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Victorian VALENTINES CARD, ENVELOPE Attributed to or in the Style of ESTHER HOWLAND
We are no experts in Valentines, but the card offered here at sale contains elements attributable to the work of Esther Howland and her lady co-workers.
Fine lacy-thin reticulated and embossed card cover, with silvered Dresden scrap ornaments including doves, plus the printed \"LOVE\" shell die-cut ornament, with a shield shape window containing red silk cloth insert attached from inside. Thin tissue sheet separater inside the card, a hand-inked message inside that does not match the handwriting on the envelope, suggesting that the manufacturer of the card supplied the lines, \"Lady, accept this gift / An offering from the heart — / On frendship\'s [sic] shrine; / Its worth but small, its lines but few. / Yet breathe sincerest love for you, / My Chosen Valentine.\" Back of card has inked \"3\" which was likely the price charged for the card.
Size/Condition of card: closed approx. 7 x 4-5/8 inches. some light foxing, wear to the foil on the dresden scrap, heavy folds from being in the envelope for so long, with short separation on right edge of top fold, a few creases to ornamentation on the lace edge, short edge tear bottom of inside page, tissue insert quite creased as shown.
Envelope is printed both sides in gold, addressed in ink pen. Remnant of partial dove scrap seal on back flap, flap is fully intact and free-moving. Envelope size about 3-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches. High buyer gets them both as one lot.
Any visible security watermark is applied to the scan, not on the actual card you will get.
260708 / 0054 R7/19/2026 over $10 will likely require package service with delivery confirmation. Additional purchases may be combined if bought same day, for one low shipping rate, if possible. Add to your cart and request total from seller for combined shipping. Sales Tax may apply, that\'s between you and now. Please read and accept my terms of sale below before you offer.
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BY offerDING ON OR PURCHASING THIS ITEM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING SELLER TERMS:
1) COMBINED SHIPPING/POSTAGE:
a. I happily combine shipping (where possible, sometimes it isn\'t), but postcard orders of more than 2 or 3 cards (depending on thickness) and/or $20+ require tracked packages. So there might not be a discount on several inexpensive cards combined, and you accept this. Non-postcard purchases generally require a tracked package. International orders combine shipping per \'s latest global delivery rules, which are (at time of listing) combined for store purchases only, when paid as one order, and NOT on any sale purchases (their rules, not mine).
b. If you haven\'t paid yet for multiple purchases, please wait for a combined invoice, which may take up to 24 hours to send you. Don\'t worry, it\'s not a race to see how fast you can pay.
c. But, if you must pay immediately, make sure all the items are on the same payment transaction (same order). I will then be able to combine shipping (if possible) and send you a partial refund for overpayment of postage. Some people make numerous multiple purchases with separate payments and look for the best shipping discount. That will not happen, so please add your items to your cart, and when you are done looking at my stuff, buy it all at once. Thanks!
2) POSTAGE: All USPS postage rates are calculated using the most affordable (not the quickest) shipping class, based on a pre-sale estimated weight and size of the package. Sometimes multiple options are offered. If you want to upgrade to a quicker, more expensive postal class not shown, you must let me know BEFORE you pay. All requests for special handling, extra packaging, etc. must be made prior to payment so that invoice can be adjusted A handling fee of 30-40¢ is added to every order, depending on sale price. Media Mail rates will incur a handling fee equal to about 15% of the postage costs, because that\'s what charges me right off the top. Otherwise the postage is as-calculated from the USPS. (Did you know that takes 12-15% from sellers as a fee on the postage we collect from you on every order?)
3) INSURANCE: In the event of loss or damage on insured packages, buyer agrees to cooperate and to fulfill all requirements of the insurer in the processing of a claim, or forfeits their right to request a refund.
4) SALES TAX: has taken over all responsibility for sales tax collection for all states that require it. I have no control whatsoever over who pays sales tax, it is out of my hands. The same is true for all international taxes, duties and VAT. Please direct all questions/complaints to the good folks at .
5) INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: We no longer ship any merchandise (as in postcards) via letter rate internationally. It is prohibited by the UPU (subject to seizure or return), and is also not trackable. International shipping is offered as a courtesy to buyers outside the U.S, and is handled entirely through . All Import duties, taxes, and charges are handled by as well. I no longer ship directly, because of the excessive amount of “item not received” claims, resulting in my loss.
Most of my international postcard buyers, who prefer to pay the lower letter rate postage, have a friend/relative in the USA to whom I can ship several postcards in a letter (for about $1.00-1.50 at time of this listing), and will specify this prior to payment. If you do this, then that friend can forward the postcards in a letter rate envelope to you the buyer, and the shipping risk will be yours, not mine. Multiple purchases can be combined when you ship to a USA recipient, and is also available internationally for the buy-it-now store purchases, but not sales.
6) REPRODUCTION OF IMAGES: Seller is not selling exclusive rights to reproduce images of the items offered for sale. Buyer is of course free to reproduce as they wish, but seller retains and may exercise the right to reproduce any images of the item for any purpose before or after the sale, without permission from or compensation to the buyer.
7) LISTING DISCREPANCIES: If the Title, Description, and/or Photo on a listing do not match, for gosh sakes don\'t buy it. Mistakes happen. Let me know instead so I can fix the listing. If you do buy, the item described in the Title of the listing takes precedence over anything else. If you disagree with that, it will be considered your request to cancel the transaction of the faulty listing.
