
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. $9.00 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

"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
'2/11/11
Local R-1' pencil cancel on a 1-cent Jefferson stamp franking a deeply
embossed hand-colored "A HAPPY BIRTHDAY" postcard addressed to Mr. Charles
Pflueger on Route #1 in Westerville Ohio, made in Germany, spotty toning on
back, 2 of the stamp's corners are creased. $1.50 b-o
"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
birthday 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 format.
$1.50

"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
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 Birthday Greeting. // I wish that I coup pop your way / To tell my wishes
for to-day. / But since we're many miles apart, / / Best wishes take right
from my heart. // 3352" unused hand-colored real photo post card with paste
bead accents & unevenly divided back, printed in German for E. J. Hey &
Company in London EC, good edges. $8.00 w(n)pb

"A Birthday Greeting ... / May thy Life be / a long and / A merry one"
embossed post card with art, mailed AUG 15 1915 (TOL. & THURSTON R.P.O.
cancel) to Marian McMichael in Johnstown Ohio, upper corner crease, internal
crease from the bottom edge, album marks at the corners, long thin line from
the top front center that does not belong. $1.00 b-r

"A / Bright / and Happy / Birthday" embossed floral postcard printed in
Germany, mailed NOV. 16 1908 (clear BURL. & BOS. R.P.O. S.R. hand cancel) to
Miss Josephine Hamill in East Jaffrey New Hampshire by her Aunt Grace, just
a hint of toning on front, good edges. $3.00 bg

"A Happy Birthday" art within an embossed frame, postcard printed in
Germany, mailed SEP 14 1909 to Mr. Jewett G. Holbrook [pharmacist] in Otto
New York (partial RPO cancel), minor corner rounding, a little cancel ink
near the front edges, a little album toning at the corners. $1.50 b

"A happy Birthday" beside a rose, embossed postcard printed in Germany,
mailed JAN 31 1917 (partial Toledo & Thurston R.P.O. cancel) to Forrest
McMichael in Johnstown Ohio, lightly toned back, small spots of toning on
front. $1.25 bf

"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 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.

"An exciting finish. / Birthday Greetings" unused postcard published by EAS,
printed in Germany, long internal crease, minor corner & edge wear, lightly
toned back. $1.50 rb
"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
(shopping in Hindi), tiny scrape near bottom.
$3.75 b

"Best Birthday Wishes. // Every year that you pass, / On the pathway of Life
/ May you get nearer Joy / And father from Strife. // 3356" unused
hand-colored real photo with paste beads added, unevenly divided back,
published by NPG & printed in Germany for E. J. Hey & Company in London EC,
slight curl to the paper, minor corner wear. $8.00 w(n)bp
"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

"Best Birthday Wishes. / Would I could find some language fresh, / To tell
my thoughts anew, / The wishes Kind, the rosy Hopes, / To-day I have for
you. / That joys both radiant, sweet, and bright, / Your Natal-day fill with
delight. / 3360" hand-tinted real photo postcard with paste beads added,
published by NPG & printed in Germany for E. J. Hey & Company in London EC,
slight curl to the paper, minor corner wear. $6.00 w(n)bp
"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
Greeting" embossed art depicting an aviator waving to a woman hiker,
unevenly divided back postcard, salutation in pencil, back paper browning
evenly consistent with circa-1908 age, short internal crease from the bottom
edge, what looks like toning near the front edges may be part of the design because it
borders the circles as well. $2.00 b

"Birthday / Greetings" heavily embossed floral design, background, and
borders; post card mailed MAY 3 1913 (YOUNGS. & DAYTON TR18 R.P.O. hand
cancel) to Mrs. Perry Cox in Barberton Ohio from her sister Rena, pencil
writing a bit smeared but all legible, a little cancel ink toning on front,
minor corner wear. $2.25 bfg
"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
"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, postcard printed in Germany, handwriting both sides, small toned spot on back. $5.00
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"Birthday
/ Greetings" with embossed clover decorations, post card on substantial
paper, mailed MAY 23 1908 (ZANES. & PARKERS. T203 R.P.O. RMS hand cancel),
to Mr. Spencer Fleck Kile in Lowell Ohio, 4 small spots of light toning on
front do not detract, writing on front not the divided back (old habits die
hard). $2.00 b

"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)

"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)

"Bonne Fête / 373 Polo" showing a boy steadying a girl on a
flower-bedecked boy's bicycle, intricately hand-tinted (the boy's clothing
is striped top & bottom!) real photo postcard, birthday message penned
neatly on back in French, light spotty toning on back, good edges. $7.50 cbb
"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
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
"Every
Happiness / be yours this / Birthday" postcard published by the Gibson Art
Company in Cincinnati, mailed OCT 18 1915 (almost complete PITTS. & CHI.
TR35 R.P.O. hand cancel) to Mrs. J. S. McClure in Funk Ohio from her
grandson Max, good edges, unevenly toned both sides. $2.00 bg

