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A CHRISTMAS TALE WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR THE SEASON black cat facing away in green plaque
KED&KGV Saxony
oblong sheet, single fold, embossed inside right:- OF WHAT AVAIL A CHRISTMAS TALE UNLESS IT CHEERFUL BE? MY TALE ALAS IS VERY BLACK, AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE: BUT WHAT OF THAT? A FRIENDLY CAT HAS KINDLY THOUGHTS, I WEEN,; THOUGH YOU MAY VOTE ITS SABLE COAT THE DARKEST EVER SEEN. AND THUS I USE MY TUNEFUL MEWS TO SEND THIS WISH SINCERE, FOR YOU, EACH DAY, THAT KIND FATE MAY, PURR LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. same image & inscriptions come with different coloured plaque
