[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates an illustration of a successful gambler sitting at a gambling table, and which has a Kangaroo and Map stamp, is postmarked 15 April 1913.]
[Front of postcard]
Have you ever had a dream like this?
[Description: An illustration of a successful gambler, with a pile of money, sitting at a gambling table, with a group of people watching him.]
[Reverse of postcard]
[Handwritten text, in italics]
Dear Mr Herbert.
Wishing you many happy returns of the day
I remain
Yours always
Becky.
[Addressed to:]
Mr. Herbert,
56a Gloucester St
City.
[No identifying information about the manufacturer was included on the postcard.]
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 138 mm. (width), 89 mm. (height).
The phrase “many happy returns of the day” indicates that this is a “happy birthday” message.
This is one of two birthday postcards on this site which are addressed to Mr. Herbert; this postcard is addressed to 56a Gloucester Street, whilst the other one is addressed to 56c Gloucester Street.
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