postcard

Two-sided monochrome/sepia-toned holiday greeting postcard featuring an illustrated snowy cottage framed by overhanging berry and leaf branches on the front, accompanied by the printed Christmas verse: « A Happy Christmas / Just for remembrance / A wish I send to say, / Happiness be with you / On this Christmas day. ». The reverse side features a divided back with « Post Card », publisher marking « GARTNER & BENDER PUBL’S CHICAGO » along the left margin, an affixed 1-cent King George V green Canadian postage stamp cancelled by a clear postal postmark (« VANCOUVER B.C. / DEC 22 / 2-AM / 1914 »), handwritten correspondence addressed to « Mrs Minnie Bay, Campbell River, B.C. », a handwritten holiday message (« a merry Christmas from Harvey & Lea »), and a pencil price notation (« 100 »).