🔮Halloween Winsch Anthropomorphic Postcard🔮
🎃 DESCRIPTION
Drive some early 20th-century holiday magic straight into your collection with this rare, authentic antique Halloween postcard published by the legendary John Winsch.
Copyrighted in 1914 and masterfully printed in Germany, this highly sought-after piece of ephemera features a whimsical, heavily embossed illustration titled "The Hallowe'en Lantern". The artwork showcases an anthropomorphic vegetable car with glowing headlamps, driven by a little witch accompanied by a passenger pumpkin, a perched owl, and a small red devil riding on top. In the foreground, an iconic, arched-back vintage black cat hisses into the night.
The reverse side reveals a fascinating piece of social history: a divided back layout bearing a 1915 Ithaca, NY postmark with a green 1-cent George Washington stamp. Handwritten by a patient at the "City Hospital, Ithaca," the message shares news of an upcoming medical operation. This deeply evocative mix of festive fantasy artwork and historical correspondence makes it a cornerstone acquisition for Winsch collectors, postcard historians, and vintage holiday decorators.
📌 ITEM DETAILS
- Publisher: John Winsch (Design Copyrighted, 1914)
- Item Type: Antique Embossed Postcard
- Theme: Halloween / Anthropomorphic Art / Classic Witches / Black Cats
- Dimensions: Standard Postcard Size (Approximately 3.5" x 5.5" / 9cm x 14cm)
- Era: Divided Back / Pre-War Golden Age (Postmarked October 1915)
- Condition Grade: Excellent (EX)
- Condition Notes: Postally used. Features a clear, crisply struck October 27, 1915 postmark with an attached 1¢ stamp. The reverse contains period cursive ink handwriting detailing a stay at the Ithaca City Hospital. The front side boasts strong, saturated lithograph colors and highly detailed embossing, showing only minor, age-appropriate edge softening and light surface handling wear.
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