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Holly sprig with red berries, A Happy New Year greeting card, circa 1908

Subjects
Christmas & SantaNew Year's
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Holly sprig with red berries, A Happy New Year greeting card, circa 1908, Mrs. J. H. Hayes, WA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Holly sprig with red berries, A Happy New Year greeting card, circa 1908, Mrs. J. H. Hayes, WA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A spray of European holly — spiny green leaves and clusters of bright red berries — arcs across a pale, stippled background, with the greeting "A Happy New Year" printed in red script at the right. Holly was a standard motif of early twentieth-century New Year and Christmas cards, its evergreen leaves and winter berries symbolizing renewal and good fortune for the coming year. The small red number at the lower left marks this as one design in a publisher's stock series.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Sister Abbie how are you we are all fine and dandy. did you get the Cards I send you Christmas. We got yours they are very pretty our is Babe and her hubby. Father & mother are well and all the rest. goodby wish you all a happy New Year sister Mary.

A Happy New Year --- Carte postale — Postkarte — Cartolina postale — Post card Levelező-Lap — Briefkaart — Brefkort — Karta korespondencyjna — Dopisnica Correspondenzkarte — Tarjeta postal — Dopisnice — ОТКРЫТОЕ ПИСЬМО. Union postale universelle — Weltpostverein — Unione postale universale
PostmarkedWA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. J. H. Hayes

Hunters, WA

Postcard record

PostmarkedWA
Series29
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. J. H. Hayes, Hunters, WA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; light soiling and a few spots at right; small red design number "29" printed at lower left; fine halftone/stipple texture in the background. Postmark: [illegible] WASH 1 30 PM. Divided-back multilingual "Carte postale" card, c. 1910s; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light creasing and edge wear.

Cite this card

Holly sprig with red berries, A Happy New Year greeting card, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/holly-sprig-with-red-berries-a-happy-new-year-greeting-card. Accessed October 25, 2026.