Black and white photograph Villa Pace with iron work benches, from the rear grounds. Nov. 8 1959 by Aubrey Bodine. Includes certificate of authenticity from The Baltimore Sun.
First Day Cover Folder for the First Day of Issue of the opera singer series including silhouettes of Rosa Ponselle as Norma and Lawrence Tibbett, September 10, 1997. Folder silhouette moves to reveal the stamps of Rosa Ponselle, Richard Tucker,…
First day cover gold replica of Rosa Ponselle Stamp. Cancelation "The American Music Stamp Festival, Sept. 10, 1997, New York, NY, first day of issue". On maroon felt.
FDC RP Stamp Supplement for RP Birthday Cachet by Doris Gold, hand-painted with 2 Metropolitan Opera stamps, canceled in Meriden, Connecticut, Jan. 22, 1997. Addition of Rosa Ponselle stamp and New York Sept. 10, 1997 cancelation. Original notes by…
Opera News issue for Rosa Ponselle's 80th birthday, with multiple articles and photos: "Rosa an Eightieth Birthday Homage" (Walter Legge), "From The Villa Pace" (Thomas Pasatieri), "The Ponselle Legacy" (George Jellinek), program for broadcast of La…
FDC Opera Singers (George Sottung) "The American Music Stamp Festival". 4 opera singers including Rosa Ponselle painted envelopes with descriptions and biographies on the reverse. Each include their own USPS Opera Singers series stamps. Canceled…
Photograph of John Kendall with Zinka Milanov & Rosa Ponselle all in evening attire. From his estate. 12 x 14. Back has framed date of April 14, 1954 (Met visited Baltimore for a Norma with Milanov on March 29, 1954).
Black and white photograph of recording session at Villa Pace with sponsor Addison Foster, record collector Lloyd Garrison, engineer George Steele, Rosa Ponselle, and Romano Romani at the piano. Photo by Frank P. Kalita, stamped 1952. Includes…