Butterflies & Apple Blossoms / Art Nouveau Litho Reichspost (Vintage PC 1902)

vintage color lithograph art postcard from the art nouveau jugendstil era featuring two beautifully illustrated butterflies flying among blooming apple blossoms over a rural village landscape at sunset.

the front includes an integrated white panel containing a handwritten message in german script dated january 3 1902.

the back is an official undivided weltpostverein postcard franked with a green 5 pfennig reichspost stamp cancelled with a circular postmark. it features a very clear circular arrival postmark from eldagsen pr hannover dated january 4 1902.

addressed to fräulein elisabeth reese

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1902

condition: very good....please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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