Valentine Card, Vintage 1950s, Movable Mailman, Die-Cut Mechanical, Unused, American Greetings, Ephemera

Special delivery — a boy postman lifts his letter up and down with every pull of the tab, holding out the most important Valentine of the year to the girl by the mailbox.

• Maker: American Greetings
• Materials: Card stock, lithographed
• Dimensions: 9 × 6 inches
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage 1950s
• Condition: Excellent, new old stock — never used, original envelope included; light age-related yellowing on card and envelope as expected. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This large die-cut mechanical Valentine features a boy postman — “Postman” lettered on his cap — his arm moving up and down on a pull-tab mechanism as he holds a letter up to a girl standing by the mailbox. Four are available, each in excellent unused condition with its original 1950s envelope.

A sweet pick for a greeting card collector or anyone who loves a Valentine with a story built in.

American Greetings traces its roots to 1906, when Polish immigrant Jacob Sapirstein began importing postcards from Germany and selling them from a horse-drawn cart in Cleveland, Ohio. The company began manufacturing its own greeting cards in the 1930s and became the first in the industry to introduce self-serve store displays in 1929, changing how cards were sold nationwide. Now headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, American Greetings remains one of the world's largest greeting card companies, with characters like Holly Hobbie, Care Bears, and Strawberry Shortcake among its best-known creations.

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