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Roses birthday greeting, circa 1910

Subject
General Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked November 8, 1905 (Early)
Front of Roses birthday greeting, circa 1910, Giggi Schiring, USA, 1905 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Roses birthday greeting, circa 1910, Giggi Schiring, USA, 1905 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

The card shows three roses—two deep red and one pink—with green leaves against a vertically ribbed background, beneath the printed greeting "HAPPY MAY YOUR BIRTHDAY BE." It is a typical early twentieth-century lithographed greeting postcard, using floral imagery to convey birthday wishes.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

The letter was at Philipsburg Hello Lizzie, Well I got up to Phila. Sunday night but I was just about fagged I stopped over at minichs to see my new sister that I got Sat. and also I got your letter [illegible] [illegible]

HAPPY MAY YOUR BIRTHDAY BE 642-3 --- POST CARD FOR ADDRESS ONLY CORRESPONDENCE
PostmarkedPhiladelphia, PA, November 8, 1905
Stamp
Addressed to
Giggi Schiring

R.R. #3, Whitehall

Postcard record

Postmarked, Philadelphia, PA
Series642-3
ConditionVery good
Place addressedGiggi Schiring, R.R. #3, Whitehall
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesVertical ribbed background; printed number 642-3 at lower left. Postmark: PHILADELPHIA NOV 8 1905 (partly struck, time not legible). Divided-back card with ornate "POST CARD" heading and "FOR ADDRESS ONLY"; green 1-cent Franklin stamp; pencil message on the correspondence side; light edge wear and a crease at lower right.

Cite this card

Roses birthday greeting, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/roses-birthday-greeting-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.