Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Love's Greeting to My Valentine


Printed in Germany. Sent February 13, 1910. Series No. 1113. Embossed.
The boy holds a wishbone in his right hand and the young girl holds a bouquet. The socks of both the boy and girl fall endearingly around their ankles.

Blue forget-me-nots rim the perimeter of a textured blue heart in front of which the boy and girl stand. In the Victorian language of flowers, the forget-me-not signified true love.

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