Antique birthday greeting postcard reading "Many Happy Returns," with two colorful birds, one in flight and one perched, among white blossoms against an embossed gold medallion. Numbered 203, heavily embossed, divided back with "Post Card / Karte / Carte" heading, standard size about 5.5 x 3.5 inches. No stamp or postmark. Condition: used, with light edge and corner wear, a few small marks on the front, and pencil writing on both sides.

Addressed in pencil to Mary Esther Burton, Salem, Ohio, R.F.D. #5, with the message "Happy times" signed Laura. "Laura V." is also written in pencil on the front at lower right. With no stamp or postmark, it appears to have been hand delivered.

No publisher is named on the card. A bright embossed greeting from a family correspondence group sent to Mary Esther Burton of Salem, Ohio.