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Post-card with national flag, to give information about international coinage. United States of North-America.
Probably manufactured by: Hugo Semmler (German)
German
about 1905
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph and metallic pigment on embossed card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.10943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Dep. 218054.
H.S.M.
Back: divided. Used.
H.S.M.
Back: divided. Used.
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1906 from Kent to Kingston on Thames.
InscriptionsYes: "8/8/06"
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)