Set: Greeting, THE KING & QUEEN & QUEEN MARY, (KGVI period), Printed in England, Birthday, Various, Oversize

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY below inset, mass of red & purple phlox in blue jug

KGVI England

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet, secured by ribbon, single folds, cream margins,
inside right top:- GREETINGS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY
below:-WHAT A HAPPY DAY THIS IS, --YOU WERE BORN TO-DAY! A DOUBLE SHARE OF HAPPINESS IS SURE TO COME YOUR WAY, WHICH ISN'T STRANGE, FOR I ADMIT THAT YOU DESERVE IT, EVERY BIT!

Artist

EDITH A. ANDREWS

Size

14.3 x 17.2 cm., oversize

Categories

ALWAYS READY....uniformed black cat frying egg in front of tent, Tail applique KGVI England
	Item Comment from front:-ALWAYS READY TO SEND YOU BIRTHDAY GREETINGS GOOD LUCK AND MAY YOU BE HAPPY AND CONTENT! oblong single sheet, single fold inside:-BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY Size 13 x 16.4 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Fantasy Greeting Card Novelty

AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS! ... elephant walks right , 2 personised cats on his back KGVI England
	Item Comment verse from front:-WELL, I HAVE REMEMBERED TO SEND YOU TO-DAY, A REAL PUKKA HAIR FROM AN ELEPHANTS' TAIL, TO BRNG YOU SUCCESS AND GOOD LUCK WITHOUT FAIL oblong single sheet, single folded inside right:-WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM Size 11.2 x 15.2cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Elephants Greeting Card

BEST WISHES in silver below inset of basket of lilac & polyanthus

KGVI England

Item Comment

cover & silvered sheet secured by ribbon, single folds, on pale blue stock
inside right top:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND A HAPPY YEAR TO FOLLOW
below:- LIKE FLOWERS THAT THE SUNBEAMS BRINGS MAY FAIREST JOYS AND PLEASURES SPRING WITH IN YOUR HEART, AND BLOSSOM THROUGH A YEAR OF HAPPINESS FOR YOU.

Artist

EDITH ANDREWS

Size

19 x 16 cm., oversize

Categories

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS in silver below garden & sundial inset, stylised flowers & bluebirds around

KGVI England

Item Comment

oblong perforated sheet, serrated at base, thrice folded & cut to show view of garden
inside right:"I MEASURE ONLY SUNNY HOURS" WE READ ON THE SUNDIALS FACE, GLAD THOUGHTS OF SUMMER DAYS AND FLOWERS IN THOSE OLD WORDS WE TRACE THIS BIRTHDAY WISH SINCERE AND TRUE RIGHT FROM MY HEART I SEND. MAY THE SUNDIAL MARK THE HOURS FOR YOU THROUGH ALL YOUR LIFE, MY FRIENDS

Size

12.7 x 16.8 cm., oversize

Categories

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS rural inset surrounded by blue birds, flowers & trees KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded, perforated window front inside:- HERE ARE HAPPY MESSENGERS COMING JUST TO SAY GOOD LUCK IN EVERYTHING YOU DO ESPECIALLY TO-DAY! same image & title comes A TUCK CARD bottom right Size 14.4 x 10.6 cm., oversize Categories Birds Birthday Greeting Card

"FELIX" THE LUCKY CAT portrait of cat KGVI England
	Item Comment on front:- TRAPPED SEVENTEEN DAYS UNDER LONDON DEBRIS - NOW WELL AND HAPPY AGAIN oblong single sheet, single fold inside left:- MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY inside right:- BIRTHDAY WISHES I AM SENDING FOR YOUR HAPPINESS TO-DAY; MAY GOOD LUCK AND JOY UNENDING GLADDEN ALL YOUR FUTURE WAY Size 10.7 x 14.3 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Cats Greeting Card

GOOD LUCK 'SHELTER' YOU AND ALWAYS BE CLOSE AT HAND! cat and dog on bunk beds KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold inside:- MAY YOUR TROUBLES DO A BUNK AND EVERYTHING BE ALL CLEAR FOR YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY! Size 11.3 x 14.8 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Dogs Greeting Card Luck

GOOD LUCK 'u' is stylized horse shoe with cat sitting on it KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded inside:- NOW THAT YOUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY'S HERE I HOPE GOOD LUCK WILL COME TO YOU, AND BRING YOU LOTS OF FUN AND CHEER, WITH JOY TO LAST YOUR WHOLE LIFE THROUGH Size 14.8 x 11.9 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Cats Greeting Card Luck