"FURIA // 1857 / 4 / "Bonne Fête" hand-colored / tinted, unused postcard with
toned back. $7.50 wb
"Happy
Birthday" die-cut Hallmark birthday card used for its intended purpose, 1937
copyright by Walt Disney Enterprises. Center continues: 'Here's Mickey Mouse
with a birthday wish Intended just for you, And the Mickey Twins have come
along to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY! too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' Size fits nicely into a
regular postcard sleeve. Spots of white paste residue on back do not
detract. 'Betty Stiles' written inside in a child's pencil
writing. As best we can gather from filmographies & the Wikipedia article on
Mickey Mouse, the twins are rarely seen. SOLD db

"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" fantasy birthday wishes post card mailed
15.7.15 at Osterode am Harz (Thuringia) to Carl Ludwig in Cleveland Ohio by
his father-in-law,
messaged in Germanic script partly in Italian partly in German, 2 corners
with noticeable color flaked off, other edge wear is minor. $4.25 fbg

"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)

"Herzlichen / Glückwunsch / zum / Geburtstage // 630341" conveying birthday
wishes in German, hand-tinted real photo postcard, messaged in German on
back, toned back, slight curl to the paper (no problem in an album). $7.00
agb
"Hjertelig
til Lykke paa Fødselsdagen" art depicts children
boarding a propeller aircraft; postcard printed in Germany & airmailed to
New York in 1946 (3 stamps removed), good edges. Danish translates roughly
'Heartfelt congratulations on your birthday'. $3.00 bdc

IRIS. "Bonne Fête / 1053"
hand-colored real photo post card showing a smiling young woman within a
decorative floral wreath formed by 3 ribbons and a large basked, mailed in
France in 1908, stamp damage from wrap-around to front, otherwise fresh
impression. $6.50 w(i)b

IRIS. "Bonne Fête / 280"
hand-colored real photo carte postale birthday card, showing a woman with flowers in her
hair also holding a colorful bouquet of flowers, sent in France circa 1909,
stamp damaged, just a few small spots of light toning on the back. $4.50
w(i)b
"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

KIVATIZKY 202. "Buon Natale" real photo hand-colored birthday post card
mailed 1936 in Chicago Illinois, message in Italian to a friend, minor
corner wear, oxidation near the front edges consistent with age, 3/4" stress
mark in finish into bottom front edge. $7.50 w(k)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
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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)
"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
"Many
days as this is / I hope you'll see, / All good wishes / Please accept /
from me. // Birthday / Greetings" embossed floral postcard printed in
Germany (E.C.C. Serie II), mailed circa 1909-1910, mild corner & edge wear.
$1.25 bf
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"Many Happy Returns / of the Day // My love upon your Birthday, dear, / A
happy day, a happy year, / And think of me this morning, too, / Because I
always think of you. // DESIGN COPYRIGHTED JOHN WINSCH, 1913" intricately
embossed post card mailed 1915 to Miss Grayce M. J. Jones in Stanberry
Missouri, small corner crease, minor corner rounding. $3.25 wb

"MANY HAPPY / RETURNS OF / YOUR BIRTH= / DAY" with signed art on a postcard
mailed May 1 1914 (almost complete SANDUSKY & SPRINGFIELD R.P.O. cancel) to
Ostrander Ohio, toned front, heavily toned near back bottom edge. $1.50
bw(a)

"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
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"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

"This is my birthday, / and a happier one / was never mine." post card with
embossed & gilded art, pencilled message on back made hard to read by a lot
of spotty golden toning, rounded corners, toned front. Unusual: mail for
such occasions is usually in the other direction! $2.25 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

"Washington
entering New York" patriotic art on an intricately embossed Tuck Series No.
156 post card, printed in Saxony, mailed 1907 in New Jersey, small but heavy
bottom corner crease, all corners with mild wear, some extraneous writing
near the left back edge. $2.25 pwtnb
"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
"Wishing
you a / joyous Birthday / Raphael Tuck & Sons Copyright London"
with embossed art showing two boys atop high-wheeler bicycles, trade card
size (probably given out by merchants as a gifts on important customer
birthdays), blank back, good edges. $10.00 tbbb
"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 format. $1.75 abw

4 DIFFERENT TUCK "BIRTHDAY"
SERIES (#105)
GREAT ART (BRUNDAGE?)
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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