A Christmas greeting card with a heavy embossed gold ground framed by a red fringe-like border, sprigs of holly with red berries, and a star-shaped white panel containing a wintry scene of children skating on a frozen pond before a snow-covered cottage. The greeting 'A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS' is set in ornate art-nouveau lettering below. John Winsch was a prolific New York publisher of high-quality embossed greeting postcards in the early 1910s, and this design is dated 1911 in the imprint.
Heavy embossed relief with gold-leaf background and red fringe border; light spotting and edge wear on the cream margin. No postmark; card is unused. Divided back with "POST CARD." heading, "THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE" and a "PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS" stamp box (no stamp applied); "PRINTED IN GERMANY" printed vertically along the right edge. Front bears the printed caption "A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS" with the design copyright line at bottom left: "DESIGN COPYRIGHTED, JOHN WINSCH, 1911." Heavy embossing from the front design shows through; light foxing/toning on the cream stock.
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A Joyful Christmas, winter skating scene in star-shaped frame, circa 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-joyful-christmas-winter-skating-scene-in-star-shaped-frame. Accessed November 13, 2026.
