🔮Halloween Witch Postcard🔮
🎃 DESCRIPTION
Bring a hauntingly beautiful piece of history into your collection with this genuine antique 1912 Halloween greeting postcard. The front features a striking minimalist design showcasing three distinct circular vignettes linked by crossed witch's brooms. The left circle depicts a classic green-faced witch in a pointed red hat, the center circle frames a carved, glowing jack-o'-lantern with a bat hovering directly above, and the right circle highlights an iconic silhouette of an arched-back black cat.
The centerpiece text box contains a beautifully debossed, warning warning verse that perfectly captures early 20th-century holiday folklore:
"It's Halloween and you'd Best look out what you're about Or the goblins will nab you."
The reverse side offers a brilliant window into the past, featuring a crisp October 24, 1912 postmark from Careybrook, Pennsylvania. It features a hand-written divided-back format complete with a green 1-cent George Washington postage stamp still affixed. The postcard is addressed to Mr. Chester H. Deam of Reading, Pennsylvania, with a charming, personal message from "Alice" in dark dip-pen ink. This clean, beautifully preserved piece is perfect for framing, holiday displays, or serious postcard investors.
📌 ITEM DETAILS
- Publisher: Unknown early American or European publisher (Features an elegant geometric logo frame around the "Post Card" header on the back)
- Item Type: Original Antique Embossed/Debossed Divided-Back Postcard (Postmarked)
- Theme: Halloween Folklore / Witch, Jack-O'-Lantern, Arched Black Cat, & Goblins Verse
- Dimensions: Standard vintage size, approximately 3.5" x 5.5" inches (89 mm x 140 mm)
- Era: Golden Age of Postcards / Edwardian Era (Postmarked 1912)
- Condition Grade: Very Good to Excellent (Vintage / Used)
- Condition Notes: The card features an exceptionally clean front surface with very minimal age toning. The embossing/debossing around the central text block remains crisp and tactile. The reverse side boasts dark, completely legible cursive handwriting, a well-defined town cancellation stamp, and a fully intact 1-cent stamp. Minor, expected corner softening and light edge wear are present as shown, consistent with a handled 114-year-old piece of historical paper ephemera. No hard creases or tears.
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