Victorian Trade Card - HUNGARY (Hongrie) ~ Boy Postman in 'National Costume' ~ c.1880s-90s

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This European Victorian trade card features a little Hungarian boy delivering the mail. This colour litho card is one of a series with children dressed in an artist's idea of the postal service uniform of their native country. The chromolithograph illustration of the little mailman with a letter in his hand is on a gilt background within a decorative, colourful frame. A cute little letter carrier in a charming (if not stereotypical), traditional style of dress!

This late 19th Century chromo card is blank on the reverse and has a blank space at the foot of the obverse. Those spaces would contain the details of the advertiser so this card is a printer's stock card or a salesman's sample.

It measures 2"W x 3 1/2"L (approx.) & is in very good condition with strong, bright colours. Those dimensions are typical of and comparable to a cigarette card or tobacco card. There is little of the attendant signs of wear to this over century-old paper card but it is still a sweet & sentimental image. This piece of Victorian ephemera is eminently suitable for framing.

It should be of interest to collectors of postal memorabilia or to students (young & old!) of postal history. Those with an interest in genealogy who have traced their family's ancestry to Hungary should also appreciate this little relic of the past. It might make a nice gift for the Family History buff or amateur genealogist whose "Old Country" family tree has some Hungarian roots!

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Item ID: 6058-1