Beautiful antique 1908 Washington's Birthday postcard featuring richly colored cherry imagery, George Washington's legendary cherry tree and hatchet motif, and elaborate raised embossing. Designed by M. W. Taggart of New York and postally used in 1911.
• Designer: M. W. Taggart New York
• Design Copyright: 1908
• Series: 605
• Heavily embossed and textured design
• Divided postcard back
• Original 1 Cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp
• Postmarked February 22 1911
• Addressed to Yorktown Indiana
• Original period postcard
CONDITION
• Very good antique condition overall
• Strong, vibrant color and beautifully preserved embossing
• Normal age-related toning, handling and surface marks
• Light edge and corner wear consistent with age
• Postally used with original handwriting, stamp and cancellations intact
• Please review photographs closely for exact condition
A wonderful early 20th-century Washington's Birthday postcard with especially attractive dimensional quality.
