Lot of 3 antique embossed greeting postcards from the divided-back era: a Happy Birthday card with pink roses, a Greetings From Laurium Michigan card, and A Joyful Christmas card dated 1909. Each is about 5.5 x 3.5 inches. All three show honest age, with edge and corner wear; the Christmas card has the most wear, including small creases along the edges.

• A Happy Birthday: heavily embossed pink roses over a gilt open book with a blue vase. Back marked Serie Nr. 1707 and Printed in Germany. Postmarked Wis., May 7, 1915, with a green 1 cent Washington stamp, addressed to Mrs. John Steffes, Chilton, Wis., with a pencil family letter beginning "Dear mother." Light edge wear.

• Greetings From Laurium Michigan: bright pink embossed card with flowers, ribbon banner and glitter lettering. Publisher on back: United Art Publishing Co., New York City. Unposted, back blank. Light corner wear and a small spot near the upper right.

• A Joyful Christmas: embossed gilt background with red poinsettias, brass bells and a snowy church scene inset, artist-signed in the inset. Unposted, with a pencil message dated Dec 21 1909 and signed Dwight. Corner and edge wear with small creases.

Laurium is a Copper Country town on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.