Thanksgiving Postcard, Antique 1910s, Turkey with Ducks Posted, H. Wessler, Ephemera

A turkey, ducks in flight, falling leaves, and a gilded greeting — posted with a one-cent stamp, and saved for over a century.

• Maker: H. Wessler, New York (#684)
• Materials: Card stock, embossed, gilded lithograph
• Dimensions: 5.5 × 3.5 inches
• Origin: USA (H. Wessler was a German-born publisher working in New York)
• Era: Antique 1910s
• Condition: Very good antique — posted; pencil writing on reverse; one-cent US stamp; small border stains (photographed). Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This card was published by H. Wessler (#684), a German-born publisher who worked in New York, and features a fine embossed turkey with ducks in flight and fall leaves, finished in a gilded border and lettering. Posted, with a one-cent US stamp and pencil writing on the reverse.

For a postcard collector who appreciates fine embossed detail, or as a framed piece for a Thanksgiving display.

Between 1900 and 1915, Germany was the world's finest printer of illustrated postcards — embossed, gilded, lithographed with a richness that American and British presses couldn't match. Postcards from this era are survivors of that golden age: small, vivid, tactile objects that were mailed for a penny and kept for decades.

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