Charming antique Valentine card featuring a Cupid child seated on a bench holding a heart, with quiver and arrows nearby. Includes a full sentimental poem with decorative red drop-cap lettering spelling “A HAPPY VALENTINE.”

Marked “Embossy Hoster, London” and “Printed in Bavaria,” with publisher E.P. Dutton & Co., and dated 1912.

Classic early 20th century Valentine with soft color lithography and period typography. A desirable example of Bavarian-printed holiday ephemera.

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