Antique Embossed Postcards Lot of 12, Floral Holiday Greetings 1900s

This antique embossed postcards bundle includes 12 illustrated greeting postcards featuring flowers, holiday wishes, religious messages, and colorful artwork from different periods.

The postcards are in relatively good vintage condition, with attractive colors, decorative embossing, and age-related wear. Several retain handwritten messages, vintage postage stamps, and dated postmarks.

In the early 1900s, illustrated postcards were a popular way to send personal greetings for birthdays, holidays, and special occasions. The handwriting and postmarks on surviving cards offer a glimpse of everyday correspondence from another time.

Details

• Item: Bundle of 12 antique and vintage greeting postcards
• Item Type: Printed illustrated postcards and paper ephemera
• Era: Early 1900s through later 20th century. Individual dates vary.
• Materials: Printed paper and cardstock
• Color: Multicolored floral illustrations, cream backgrounds, red and pink roses, yellow flowers, green foliage, gold accents, and pastel tones
• Maker and Mark: Various printed postcard markings. A single maker is not confirmed.
• Pattern or Model: Assorted greeting postcard designs
• Style: Edwardian and vintage greeting card illustration, floral lithographic designs, decorative embossing, and sentimental artwork
• Dimensions: Largest postcard measures 6 x 4 inches. Remaining cards measure approximately 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches.
• Special Features: 12 postcards with assorted greetings, raised embossed details, handwritten correspondence, vintage postage stamps, postal cancellations, and decorative illustrations

What's Included

This bundle contains 12 assorted postcards with a variety of subjects and greetings.

• Red roses with a New Year greeting and small winter landscape
• Gold-bordered landscape with flowers and a good luck horseshoe
• White flowers and blue forget-me-nots with Congratulations lettering
• Pink flowers against a black background with Sincere Greetings lettering
• Religious verse with flowers and a decorative clock illustration
• Rose illustration with a Many Happy Days greeting
• Madonna and Child illustration with a biblical Christmas message
• Winter scene with bells and a Happy New Year greeting
• Red and yellow roses with decorative Greetings lettering
• Woman's portrait framed by a heart and flowers with Love's Greetings lettering
• Woman in white with holly and a Happy New Year greeting
• Yellow flowers surrounding a gold Valentine's greeting heart

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: This bundle contains 12 attractive antique and vintage postcards with readable greetings, colorful illustrations, and age-related wear.
• Several postcards feature raised embossed artwork.
• Gold accents and decorative lettering remain visible on multiple cards.
• Several postcards retain their original handwritten correspondence.
• Multiple postcards have vintage postage stamps and postal cancellations.
• The assortment includes several different holidays and occasions.
• Both portrait and landscape formats are represented.
• Floral illustrations include roses, yellow flowers, and other blossoms.

Issues / Wear

• Age-related yellowing and discoloration on several cards.
• Light staining and scattered spots on some surfaces.
• Visible corner and edge wear, including softened corners.
• Some cards have creases and slight bends.
• Handwriting appears on the backs of several postcards.
• Postage stamps and postal cancellations are present on several cards.
• Some postcard backs have pencil notations.
• Wear varies from card to card.

The mix of embossed flowers, holiday illustrations, old handwriting, and postal markings gives this bundle plenty of visual interest.

If you collect antique greeting postcards or early paper ephemera, these 12 assorted designs offer a lovely variety of artwork and postal history for your collection. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.