Sunday, August 2, 2015

Vintage Valentines, St. Patricks and Thanksgiving Postcards-- the peripheral holidays.

Loving Greetings to my Valentine is postmarked 1908.  Tucks Post Card-- Raphael Tuck and Sons "Valentine Post Card Series No. 19 "Love Missives.  Art published to their majesties the King and Queen.  Printed in Saxony by Appointment.  Lightly embossed, the words are only embossed.  

My Heart is all for you... dated 1910.  
This card, 'Affections Offering' is lightly embossed.  The forest scene with a basket of forget-me-not flowers and birds is framed by a heart.  Raphael Tuck and Sons 'Valentine Post Card Series no. 10 Love Missives'.  No date.
'Loving Greetings' isn't blatantly a valentines card, but the hearts give it away.  Date is missing with stamp.  No other details.  Fresh and breezy card is lightly embossed.  


This embossed card was printed by the International Art Pub. Co, New York, Berlin, printed in Germany.  Postmarked 1909.

This embossed St. Patricks day card, complete with lucky shamrock and horse shoe.  Gold leafing adorns all of the gold areas.  
This embossed Thanksgiving card shows the American tradition of turkey dinners...  Postmarked 1910.  
An acorn peeled away reveals a turkey in harvest season on a homestead.  The outer ground features foods of nature.  This embossed card wishes 'A Joyful Thanksgiving to you.'  Postmarked 1911.
This scene shows colorful leaves changing color for the fall season.  'When the Leaves Begin to Turn' is postmarked December 1909.

This embossed card features a turkey holding the knife used to carve it!





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