Reference Number:- | ||
se420-026 | ||
First printed card:
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Words:
Happy may your Birthday be. TWELVE MONTHS ARE GONE, AND NOW AGAIN I WISH YOU THE WARMEST BLESSINGS OF A CONSTANT FRIEND OH PRAY THAT GOD WILL EVER GUARD AND KEEP YOU SAFE IN HIS LOVE UNTIL LIFE'S JOURNEYS END. | ||
Words:
A happy Birthday. KIND PROVIDENCE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY SMILE AND KEEP YOU FREE FROM EVERY GUILE, THE LORD GRANT YOU CONTENTMENT VIRTUE, HEALTH AND A HAPPY SPIRIT, THE BEST OF WEALTH |
Middle two printed cards:
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Words:
EVERY THOUGHT AND EVERY FEELING OF MY WARMEST LOVE FOR THEE FIND ITS ECHO ON THIS MORNING, 'TIS YOUR BIRTHDAY HAPPY BE. | |
Words:
MAY THE DAY PASS BRIGHTLY O'ER THEE FLEETING FAST, BUT FULL OF LOVE, HAPPY IN MY CONSTANT FRIENDSHIP TILL YOU REACH THAT FRIEND ABOVE. |
Last printed card:
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Size: | 21.0cm high by 14.0cm wide |
Comments: |
The cards above are fastened inside an early version of paper fold over. It would seem in the early days that Stevens did not print his name of the cards, as none of the above cards has either his name nor initials.
As can be seen, this perfumed card is comprised of four individual printed cards. |