Birthstone Cards
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Birthstone Collecting Cards
The following images are birthstone cards from the collection of Pala International’s Bill Larson. For more information on birthstones, see this.
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| The reverse of this postcard shows the embossing. |
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| The reverse of this postcard shows the embossing. |
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| A diamond collecting card from the makers of Liebig Company's Meat Extract. "The extract is spread all over the world," states the advertising copy. |
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| More information on birthstones is available here. |
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| Recipients of this postcard received the royal treatment, embossing and all. |
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| This card, from 1911, incorporates garnet into its overall design. The birth-flower is snowdrop—Galanthus, from the Greek meaning “milk flower.” |