"Call on Mr & Mrs Clarance Fry / and see the baby Boy. / I left on the back gate. / ... / Name E. Franklin" with image of a bespectacled stork at a desk, postcard mailed August 8 1910 at Fremont Ohio to Mr. Frank Fry of Delaware Ohio (the proud grandparent), trivial corner & edge wear. Framing suggested. $10.00 gbbo NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

    "Cupid Told The Stork To bring / a boy to us Sun. / Name Edward Philip / weight 9 lbs. / date of birth Feb 25 1912" with embossed image of a flying stork bearing 3 babies, color post card published by Winsch (1910 copyright), mailed Feb 27 1912 at Lilly Chapel Ohio (nice strike of the DPO cancel with just a couple of embossing gaps) by Mr. & Mrs. B. C. Sidner, a few unimportant tiny speckles of toning on front & a tiny corner bend. Framing suggested. $10.00 bgw-o

    "Je m'appelle Lucie / Je suis né le 11 Octobre 12 / De la part de mes parents / Monsieur et Madame Ch. Leconte" hand colored / tinted real photo post card of the baby Lucie Leconte near a bunch of flowers, photographer LOTUS, addressed on back to a relative. Nice. $7.50 bg

"Just / Arrived / I came Jan. 3 1923 / My name is / Vivian Arlene / I belong to / Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Phares / I weigh 7 lbs." postcard with artwork showing baby on flying stork, mailed, light toning both sides. $2.50 bg+

   "Ohne Bezugsschein" numbered 61814 / 1, real photo post card published by Amag showing a baby with a stork, writing on back dates to 1916, much oxidation. $7.50

    "THE MOST DANGEROUS BIRD IN THE WORLD /  THE STORK" with women running away, and one supplicant caught, color art, number 5 in The Stork Series, mailed 1908 in Ohio, corner & edge wear, 2 internal crease, light toning on back. $4.00 sb

    Uncaptioned circa 1890 trade card, art shows child with rattle in a weighing scale, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio covers back, very light toning on back. Circa 1890. $12.50 aocb

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    1083. "Bonne Fête" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard from AN Paris, TCV circa 1908 to Sarthe, lightly toned back, 3 tiny spots on front. $9.50 w(a)b

    "1275 Bonne Fête" woman framed by a large wreathe of flowers, holding large flower basket, hand-tinted real photo carte postale sent TCV to Paris, French stamp partially removed on front, minor edge wear. A birthday card. $3.00 w(o)b NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

    "181 / BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card published by PC of Paris, with 4-line poem at bottom, unused, corner crease weakens lower right corner, album adherence on back. $6.00

"220 Bonne Fête" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard published by PC of Paris, writing on back, corner crease. $5.00

2806 / 6 "A Happy Birthday" showing a woman holding a large bouquet of flowers, hand-colored / tinted real photo post card with paste beads, published by RPH, writing on back, toned back. $5.00 w(r)b

    "4339 / Gelukkige Verjaardag" real photo postcard published by PC of Paris, writing on back, minor wear to one corner. $5.00

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    "4845 / GELUKKIGE VERJAARDAG" real photo post card published by PC of Paris, mailed in Belgium, minor wear at one corner. $5.00

    "5820 / Gelukkige Verjaardag" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard published by Léo of Paris, writing on back. $7.50

    "61322 / 6 BIRTHDAY GREETINGS" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card with 4 line poem, mailed in Great Britain, Amag published, trivial wear to bottom edge. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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    "A Birthday Greeting. // 614/1" showing a smiling young woman with a basket of flowers, hand-tinted real photo postcard with paste beads added, printed in Germany, mailed 1912 in England, fairly fresh & well done. Undisclosed publisher. $5.00 bw(o)

"A / Birthday Greeting // A message sweet doth this my card convey-- / 'May fortune's favours gladden thy Birthday.'" signed A. Haller art, embossed, postcard mailed 1916, 2 small creases away from the art. $2.75 ab

