Christmas Postcard Lot of 3 For Sale

LOT OF 3 postcards (christmas). Includes:- R263: Christmas Greetings Postcard Snowy Cottage Holly 1- R270: Christmas Postcard 1912 Children on Sled Winter Sc- R277: Magi Star of Bethlehem Christmas Postcard 1910s TuThis postcard features a classic early twentieth-century Christmas greeting design centered on an oval vignette. The scene depicts a snowy winter landscape with a cozy cottage, its windows glowing with warm light, nestled among snow-laden trees. Above the central image, the printed text \"Christmas Greetings\" is rendered in a decorative, stylized font, with the initial \"C\" in purple tones and the \"G\" in green, accompanied by a small flourish above the word \"Christmas.\" The card is bordered by holly decorations, with the leaves appearing slightly embossed, a hallmark of higher-quality production from the Golden Age of Postcards. The textured paper background and vibrant chromolithographic colors are well-preserved, showing only minor corner and edge wear consistent with its age.The verso confirms the card\'s origin during the divided-back era, bearing the printed header \"POST CARD\" with \"THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE\" on the left and \"THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE\" on the right. A one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp is affixed, despite the stamp box indicating \"TWO CENTS,\" reflecting the prevailing postcard rate. A handwritten message in cursive script occupies the correspondence side, reading: \"Hello. How you was these days Hoping to see you soon Ha H Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a happy New Year. Your true friend Ethel.\" The address side is directed to \"Miss Blanch Bathoff,\" though the cancellation mark obscures the full address. The card is numbered \"135\" in the bottom right corner, likely a printer\'s series number. Based on the divided-back format, which was introduced in 1907, and the overall design aesthetic, this postcard dates from the period between 1907 and the late 1910s.