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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD:CHRISTMAS 'HEARTY GREETINGS'

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Overview

Vertical cream postcard with black and white print and blue flowers. There is a forrest at night in a horizontal oval in the top left, which is sorrounded by 5-pointed leaves. A wishbone hangs from the leaves in the bottom left. There is a triad of three blue flowers with small green leaves in the centre right. Message below this reads 'hearty greetings / My greeting's couched in / simple phrase, / But still it unto you / conveys / The most sincere and kind / regard / E'er carried by / a Christmas Card.'

Reverse has a cursive handwritten messasge in blue pen which reads ' to Mrs Dennis / with best / wishes / from / Dorothy'

Printed in England

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2025.36

Item type

Material

Width

89 mm

Height or length

141 mm

Inscriptions and markings

PHILCO SERIES XMAS Series No. 2278

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Statement of significance

Example of holiday postcard of the time

Last modified

Wednesday, 16 July, 2025

Completeness

72

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