    "A Happy / Birthday" showing a woman with upraised champaign glass within an embossed oval, unused hand-tinted real photo postcard printed in Germany, small corner crease, light toning on front. $3.75 bw(o)

"A Happy / Birthday" three embossed angels in the clouds delivering sacks of sealed mail, color post card printed in Germany, mailed 1911 in New Hampshire. $7.50 ab%

"A Happy Birthday" under flowers in an embossed horseshoe, Winsch published postcard, mailed 1911, corner crease. $2.25

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"A Happy Birthday" under oval frame with scenic art, Winsch Series 680, unused post card, one corner worn. $2.00

"A / Hearty / Birthday / Greeting" with embossed pink flowers, postcard mailed 1910, small corner crease. $2.25

    "A Birthday Greeting / For Remembrance // May Love's sweet roses bring to-day for You / A greeting tender and a message true, / ..." and 2 more lines of poetry around a locket with a woman's portrait & white flowers, post card from Rotary Photo in London circa 1910, writing on back. Nice & well-suited for framing. $5.00 bp

    "A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU" on an embossed Tuck Series 105 "BIRTHDAY POST CARDS". While the marvelous art is not signed or attributed, it sure looks like a Brundage to us. (The Lowe reference lists many Tucks which he did in this timeframe.) Mailed Topsham, Vermont 1909. Just a little toning front and back. Overall, an attractive postcard that could be framed. $5.00 postpaid to any United States address.

"A Very Happy / Birthday / This is my Birthday wish most true, / That coming years may hold,… / DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH, 1914" post card with 2 more lines of poetry within embossed violet flowers & gold ornamentation, corner crease, part of cancel on front. $2.00

    "BEST BIRTHDAY WISHES / 1459" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard with woodland scene, nicely done, writing on back wishes a teacher Happy Khordadshal, tiny scrape near bottom. $3.75 b

    "BEST BIRTHDAY WISHES. / This comes to show this Natal-day, / That by old friends is not forgot, ... / 9044" with two more lines of poetry, hand-colored postcard published by NPG,  appropriate writing on back, album impressions at the corners, bottom corners with small creases (not near the image). $2.50 bp

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    "Best Birthday Wishes.. /  True as steel, pure as gold, /  May each passing year unfold / … / DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH, 1914" with one more line of poetry below a country scene in an embossed frame & pink roses in a vase, post card printed in Germany, unused, small corner crease, couple tiny toning spots. $3.25

"Birthday card. / Warshaw Collection of Business Americana / Archives Center, National Museum of American History" 2 cats stalk a butterfly on an open album, unused continental museum card, 2 serrated edges as issued, excellent condition. $1.25 cbb

"BIRTHDAY / GREETINGS / All joys / be thine /  throughout / the years… / DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH 1910" with country scene in an embossed frame, postcard mailed 1913, faint corner crease. $2.75

"Birthday Greetings / DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH, 1913" post card with subtly colored art shows man working beside a stream, addressed, gouge out of edge does not affect art. $1.25

"BIRTHDAY GREETINGS / Don't estimate / My great regard, / ..." signed art showing a house on a hill with a short poem, post card numbered 2328 on back, unused, small corner bend. $1.75 ab. Same but no bend, lightly toned front. $1.75 ab

"BIRTHDAY / GREETINGS / ENDURING REGARD..." signed art depicts a stroll in the country, postcard numbered 2328 on back, unused, trivial corner & edge wear. $2.00 ab

    "Birthday Greetings" exceptionally colorful basket of flowers with extensive gilt highlights, unused post card printed in Germany, Serie 25, hint of wear at the corners. The apparent interruption in the border at the lower left is not a scrape; it is printed that way so that a printer's guide mark (a dot) falls within it to assure that all the colors are aligned properly. $2.50 bf

    "Birthday Greetings" postcard from Tuck Series 127 (Flower Offerings), mailed 1909 in Kentucky, light amount of cancel ink on front, corner & edge wear, internal crease towards the left front. $2.75 tfb NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

