Antique Easter Postcard Lot of 9 Early 1900s Written and Posted

This antique Easter postcard lot includes nine early 1900s paper greeting cards, including one marked Tuck's Post Cards and several cards with dated postal cancellations.

All nine have writing on the backs, several were mailed with one cent stamps, and the cards show age toning, corner wear, edge wear, and handling marks while the printed Easter graphics remain clear and colorful.

The mix of lilies, crosses, flowers, children, a lamb, pastoral scenes, and Easter greetings fits an early postcard collection, holiday ephemera display, or paper collection focused on the Edwardian era.

Details

• Item: Lot of 9 Easter postcards
• Item Type: Printed holiday postcards
• Era: Early 1900s, with visible postmarks including 1903, 1909, 1911, 1913, and 1915
• Materials: Paper
• Color: Multicolor with cream, pink, green, blue, gray, and gold tone details
• Maker and Mark: Tuck's Post Cards visible on one card. Other makers not confirmed from photos
• Pattern or Model: Not confirmed from photos
• Style: Early 20th century Easter greeting ephemera with floral, religious, pastoral, and figural designs
• Dimensions: Approximately 6 inches x 3.75 inches each, as provided
• Special Features: Nine cards total. All have handwritten messages. Several are postally used with one cent stamps and dated cancellations

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: The lot is complete as nine cards and remains suitable for reading, collecting, and display, with clear printed artwork and handwriting.
• The Easter graphics remain easy to see, including lilies, crosses, flowers, children, a lamb, and pastoral scenes.
• Several cards retain original one cent postage stamps and readable postal cancellations.
• The handwritten messages and addresses remain visible across the backs and add useful period detail for an ephemera collector.

Issues / Wear

• Age toning is visible across several cards, especially on the backs and along the edges.
• Corners and edges show rubbing, softening, and small handling marks from use and storage.
• Several cards show surface wear, light creasing, marks, or discoloration consistent with mailed and handled paper items.
• All nine cards have writing on the backs, and several have postal cancellations across the stamps and card surfaces.

Condition Grade Key

• Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
• Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
• Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
• Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A working or display piece with notable condition issues.

Collector's Notes

Early Easter postcards often combined holiday greetings with flowers, crosses, children, animals, and spring scenes. This group keeps several of those themes together in one small collection.

The handwritten messages, addresses, one cent stamps, and dated postal cancellations add another layer for collectors who enjoy postal history and everyday correspondence.

One card is marked Tuck's Post Cards. Tuck's is a recognized name among early postcard collectors, while the remaining cards offer a varied mix of Easter artwork and period handwriting.

The appeal here is in the group as a whole, with nine different pieces of Easter paper history that can be displayed, studied, or used in an ephemera collection.

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Disclaimer

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Please Note

Paper items are not cleaned or altered beyond gentle surface handling so their original writing, stamps, postmarks, and age characteristics remain intact.

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