St. Patrick's Day Postcard
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- This image is one in a series of postcards from the Reg Near collection. This postcard commemorates St. Patrick's Day, featuring images of birds carrying a wreath of four leaf clovers and a man and a woman shaking hands inside a horseshoe. Attached on the bottom left corner is a small packet labelled "A Packet of REAL SHAMROCK SEED.," which is a unique addition. This postcard is a part of the Belfast Post Office's "Seed" Series, and was sold in Ireland. On the back, Post Office Regulation states that it could not be mailed to the United States, Japan, or Spain.
- Notes
- Condition: some wear on edges.
- Inscriptions
- "Winging through the pathless air,/Erins sacred sign ye bear./Copyright B.C."
- Publisher
- N.P.O. Belfast
- Place of Publication
- Belfast, Ireland
- Dimensions
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Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 8.8 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 13.8cm
Image Height: 8.8cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Near, Reg.
- Local identifier
- RN22_55
- Collection
- Reg Near Postcards
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Reg Near
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Reg Near Postcard. "St. Patrick's Day Postcard." St. Marys Museum, RN22_55.
- Location of Original
- St. Marys Museum archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee. - Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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