A bouquet of pansies and lily of the valley is arranged over a small rectangular panel of warm orange-brown, with the words "Birthday Greetings" printed in glittery black lettering across the lower left. Floral greeting cards of this kind were a staple of the early twentieth-century postcard boom, when inexpensive chromolithographed cards were exchanged for birthdays, holidays and everyday correspondence.
Undivided-back era card; lettering and flower outlines are raised with applied glitter; light edge and corner wear; faint pencil initials (appear to read "A.M.B.") at bottom center, not a message.
No postmark. Divided-back card with a multilingual "Post card" heading (German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian) and a "P.A.F. / SERIE 2834" imprint at lower left; no stamp-box marks. Card is toned, soiled and foxed, with worn corners.
Cite this card
Birthday Greetings floral card with pansies and lily of the valley, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birthday-greetings-floral-card-with-pansies-and-lily-of-the. Accessed October 24, 2026.
