New Year greeting, "Jan. 1st" with cornflowers and bells, circa 1910
- Subjects
- General GreetingsNew Year's
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A New Year's greeting card built around a yellow oval medallion lettered "Jan. 1st" in ornate blue and gold script, framed by a red ribbon bow and hung with three white bells. Clusters of blue cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) with green buds fill the lower left, and a purple bordered banner at the bottom reads "A HAPPY NEW YEAR." Such floral-and-bell New Year cards were a staple of the early twentieth-century greeting postcard trade, with bells traditionally standing for the ringing in of the new year.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | F.SANDER |
|---|---|
| Series | 768 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Notes | Embossed fern-textured background; no white border; printed publisher mark "F.SANDER ©" at lower left and number "768" at lower right; light foxing spots. No postmark — unused card. Divided back with "This side for Correspondence / This side for Address" headings, embossed textured stock, no white border; vertical embossed "A HAPPY NEW YEAR" greeting repeated along left edge of back; light toning and foxing. |
Cite this card
New Year greeting, "Jan. 1st" with cornflowers and bells, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-year-greeting-jan-1st-with-cornflowers-and-bells-circa-1. Accessed November 13, 2026.