Postal regulations permitted the mailing of unusual and odd-shaped items in the early 20th century.
In the past year, I have found a few hand-made postcards (including wood, fur, and feathers) in addition to a dozen hand-painted postcards (which were somewhat more popular).
Here is a hand-carved postcard that was mailed to Roy L. Winters at Reinholds Station on August 1, 1906.
The card features three figures and the motto, “Two is Company, Three is a Crowd”.
It is amusing to note the special details the artist included, such as the patch on the butt of the seated boy.
The Postcard was mailed from Landis Valley, PA – presumably by the one who carved it.
(The Landis Valley Post Office no longer exists.)
Addressed to Mr. Roy L. Winters of Reinholds Station, a community around a railroad depot in northern Lancaster County, the postcard has lost the stamp that had been applied to it.
The postcard was saved for more than a hundred years, suggesting that the novelty was appreciated by the one who received it.
