That Little Christmas Seal
Here is another little item I found at the show on Sunday. It's not even a postal item, not a piece of mail at all. It's an old New Year card. The art from that era has a good sense of nostalgia. But check out the little 1920 Christmas Seal at the bottom. "Merry Christmas - Healthy New Year" That's not really what the seals are for -- they were meant to seal the envelopes. But this is fine. It adds to the art. It's not just the front of the card. The card opens and has the usual private family message inside. A little bit of Americana. Oddly, we used to make our own custom holiday cards for family, and used to look for labels and bits of art and little seals just like this person did over a century ago. But we're convinced that nobody cares about handmade cards anymore, so we stopped. I don't expect any of these items to have big value. It's just fun going through thousands of ordinary items and finding the ones tha...