GOOD WISHES below scene of house and chicken KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded, secured by ribbon inside:- MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY TO YOU Size 13.1 x 10.1 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Greeting Card

GREETINGS woman in large dress looks at 3 doves KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, 3 narrow tan margins inside left:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU inside right:- I WISH YOU A BIRTHDAY THAT'S GLADSOME AND FAIR, SUNSHINE ABOVE YOU AND JOY IN THE AIR. GOOD WISHES WAITING TO GREET YOU AND SAY "MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!" Artist MOLLY BENATAR Size 14.3 x 18.2 cm., oversize Categories Artist Birthday Glamour Greeting Card

HAPPY BIRHDAY dog wearing bow looks at bone with GOOD LUCK tag KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded inside:- I BEG... TO WISH YOU MANY HAPPY RETURNS AND THE BEST OF GOOD FORTUNE IN THE COMING YEAR! Size 12.8 x 13.4 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Dogs Greeting Card Pop Up

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! across 2 flaps, personised onions walk right on grass with flowers KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet twice folded, opens to show personised black cat under ONIONS MAY BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN- BUT THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF MY GOOD WISHES FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY Size 15.2 x 11.4 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Greeting Card Novelty

HAPPY BIRTHDAY........humanised cat carries coal scuttle with kitten on top KGVI England
	Item Comment message from front:-HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HERE'S HOPING ALL YOUR WORRIES WILL "SCUTTLE" AWAY die-cut single sheet single folded inside right:- WARM WISHES I AM SENDING --MAY GOOD LUCK BE YOURS TO-DAY, AND MAY IT NEVER LEAVE YOU, BUT BY YOUR FIRESIDE STAY. Size 12.8 x 15.6 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Greeting Card

HAPPY LANDINGS!" personised puppy in RAF uniform salutes standing in front of distant airfield KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet once folded inside right:-WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY FROM Size 11.5 x 15cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Dogs Greeting Card Royal Air Force

HERE'S LUCK FOR YOU! cat slingshots horseshoe over fence to dog KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold inside:- I WISH YOU EVERY SORT OF LUCK AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO; MAY EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN BE ALWAYS LOVELY FOR YOU! Size 12 x 11.2 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Dogs Greeting Card Luck

I 'JUMP' AT THE CHANCE OF.... cat standing on airplane wing KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded inside:- .... WISHING YOU "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" MAY GOOD LUCK 'DROP - IN' ON YOU THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR Size 10.4 x 13.4 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Greeting Card Pop Up

I'M SENDING YOU...dog posts letter in mail-box hollyhocks behind wall KGVI England
	Item Comment on 4 flaps secured by thread- I'M SENDING YOU MY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR SUNNY DAYS AND SKIES OF BLUE, AND ALL THE JOLLY LITTLE TINGS THAT MAKE A PLEASANT WORLD FOR YOU 4 flaps with cottage, dogs, flowers & presents, unusual cut used in 1938 Size 12.5 x 12.8 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Floral Greeting Card Hollyhocks Novelty

I'VE BEEN ON THE 'LOOK - OUT' ... FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY! sailor dog looks through periscope KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold inside:- GREETINGS AND ALL GOOD WISHES ... FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? / EVERYTHING SHIPSHAPE Size 12.2 x 11.2 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Dogs Greeting Card

JUST DROPPING IN --TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY in red below boy parachuting down to rural landscape KGVI England
	Item Comment die-cut single sheet, single folded cut to allow the card to stand inside: in blue top- BIRTHDAY GREETINGS below:- ANOTHER BIRTHDAY'S HERE I SEE, AND THAT'S A PLEASANT THOUGHT TO ME, FOR IT'S A PLEASURE JUST TO SAY I WISH YOU HAPPINESS TO-DAY! COPYRIGHT Artist Beatrice Mallet (unsigned) Size 12.7 x 16 cm., oversize Categories Artist Birthday Children Greeting Card Novelty

MANY HAPPY RETURNS garden with many flowers KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded, secured by ribbon inside:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY / AS BIRTHDAYS COME AND BIRTHDAYS GO YOUR PATHWAY RUN THROUGH FLOWERS AND MAY THE DIAL OF YOUR LIFE MARK ONLY SUNNY HOURS Size 13.5 x 10.1 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Floral Greeting Card

