"beehrt sich seine glücklich erfolgte Ankunft auf dieser Weltanzuzeigen am Mutter und ich befinden uns wohl" German birth announcement translating roughly 'his happy arrival on this world honors his mother and finds us well'. Nestle logo advertising under the wings with their Kindermehl (baby meal) canister atop wings on both sides. Background art also includes baby descending in a balloon! A lot of edge wear includes a tiny crease at one corner & an indent with tearing at the right front edge. Message over all the back is dated 16 July 14 at Gebweiler (now in France). As is. $5.00 ba

"Born to be a Surgeon // CLARK'S / O.N.T. / SPOOL COTTON" showing a close-up of a baby removing a doll's head, diamond-shaped ad card with fancy design & ad on the back, paper lightly browned with age. Nice gift for a medical doctor who has just added a child to the family. Ready to frame! $10.00 ambd

"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. $9.00 gbboo

"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

"Die / besten / Glück-wünsche / zum Geburtstage" art depicting a German zeppelin & many airborne four-leafed clovers; conveying embossed best birthday wishes on EAS postcard numbered 1237 on back, messaged on back in German, removed neatly from a booklet, minor wear to the top edge. $5.00 b

"Hearty / congratulations" with embossed art depicting twins being delivered by a stork riding a high-wheeler bike, postcard mailed 1909 to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Miller in St. Mary's Ohio, faint small bottom corner crease, light toning on front, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 bb

"Hearty good Wishes / for your Birthday / Many Happy Returns of / the Day..." Winsch post card sent JUN 15 1917 to Mrs. Fredrick Snyder in Newark Ohio by her son Harry, small upper corner crease, trivial bottom corner wear. $3.00 wbg

"Hurry! mother / is longing for us" with art depicting twins being delivered by a stork riding a high-wheeler bicycle (same as "Hearty / congratulations" above), Postkarte printed in Germany, numbered 314 on the back, both sides lightly toned, mild corner & edge wear. $5.00 bb

"I HAVE ALL / THAT IS / COMING TO / ME // LAWTON, OKLA." man having his hands full with 4 youngsters testily addresses an incoming stork; leather post card mailed there OCT 1 1908 to Miss Lillie Lewis in Marengo Ohio (clear receiving marking 3 days later), lightly toned. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 lbo

"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+

"'Little One' / Happy 14th Birthday / from Tiger Lily (MOM) / & Lady Sniper (AUNT)" Springfield Georgia CB QSL card from the Runnin' Bare Artist Series #1314 copyrighted in 1979, numeral & handstamp & signed 'Michaela' on back. $1.50 g(s)b

"Made a Safe Landing On June 3, 1930 / My headquarters are / with Mr. & Mrs W. B. Wheatley / My name is Mary Esther" small birth announcement & the envelope that conveyed it, mailed JUN 4 1930 from the Hertel Station of Buffalo New York to Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Hurley also in Buffalo. William B. Wheatley was later to work as a test pilot for the Consolidated Aircraft Company; on 2 June 1941 he crashed off San Diego in a bomber built for Britain, causing Mary to write a poem about him. $5.00 bg(w)

"Norwegian / Prince // Kent / Vissebraten / 3540 Nesbyen / Norway / BORN i SEPT. 23, 1979" QSL card from the Runnin' Bare Artist Series #1924 copyrighted in 1979. $1.25 nb

"Ohne Bezugsschein" meaning 'Without a Voucher' in German; 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 (ab)

"Robert Sterling / 9 lbs. // BABYLAND AIR-LINE // Design only copyrighted by Charles Rose 1906" a birth announcement with signed Dwig art depicting a baby with milk bottle coming in on a fanciful airship, mailed DEC 11 1908 from Elmira New York to Mrs. John Thurston in Monroeton Pennsylvania, noticeable wear at the corners, lightly toned both sides. Officially Monroe Pennsylvania is a very small borough whose residents call the community Monroeton. $5.00 ba(d)g(s) NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"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
 

"The Stork brought a Boy to / Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith / on 8/29-09 at 1230 / Weight 7 lb / Name ________" with embossed art depicting twins being delivered by a stork riding a high-wheeler bicycle, sent SEP 4 1909 by J. R. Smith in Mansfield Ohio to his uncle Mr. Jerry Smith in Lexington Ohio, minor corner rounding, very light toning on back. $6.00 g(s)bb

"TIME ARRIVAL" picturing a stork and a tabular display of arrival data (which the sender checked) for an as-yet unnamed 8 pound girl born into the Campbell family in Huron on Saturday November 24 1906 at 4:10 am, mailed to Miss Helen Watkins in Newark Ohio the next day (partially legible RPO cancel), minor corner wear, light toning on back. $5.00 g(c)bb

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. $9.00 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

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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 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 (ba)

"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

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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

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 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)

"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 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

"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).
All 4 for $13.50.

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