    "Birthday Greetings" signed art showing a child with a bunch of flowers, a country scene in the background panels; unused postcard, paper browning with age especially near the edges, soft corners. No you are not seeing double; this is a printing error from the publisher Gartner & Bender in Chicago, with the black color misregistered. $4.00 ecba

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    "Birthday Greetings" two embossed angels hold horseshoes, violets & lilies of the valley with a windmill in the distance, color postcard printed in Germany, handwriting both sides, small toned spot on back. $5.00 (ba)

    "Birthday Wishes. / A friend who is true / Sends this wish to you / For a happy birthday / …" hand-colored / tinted real photo with poem, showing  a cute & smiling little girl with flowers & 2 dolls nearby, embossed border, writing on back. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (267,569 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 dbg!%

    "Birthday Wishes and Greetings // May every gift that happiness bestows, / Be Yours to-day in richest golden store, / And Life's calm river as it onward flows, / Bring You to gladness never known before // 222-1" hand-tinted / colored real photo postcards from the Regent Series of the Regent Publishing Company, printed in England & mailed at Leytonstone (fairly clear 14 JUN 15 machine cancel) to East Ham, good edges, tiny spot of cancel ink at the top front center edge. $5.00 be(r)p

    "Bonne / et heureure Fête // ARJALEW PHOT. // PARIS" beautiful woman near a flower stand, hand-tinted real photo carte postale mailed TCV within France, date & signature of sender on front, tiny bottom corner crease, otherwise good edges. $5.50 bp(a) NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

    "Bonne  Fête / 1190  FURIA" showing a man with a small bouquet of flowers, carte postale made in France, appropriate birthday message in French written on the back, trivial wear at the bottom edge. $4.75 mb

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    "BONNE FÊTE / 2006" young woman adorned with many flowers holds a basket with more flowers, birthday card mailed in France 1908, tiny but noticeable spots of cancel ink on her skin, lightly toned back, damaged stamp. $3.75 w(o)b

    "Bonne Fête / 2009" French hand-colored real photo birthday postcard, message written all over back, ink stain at top front almost looks like it belongs due to its color & placement, more ink stain on back, upper corner crease, as is. From Chipault et Cie, Boulogne sur Seine. $2.00 bw(o)

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    "Bonne Fête / 4635" showing a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, publisher's mark a monogrammed S in a diamond, hand-tinted real photo birthday postcard made in France, French message on back dates to 1922, mild wear to two corners, a few tiny speckles of toning on back. $7.50 w(o)bm

    "Bonne Fête // PARIS / 390" subtly hand-tinted real photo post card of a smiling young woman over a violet handstamp with the birthday wishes, mailed TCV 1910 in France, trivial wear at 2 corners, slight curl to the paper. Monogram of intersecting VV letters over 2 crossed feathers at bottom. $4.75 bw(o)

    "Daudz laimes vardā dienā!" with 12-line Latvian poem & man toasting the recipient's Name Day'; unused hand-tinted real photo postcard, oxidation consistent with circa-1910 age, slight curl to the paper, soiled appearance on back. $6.00 lbp NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

EAS 4697 / 2 (bottom of numbers do not show, but we know the series so we are sure--see next postcard). "Joyous may your / birthday / be // When Birthday hours their / course have sped, / …" young woman with corsage within an oval that is also bedecked with flowers, hand-colored / tinted real photo, 2 corner creases, 1 tiny corner crease, writing on back, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $5.00 w(e)b

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EAS 4697 / 6. "Bright birthday / hours // Kept by the hand of Heaven's / unerring power, / …" young woman with small flowers within an oval also with flowers, hand-colored / tinted real photo post card, writing on back from Kristy Moravec of Chicago, slight yellowing of the paper with age, tiny spots of toning--just a few on front, many on back. $5.00 w(e)b

    "FURIA // 1857 / 4 / "Bonne Fête" hand-colored / tinted, unused postcard with toned back. $7.50 wb