MAY THIS BIRTHDAY BE A SIGNAL HAPPINESS GOOD LUCK

KGVI England

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet, single folds, unusual cuts
inside first left:-FOR A YEAR FUN "FILLED UP" WITH FUN
second:-AND NOT A HINT OF TROUBLE dog in policeman's uniform TO MAR A JOLLY RUN;
third:-MAY GOOD LUCK STOP BESIDE YOU cat drives orange car
fourth:- traffic light AND NEVER NEVER GO;
fifth:-cat & dog toboggan fast
sixth:-YOUR DAYS BE PASSED IN PLEASURE AND NONE OF THEM BE SLOW!
;

Size

13.2 x 13.3 cm., oversize

Categories

no front title, lady in yellow dress & wide brimmed hat stands next to cottage garden, open window in background KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong sheet,once folded yellow margins inside left:-A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU right:-HERE'S A BIRTHDAY WISH FOR YOU; MAY ALL YOUR BRIGHTEST DREAMS COME TRUE, AND THROUGH THE YEAR FROM DAY TO DAY THE SUN SHINE ON YOU ALL THE WAY! used in 1942 same image comes A TUCK CARD on back HAPPY DAYS Size 15.6 x 12.5 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Delphiniums Floral Glamour Greeting Card Rural

SCATTERED BENEATH THE MANSIONS OF THE SUN, IN DISTANT CONTINENTS, IN EVERY SEA KGVI England
	Item Comment from front:-SCATTERED BENEATH THE MANSIONS OF THE SUN, IN DISTANT CONTINENTS, IN EVERY SEA, THE MANY NATIONS ARE, THAT MAKE US ONE. KING LAW AND LANGUAGE GIVE US UNITY & 3 more verses, see scan oblong single sheet, single fold, 3 narrow red margins inside:- BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM Author JOHN MASEFIELD Size 12.8 x 15.2 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Greeting Card Patriotic

THANK GOODNESS BIRTHDAY WISHES AREN'T RATIONED!! boy about to don his trousers KGVI England
	Item Comment from front:- box labelled CONTENTS 30 COUPONS oblong single sheet once folded, white background inside right top:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY below:-RATIONS HERE AND RATIONS THERE, COUPONS NEEDED EVERYWHERE, BUT GOOD WISHES STILL ARE FREE, SO HERE ARE LOTS OF THEM FROM ME///1 Size 12 x 15.3 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Children Greeting Card Second World War

THE LAND OF OUR FATHERS forest scene KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, secured by ribbon inside:- MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY TO YOU Size 16 x 12.7 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Greeting Card Rural

TO GREET YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY applique pretty girl in black & violet standing by sundial

KGVI England

Item Comment

die cut sheet, double fold, unusual cut,mottled cream background & stock
inside front serrated:
second top:- WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
below:-AS DAY BY DAY YOU TAKE YOUR WAY MAY EACH SUCCEEDING MILE BRING BLESSINGS RARE IN GOODLY SHARE THE JOURNEY TO BEGUILE - AND FORTUNE BEAM UPON YOU WITH HER MOST ENCHANTING SMILE

Size

12.2 x 15.4 cm., oversize

Categories

TO GREET YOU THIS HAPPY DAY below rural scene of ducks on pond, tree, buildings, clouds in sky KGVI England
	Item Comment die-cut single sheet, single fold, matte finish inside top:- MANY HAPPY RETURNS below:-MAY SUNSHINE BE ON ALL YOUR WAY OUR HEART BE FREE FROM CARE, MAY JOY BE YOURS THIS HAPPY DAY AND THROUGH THE COMING YEAR. used in 1939 Size 17.5 x 10 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Ducks Greeting Card Novelty Rural

TOP O' THE HILL man leading horse drawn carriage down path

KGVI England

Item Comment

oblong single sheet, single folded, insert secured by ribbon
inside:- THERE ARE ROADS THAT ARE SMALL, THERE ARE ROADS THAT ARE LONG, THERE ARE ROADS WHERE WE WANDER AT WILL, BUT THE BEST ROAD OF ALL FOR THE BOLD AND THE STRONG IS THE ROAD TO THE TOP O' THE HILL!
bottom:- TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND A HAPPY YEAR TO FOLLOW

