Vintage Colorful Christmas Postcards (11) Written/Sent

Collectibles : Holiday, Seasonal

 

Sentimental and colorful, this set of eleven vintage Christmas Postcards is in excellent condition. Ten 3.5"x 5.5" cards have written messages; six cards have postmarks between 1906 and 1920, one card has a stamp but not sent, three have messages but no postage or postmarks, and one 3.75"x 5.75" was never written or mailed. Details on each below. 5in" align="center"> 1. French Hand-tinted Photo Card: horizontal; "Stebbing Phot. (star)", little girl with clown and Polichinelle dolls, postmark "Guingamp Cotes-Du-Nord // 12/30/(19)06" 2. Belsnickle with Church in border: horizontal, embossed; "Printed in Germany No. 150", "Cedar Falls Iowa // Dec 22 // 1909". 3. Russian Santa & Church: horizontal, over-printed gold details; "EAS (in heart) // Copyrighted M. Loewe... 1911", "Printed in Germany", "Courtenay N. Dak. // Dec 24 // 1912" (also has Denver Co postmark as this card went to three different addresses. 4. Smiling Santa in frame of branches under Mistletoe: vertical, embossed; "©", "Series 230B", "Loman Minn. // Dec 22 1913" also "Oxford Nebr. // Dec 25 1913". 5. Little Boy with horn in evergreen branches, over farm scene: vertical, "Made In U.S.A.", "SB (superimposed in circle) C.S. 669", "Cadoosville Ill. // Dec 23 1914". 6. Belsnickel outside house, with border: vertical, embossed with silk hat; "Colorado Springs Colo. // Dec 18 1920", Christmas Seal, and chubby child sticker. 7. Belsnickle in woods with church & holly branches: vertical, embossed with full red silk coat; Ben Franklin one-cent stamp, no postmarks (meant for Coalgate Okla. 8. Santa with a lovely young woman: vertical, embossed; "Santa Claus Series 404", (no stamp or postmark, from a lady in Muskogee Okla to Vida in Brazil Ind. 9. Elfin Santa with toys flowing out of his sack & child in bed: vertical, embossed; hand-written "From Aunt Lizzie // Merle Dunn". 10. Portrait of Santa & Little Girl: vertical, lightly embossed; "Copyright 1906 by H.I. Robbins Boston", hand-written in pencil by a young boy to his mom or sister. 11. Girl with Doll in circle over pussy willows: this larger card is covered with acetate sheets stapled at the corners. No marks or writing or postage. There are two more than shown in the pictures. These cards would be lovely framed as a set, or gracing the mantle once a year.

Item ID: 597