Valentine Card
Broe, Lawrence
Broe, Lawrence
Waugh, Helen
Valentine's Day card sent by Helen to Lawrence in 1947.
Recto of greeting card depicts a coloured heart, flowers, and quill with textured gold inkpot. Greeting reads "From the Girl Who Loves You ; Valentine Greetings". Inner-left depicts three blue flowers, inner right is preprinted poem in black ink. Handwritten black ink inscription reads "Guess who sends you this?" Recto bears black pre-printed text: "25 VS 6261 COPYRIGHT ; RUST CRAFT TORONTO, CANADA".
Envelope bears round black ink stamp "VANCOUVER ; FEB 11 ; 6 PM ; 1947 ; B.C." Black ink wave stamp on recto and verso. Handwritten black ink address "Dr L Broe. ; c/o Royal Columbian hosp. ; New Westminster, ; BC".
Postage stamp is red, worth 4 cents, issued 1943, depicting King George IV in military regalia. Black ink wave stamp across recto aligns with that on envelope.
1947
1 greeting card : black ink on cream paper with satin sizing ; colour and textured gold decorations ; 155 x 120 mm
1 envelope : black ink on white paper ; black stamp ; detached postage stamp ; 125 x 160 mm
1 postage stamp : red ; 4 cents, Canada ; 1943 ; 25 x 21 mm
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