Raphael Tuck & Sons "Leap-Year" Boy with Mouse Trap Valentine Postcard (1913)

• Card Type: Vintage Valentine's Day greeting postcard with divided back

• Publisher / Series: Raphael Tuck & Sons' "Leap-Year" Valentine Post Cards, Series No. 7 (Copyright 1907 by Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd.)

• Artist: E. Curtis

• Front Design: Features an illustration of a young boy in blue overalls crouching near a large heart frame, setting a string-rigged trap with hearts as bait for a small mouse

• Front Verse:

  To My Valentine Fall into my trap, You'll find life a "snap"!

• Postmark / Cancellation Date: February 12, 1913 (5:30 PM)

• Postage Stamp: Green 1-Cent George Washington U.S. Postage Stamp

• Mailed From: Lincoln, Nebraska

• Mailed To: Miss Mildred Casey, Johnson, Nebraska

• Handwritten Message: Includes a full handwritten note on the left panel beginning "Dear Mildred, Rec'd your letter yesterday..." signed "With love, Mary Jane, Elizabeth"