Lot #813: Two Vintage Easter Postcards - Toronto Intaglio Gravure Greetings Postard (Intag) - "Raphael Tuck and Sons (N.Y.) 'Christmas Symbols' Christmas Postca

Two Vintage Easter Postcards (1) First, one colourful Easter Postcard, used, showing a young girl with Easter basket and young chick, with the caption "Happy Easter!". No Publisher listed, but large logo of Parrot holding a quill over an inkwell, and marked "Made in USA" No Stamp. Never Postally Used. Ink Message in uneven (young?) hand: "To: Leslie. From: Marjorie. Wishing you a Happy Easter." This Parrot and Inkwell logo identifies this card as a product of the International Art Publishing Company, a major American firm that operated out of New York and Philadelphia. The parrot symbolized the "repetition" or "copying" of fine art into affordable postcard form, while the quill and inkwell emphasized the card’s purpose for correspondence. This card is a classic of the "Juvenile Easter" genre, which focused on innocence and the "new life" of spring. The simple structure of the message—"To: Leslie. From: Marjorie"—strongly suggests this was an exchange between schoolmates. Because it is Unposted and lacks a stamp, Marjorie likely handed this directly to Leslie at school or church, or perhaps dropped it in a neighbor’s mailbox. (2) Second, one Easter Postcard, used, showing a white cottage, with a white picket fence, and red and white flowers on and above the fence, with the caption "Happy Easter to You!". No Publisher listed, but marked "Made in USA" and "Place Stamp Domestic 1 cent" No Stamp. Never Postally Used. Ink Message in uneven hand: "Jim and Clara From Tom and Mary". The "Domestic 1 cent" stamp box instruction suggests a date of 1907 to 1917. This was the peak of the American postcard craze when billions of cards were produced domestically to meet the demand that German printers could no longer satisfy alone as global tensions rose. The "Made in USA" cards from this period often used Half-Tone Lithography. Dimensions: 9 mm x 14 mm Pickup category timeslot {A}