🖋️ Item Description

Beautiful Antique Holiday Postcard Collection – 

288 Total (48 per Holiday Set, circa 1907–1915)

Offered here is an extraordinary collection of 288 original early-1900s embossed and lithographed holiday postcards, representing six complete themes of 48 cards each — Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthday, and Thanksgiving.

These are all authentic period postcards, most postmarked between 1907 and 1915, during the golden age of postcard sending. Each card features stunning color lithography, raised embossing, and period sentiments capturing the warmth, humor, and artistry of turn-of-the-century America.

Publishers include Raphael Tuck & Sons, Whitney Made Worcester, PFB Series, International Art Publishing Co., and several German firms renowned for their fine embossing and gilt work.

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Highlights for Collectors

Embossed & Gilt Finishes: Dozens of richly raised designs with gold and silver highlights.

Classic Imagery: Santas, angels, turkeys, Pilgrims, rabbits, chicks, children, flowers, patriotic Uncle Sam motifs, and early automobiles.

Artist-Signed & German-Printed Examples: Several pieces bear printed artist credits or “Printed in Germany” marks typical of pre-WWI quality.

Postal History Value: Nearly every card is postally used with fine early 1¢ Franklin and 2¢ Washington stamps, plus clear cancels from small towns across Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York.

Rare Cancels & Early Postal Use: Includes Christmas Eve/Day, New Year’s 1910-1911, Valentine’s 1912, and Thanksgiving 1913 postmarks, plus several flag cancels, RFD route markings, and small discontinued post offices.

Condition: 

Overall very good for age – light corner or edge wear typical of gentle mailing; strong color and embossing retained. Each card is photographed front and back for reference.

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Holiday Breakdown 

(48 Cards Each)

Christmas: 

Santas, holly, bells, winter scenes, and snowbound families

New Year: 

1907–1915 greetings, cherubs, champagne motifs, and clock designs

Valentine’s Day: 

Cherubs, hearts, romantic verses, and signed artist work

Easter: 

Chicks, rabbits, crosses, spring blossoms, and gilt script

Birthday: 

Floral art, children, friendship scenes, and poetic verses

Thanksgiving: 

Patriotic turkeys, Pilgrims, harvest tables, and cornucopias

Each theme displays the depth of artistry and variety that defined the postcard era’s most collected holidays.

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Additional Appeal

This unified collection will delight both postcard collectors and postal history enthusiasts. Many cards exhibit early machine or duplex cancels, flag and barred cancels, and charming sender notes from over a century ago. For dealers, historians, and visual artists alike, this set offers a treasure trove of original early-20th-century design.

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Summary

A superb, evenly balanced six-holiday collection of 288 original postcards, each over a century old — beautifully preserved, historically rich, and visually captivating.

No reproductions. 

All original antique cards. Ships with care, each postcard individually protected in archival sleeves.

Shipping

Cards will be kept in sleeves, packed two boxes, and boxed for safe delivery. I combine shipping on multiple wins.

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