Floral 'Many Happy Returns' card, Roanoke, VA, 1910

Subject: General Greetings
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1910 (Golden Age)

Back of Floral 'Many Happy Returns' card, Roanoke, VA, 1910, Miss Minnie Craghead, VA, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Chromolithographed greeting card showing a large pink-and-orange blossom with buds and green leaves against a blue panel, with a white embossed scroll or ribbon curling across the center. The greeting "Many Happy Returns" is printed in red script at the right on a cream ground.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Hello Minnie how are you where did you go to school. I what & Cross made had a nice time - when have you seen Oct Can. Laws not been since I have been here how would like to see you how Ed for near Henry how are you

PostmarkedPERH, VA

Addressed to

Miss Minnie Craghead

6 1/2 Stuart Ave. S.E. Roanoke, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked	PERH, VA
Series	996 A
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Miss Minnie Craghead, 6 1/2 Stuart Ave., S.E. Roanoke, VA
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Embossed relief scroll; blue panel with white border; light soiling and a crease at the upper right corner. Postmark: [illegible]DERH 4 1910 VA. Divided back, embossed card. 1c Washington stamp. Pencil dealer notation '112 Greetings 4-20' at top.

Cite this card

Floral 'Many Happy Returns' card, Roanoke, VA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/floral-many-happy-returns-card-roanoke-va-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.