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US One Cent Postal Card with Football Players
common1900-1945

US One Cent Postal Card with Football Players

United States · 1906 · 1 cent

A pre-printed one-cent definitive stamp on the back of a U.S. postal card from 1906. The stamp features 'U.S. POSTAGE' and 'ONE CENT' with a central allegorical or portrait vignette, typical of the era's postal stationery.

This postal card represents the standard domestic postage rate for postcards in 1906, a period when postcards were a popular and affordable means of communication. It was published by Edward H. Mitchell, a notable postcard producer, and features a scene from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Engraved

Image: Published by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Mitchell" class="extiw" title="w:Edward H. Mitchell">Edward H. Mitchell Postcards</a> · License: Public domain

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