August 2023.
Participation fee: 5 euros as a contribution to expenses (lunch not included).
Signing up as soon as possible as participant number is restricted.
Anyone is welcome to join.
Contact me: Postcrossing forum, or Messenger (Maria Grazia Dosio), or email web.mgdosio@alice.it.
Postcard and postmark (thanks to @paulo for the approval)
If you like to swap, comment below reporting your offer and asking if anyone is available for you.
We are looking forward to your registration!
