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Lot of four original antique novelty postcards, believed to date to the early 1900s, featuring colorful Dutch-themed humorous illustrations and miniature metal tools attached to the fronts.All four postcards feature the same charming illustration of a young Dutch girl seated beside a whimsical wooden-shoe cart, accompanied by the humorous caption:\"I got it lots of patience, but - mine gootness - yuh better hurry up!\"What makes these postcards unusual is that each has a different miniature metal tool attached to the front. All four attachments are present, making this an interesting group of early novelty postcards.Details:- Quantity: 4 antique postcards
- Era: Early 20th century, approximately 1907–1915
- Series: No. 241, as marked on reverse
- Style: Dutch-themed comic/humorous postcards
- Color lithographic illustrations
- Four examples of the same design with different miniature metal tool attachments
- Divided-back postcard format
- All four are unused and unposted
- No postage stamps or postal cancellationsHistorical Interest:During the early 1900s, novelty postcards became increasingly popular as publishers experimented with unusual designs and materials.Some postcards incorporated small metal objects, moving parts, fabric, ribbons, and other decorative attachments to create something more elaborate than ordinary printed cards.These examples combine humorous period artwork with miniature metal tool attachments, making them appealing to collectors of antique novelty postcards and unusual historical ephemera.Condition:Good antique condition overall, considering their age of approximately 110 years or more.All four cards retain their miniature metal attachments.Expected age-related wear includes light discoloration, corner and edge wear, minor handling marks, and some pencil inventory or pricing notations on the reverse.Small impressions and marks are visible on the backs near the attachment areas.Please examine photographs of both sides carefully for exact condition and details.An unusual group for collectors of antique postcards, metal-attached novelty cards, Dutch-themed illustrations, and early 20th-century ephemera.Sold together as one lot of four original antique postcards. You will receive the exact cards pictured.
