BIRTHDAYS

X-J-1220 - Birthday Greetings. Little girl playing with dolls while dog and cat look on. T. P. & Co. No. 854 for hand coloring. EX. $15.00. Click to Look

X-J-1240 - To wish you a happy Birthday (blue and purple irises on wood grain background). VG+, slight corner wear, spot on back. PM 1911. DB. $5.00. Click to Look

97-0103 - Von happy Birthday May you get Mit ..., boy playing a recorder. S 255. PM 1916. DB. VG+, slight corner crease. $6.00 Click to Look

97-0108 - A happy birthday. No. 588. DB. VG, very slight soiling, corner crease (not obvious). $5.00. Click to Look

97-0180 - May your birthday be one of pure happiness (two ivy leaves with pictures of girls in them - embossed). The Carlton Publishing Co., London E.C. Series 105. DB. EX- stamp removed. $17.00.

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EASTER

98-1036 - A Joyful Easter. Beautiful girl in blue dress and bonnet carries egg shell with flowers spilling out.PFB Serie 7554. DB, embossed. PM 1909. $14.00. Click to Look

98-1027 - Joyful Easter. In a red Easter egg frame trimmed with gold is a bunny in profile wearing a waistcoat and ascot. An apron protects him from the paint splashes of decorating Easter eggs. DB. PM 1910. Series 1520a. VG, some wear on the corners, particularly the bottom. $11.50. Click to Look

X-I-1168 - Blessed with Easter Peace /May Strife and Sorrow cease. Easter Angel. Stecher No. 504E. DB, embossed. (Stamp Box: Place Stamp / Domestic 1c / Foreign 1c). VG++, $9.00. Click to Look

X-I-1169 - Easter Blessings. Easter Angel. Stecher No. 504F. DB, embossed. (Stamp Box: Place Stamp / Domestic 1c / Foreign 1c). VG++, $9.00. Click to Look

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FRIENDSHIP

97-0177 - To Seal Our Friendship (sealing wax with hands shaking). Zim. postmark not readable. VG+. edge and corner wear $5.50.

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HALLOWEEN

B-K-0006 All Hallowe’en / Perhaps I love you, / Who can tell? "Mrs. Pumpkin" / Sounds very swell. / Will you? Embossed. No. 103 S. Printed in Germany. Photo copyrighted 1907, T.M. & N. Co., New York. VG+, very light postal ink, corners not crisp. Postmarked Huntingdon PA, October 30 (year not readable) 11 AM. $67.00. Click to Look

B-K-0007 -Here’s joy for every Hallowe’en / And all the days that fall between. Boy and policeman. Jack-o-lanterns. Embossed. Whitney. VG++, light corner bumps. $42.50. Click to Look

B-K-0008 -Hallowe’en Greetings. Girl, jack-o-lantern, black cat. Postmarked Seattle, Wash Oct 29, 1911, 7-PM. VG, light marks on front, light corner bumps. $31.00. Click to Look

B-K-0009 -A Happy Hallowe’en / A pumpkin head I would like to be / If in your arms you would take me. Woman, jack-o-lanterns, black cat, candles, smoke. Embossed. No. 852. Postmarked St. Louis, MO Oct 31, 1911 1 AM. Received Pattonville MO. VG, light corner and edge wear. $50.00. Click to Look

X-J-1248 - Merry Hallowe’en Greetings. Scarecrow, JOL, pumpkin, black cat Lookout! Gibson Art Co. DB. VG+, slight bend lower left. $28.00. Click to Look

Our supply of Halloween cards changes fairly often. If you are interested in current listings, please e-mail us at: adams@teleport.com

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ST. PATRICK'S DAY

B-C-0001 "Blarney Castle". Very nice Irish-themed card. Harp and shamrocks at bottom, banner at top with "ERIN GO BRAGH" in white on silver. Lower right side, small print: BLARNEY CASTLE. VG, light corner wear, light creasing lower left. $7.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

B-C-0002 Clapsaddle. Wearing of the Green: Little blonde child "wearing the green" Lower left: "OH, the/Shamrock,/the green,/immortal/Shamrock!/Chosen leaf/of Bard/and Chief,/Old Erin's/native Shamrock. Signed: Ellen Clapsaddle, LR. VG+ $28.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

B-C-0003 "The Shamrock for Ever". Nice Irish Greetings card, complete with a tiny packet of "REAL SHAMROCK SEEDS". VG, light corner crease, UR; light edge crease, UR. $8.50. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

B-C-0004 Max Ettlinger, London, publishers. Series 4737. Drawing of two Irish pipes tied with a ribbon, each sprouting a splendid crop of shamrocks from its bowl. VG, corners blunted, light vertical crease, left edge. $10.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

B-C-0005 Embossed St. Patrick's Day card, with a woman in green sitting at a spinning wheel. Below: "Merrily, cheerily, nosily whirring/Swings the wheel, spins the reel/While the foot's stirring. VG+ $10.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

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ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

Y-A-0046 -Love’s Greetings. Pretty maid in hat with streamers plays with two hearts pierced with an arrow, writing is in gold. EAS. WOB Feb. 14, 1910. VG++, barely noticeable album impressions, upper left corner bumped and the shimmer test reveals a light crease in the upper left corner. $18.50. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

Y-A-0047 -Hearts repaired here (in large heart). Blacksmith cupid working on two hearts at his anvil. VG. Light discoloration here and there. $12.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

Y-A-0048 -Whatever spot on (earth) U B Remember my (heart) has a spot for Thee. Artist cupid with palette sits beside a drying canvas garnished with hearts, the two in the middle pierced with silver tipped arrows. WOF 1916, PM Chicago 1916. Gottschalk, Dreyfuss & Davis Series No. 2068. VG, light corner wear, and a few small spots. $8.50. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

X-H-1148 - To My Valentine on purple fabric pillow over green banner, four leaf clovers garnish, heart charms, beige marbled background, discreet wof "Roman" at the bottom. PFB. DB. VG++, a sturdy card with EX corners and edges but wof makes it very good ++. $14.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

98-1064 - To my Valentine - If’t was not for that tongue of thine you should be my valentine. Cut off a yard or two and yet you’ll still have more than a suffragette. VG+, very slight corner ding upper right. $25.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

98-1065 - I can’t help but keep friendship’s day you see ... Be my Valentine; boy and girl standing in front of a flower covered lattice, big heart in background. Whitney. wob Feb. 14, 1930. VG+, very slight corner ding upper right. $14.00. Click the picture to see a bigger picture.

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OTHER GREETINGS

98-1066 - May. Large purple flower with lots of glitter. E.B.C. 1932. DB. VG.,, slight corner ding. $7.50. Click to Look

97-0178 - Best Wishes (toasting glass, white ribbon, lots of violets). No. 656. VG++, slight corner ding. $6.50.

97-0179 - Bread and butter card. G.K. Prince No. 217. PM Hurdland MO. VG+, some slight soiling and light crease. $6.50.

97-0181 - Come and Visit Me ... (spinning wheel with flowers) Owen Card Pub. Co. 119E. DB. VG++. $5.00.

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