Size

12.6 x 15.8 cm., oversize

Categories

TO SEE US THROUGH in red, verse below

KGVI England

Item Comment

oblong single sheet, single folded
verse on cover:- WHAT ARE THINGS WE NEED TO-DAY? FAITH TO LIGHT UP OUR ONWARD WAY. PATIENCE AS WELL, AND LOTS OF GRIT, THE WILL TO DO OUR LITTLE BUT; STRENGTH FOR EACH TASK WE HAVE TO DO, A HELPING HAND FOR OTHERS, TOO - THESE ARE THE THINGS TO SEE US THROUGH!
inside:- THE BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR 21ST BIRTHDAY / "KEEP WELL AND KEEP GAY!" THAT'S MY WISH FOR TO-DAY: LOOK FORWARD WITH CHEER THAT'S MY WISH FOR THE YEAR! COPYRIGHT

Size

12.6 x 15.6cm., oversize

Categories

WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THE BEST OF LUCK dog doctor checks on patient dog KGVI England
	Item Comment from front:- I HOPE U.R. O.K., THERE'S A HAPPY TIME IN SIGHT! oblong single sheet, single fold inside:- MY RESPECS TO YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, AND MAY YOU SEE MANY HAPPY RETURNS! Size 15 x 11 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Dogs Greeting Card

WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY in pale blue above blue clouds, timbered & gilt gabled house behind yard

KGVI England

Item Comment

die-cut double sheets stuck together ,once folded,
inside left/top:- 2 women in old style dress talk to another in up-stairs window, they are cut to stand out when card opens
right/below:-AS COMES YOUR BIRTHDAY ONCE AGAIN OH! MAY THERE FOLLOW IN ITS TRAIN ALL LIFE'S BEST GIFTS COMBINED; MORE BRIGHTLY YET MAY FORTUNE SMILE, AND FAIRER GROW EACH PASSING MILE AS FALL THE YEARS BEHIND.

Size

12.2 x 15.5 cm., oversize

Categories

WISHING YOU "ANY NUMBER" OF BIRTHDAY JOYS! baby stands at payphone KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single folded inside:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU FROM Size 9.3 x 16.4 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Greeting Card

WISHING YOU HAPPINESS couple in fancy clothing dance KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, twice folded inside:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND A HAPPY YEAR TO FOLLOW Size 13.1 x 16 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Greeting Card

YOU CAN'T "BLUE PENCIL" MY GREETINGS cat carrying large blue pencil and letters KGVI England
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single folded inside:- I AM THINKING OF YOU THIS MORNING AND WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Size 12.1 x 15.2 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Cats Greeting Card

ALWAYS PREPARED TO WISH YOU - "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" comic couple ww2 cartoon KGVI England NHM
	Item Comment oblong card single folded inside right:- WITH MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY Size 11.4 x 15.2 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Folded Greeting Card

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 YEAR OLD. dressed kitten holding twice folded glued sheet KGVI England NHM
	Item Comment die-cut card with supportive strut to allow standing sheet opens:- A HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH TO YOU LITTLE SOMEONE WHO'S JUST REACHED TWO MAY YOUR VERY OWN DAY ALWAYS BE FUN - YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE TO COME Size 23 x 16 cm., oversize Categories Anthropomorphic Birthday Cats Easel Back Greeting Card Novelty

HERE"S LUCK TO YOU! seated black cat & kitten hold up yellow lucky horseshoe KGVI England NHM
	Item Comment oblong card single folded top right:-BEST WISHES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY below:-HERE'S A HORSE-SHOE! AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS MEANT TO SAY --GOOD LUCK MEET YOU, KINDLY GREET YOU AND FOR EVER WITH YOU STAY! Artist in the style of M.L. Attwell Size 11 x 13.5 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Cats Folded Greeting Card Luck Novelty

TO GREET YOU verse black cat walks front in rural scene, applique black tail KGVI England NHM
	Item Comment verse from front:- THIS LITTLE CAT IS ON HIS WAY TO WISH YOU LUCK FOR THIS GLAD DAY "KEEP YOUR TAIL UP" SO SAYS HE, "AND HAPPY ALL YOUR DAYS YOU'LL BE!" oblong card single folded right:-WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS Size 15 x 11.5 cm., oversize Categories Birthday Cats Folded Greeting Card Novelty

SET: Greeting, THE KING & QUEEN & QUEEN MARY, (KGVI period), Printed in England, Birthday, Various, Oversize

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