A chromolithographed Christmas greeting showing a large gold handbell with its strap, wreathed in sprigs of holly with bright red berries, with a pale pink glow behind and a looping gilt ribbon at right. The greeting 'With Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas' is printed in ornamental script. Holly and bells were standard motifs of the early-20th-century Christmas postcard, when the penny post made illustrated greeting cards a mass-market holiday custom.
Handwritten signature 'Laura F. Sargent' along the bottom front edge (no message written); light surface soiling and scuffing, minor corner wear. Postmark: HAVERHILL MASS DEC 23 3 PM; receiving mark: AMESBURY MASS DEC 24 8-30A 1907. Divided-back Tuck's "Holly Post Cards" Series No. 100, printed in Saxony.
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Holly and gold bell Christmas postcard, Amesbury, MA, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/holly-and-gold-bell-christmas-postcard-amesbury-ma-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
