Patriotic Postcards

Often including heraldic symbols, Canada and US in particular produced many patriotic postcards. These were often associated with national holidays and were particularly popular during the First World War and prior to it. I only have a few, below.
PP01. Our 25 Presidents, perhaps associated with Presidents Day  (Feb.). Embossed chromolitho card mailed in Jul. 1908. Publ. by MB. $12.00.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 PP02. German postcard of a soldier with a lowered German flag and sword. 1890s. Heavily embossed, chromolitho. trimmed with gilt. Undivided back, never used. $12.00.
 
 
 
 
 
 PP03. University of Cambridge colleges with heraldic crests. Publ. by Alfred Savage Ltd. Divided back. Addressed and stamped but never sent, ca1912. $12.00.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PP04. The Crown and its Jewels. A newspaper Supplement to comemmorate the Coronation, 17 June 1911. Divided back. Never used. $10.00.

 

 


 PP05. Brittania and Canada. Private Postcard publ. by WG MacFarlane. Divided back. Never used. Creased. $7.00.