Divided back, deckled edge, unused postcard. Einkarjettur. Hans Petersen, Reykjavík. Stamp box contains the number series 402741. Circa 1910 – 1930s.

Price:  $7.00

Postcard showing black and white photography of the southern Icelandic region with the volcano, Hekla in the distance. Per a Wikipedia entry, Hekla is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland, one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes, and measures at a height of 4,892 feet or 1,491 meters. The first documented eruption was in year 1104 and the most recent eruption was on February 26, 2000.

This postcard happens to have either a word or part of a word written on the back. It may be “view” and someone had started to write more about this view of Hekla, but impossible to say, for sure. The date is circa 1910-1930s, per a similar Hekla postcard found online.

Source:  Hekla. n.d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekla (accessed January 12, 2017).