|  |  Mfg. Unknown
 Printed in Germany
 Circa: Postmarked, November 26th, 1907
 Embossed Post Card with Gold Leafed letters and Gold Leafed edge around the textured
    drawing of an old home next to a stream with a waterfall. The card reads: "Birthday
    Greetings - Joys around your Birthday centred, ... With their merriest welcome greet you,
    And the year that you have entered, ... Day by day, those joys repeat you ..".
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 |  |  Mfg. Unknown
 Printed in Germany
 Circa: 1907
 Embossed, Gold Leafed,  Mechanical Postcard has three wheels which can be turned to
    change the Day of the Week, the Date and the Month.  A metal grommet holds each wheel
    in place.  The card has a flat backing hiding the grommets and wheels and making a
    flat writing surface.
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    |  |  Mfg. A Gibson Card
 Circa: 1940's
 4 Cut-out Children's Animal Cards.  The kitty and the bird fold into fourths and the
    bear and the doggie fold in half.
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    |  |  |   Mfg. A Gibson Smile Card
 Circa: 1949
 Cut-out folded card reads: "So sorry I forgot your birthday!  I could just hang
    myself --"
 Inside reads: "Around your neck - and say I'm Sorry, Sorry, Sorry!  Many happy
    returns!".
 Card folds into fourths.
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    |  |    Mfg. L. Prang & Co., Boston
 Circa: 1886
 Most popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's this Silk Fringed Card has two sides and
    was meant to be hand delivered or sent in an envelope unlike other mailed
    "postcards" of those days.  One side reads: "Birthday Wish.  May
    God bless you with Health and Happy days".  The other side reads: "Health,
    Prosperity and Happiness attend you".
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