    "HAPPY BIRTHDAY / 1459" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card with woodland scene, nicely done, writing on back. Shown. $4.75 b. Same but with a tiny scrape on the front. $3.25 b

“Happy Birthday” featuring a birthday pastry in vertical format, unused continental postcard, copyrighted photo by Susan King, mild corner & edge wear, light toning on back. $0.75 pb

"Heartiest / Birthday / Greetings" art shows steamship in an embossed diamond frame, surrounded by roses & lilies of the valley, postcard made in Germany, writing on back. Best given matted & framed because top & bottom borders not the same thickness. $3.25 b

    "HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH / ZUM GEBURTSTAGE / 44" hand-tinted real photo of a young woman holding a bouquet of flowers, mailed 1911 by Kate Seebach at Cassel Germany to her friend Fraulein Clara Weisse in Greussen Thuringia, small translucent spot of toning on back. Publisher's name at lower right front is Accobe. $5.50 bg(w)w(a)

"Just a loving / Thought of you / On your Birthday" with signed De Garno art depicting 2 daisies in color, postcard mailed 1915, minor corner & edge wear. $1.75 a(d)b

    "Life offers much / of pleasure and of joy, / May they be yours alway." Tuck post card from their Series 125 (Birthday), mailed 1909 in New York, printed in Bavaria, light toning on front especially at the edges, long upper corner crease. $2.75 tfb

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    LILAS 7681. "Heureuse fête" smiling young woman holds a large bouquet of flowers on her birthday; hand-tinted real photo, French message on back dates to 1913, slight curl to the paper would work out in an album, faint internal crease near one upper corner, other corner wear is trivial. $4.75 bw(o) NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"Loving / Birthday / Greetings" art in an oval depicts a winter scene surrounded by an embossed frame & violets, unused post card, fairly fresh. $3.25 b

    "Loving / Birthday / Wishes. // May joy and love be yours to-day, / And flowers be sweet upon your way, ... " with 2 more lines of poetry, hand-colored (and, hence, unique) real photo within a decorative embossed border, postcard has toning along both sides of the upper edge, small & faint lower corner crease, some of the writing on back has been scribbled off. As is. $1.75 bfp

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    "May all / your days be happy days" Tuck postcard from its Series 125 (Birthday), printed in Bavaria, writing on back, one edge nicked, corner wear & rounding, light front toning near edges. $3.50 tfb

"Sweet memories / attend you / throughout / the day // A / HAPPY / Birthday" under an embossed fan with violet flowers, postcard mailed circa 1910 at Milford New Hampshire, hint of toning in the front border. $3.25 b

    "U. S. S. CONSTELLATION DRESSED FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH'S / BIRTHDAY DURING VISIT OF H. M. S. YORK, NEWPORT, R. I. / IN 1937" unused linen post card from Berger Bros., slightly browning paper with age, fairly fresh color & good edges. $3.75 rs(m)b

"WHEN IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY / I cannot make a speech today, / ..." signed Weaver art showing house through a window, post card numbered 2328 on back, unused, long crease. $1.50 ab

"With A JOLLY / WISH for / Your BIRTHDAY" verse beside hand-colored / tinted Rajar bromide real photo of boy playing with old model tractor, decorative embossed edges, postcard with writing on back, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 tb

"With Best / Birthday Wishes" with embossed roses & violets, name written on front, post card mailed 1911, soft corners. $2.00 (wb)

    "With Best / Birthday Wishes / 'If we could all go out / of flower, as gracefully, as pleasingly, / as we come into blossom.' 'To me, fair friend, you never / can be old'  Shakespeare" with his portrait in color with an embossed frame & flowers over the quotes, Winsch postcard with 1910 copyright, initials written at bottom of front, one tiny scrape on front, minor edge wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 abw

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Three post cards mailed 1908-1910, Other Postcard has pencil writing on back. Two Have Corner Creases, Rest Just Minor corner & edge wear. Themes: Children, Doves in Heart,
& Flower Baskets with Birds (2).
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