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Condition: Very good antique — posted, with brief ink handwriting on the back; minimal border wear; embossing and metallic foil intact after more than a century. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
This postcard features the letters “4th of July” stamped in metallic foil against a shimmering background, with three children — two boys in sailor suits, a girl in blue — holding firecrackers. Posted over a century ago, with a brief handwritten message still on the back.
Frame it, display it as part of a Fourth of July vignette, or add it to a collection marking America's 250th anniversary in 2026.
Embossed and metallic-foil postcards represented the premium end of Edwardian-era card production, prized by buyers and recipients alike as genuine keepsakes rather than disposable notes. Deltiologists — postcard collectors — especially seek out cards where both the embossing and the metallic finish have survived intact, since foil work is prone to flaking and tarnish over time. A card like this one, posted and cherished for more than a century, is a rare survivor of that combination.
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