Vintage Postmarked French RPPC Ephemera, Happy Mail, Gallery Wall

Front (Image & Style) Title: The Honeysuckle and the Bee Publisher: Bamforth, “Life Model Series” (noted on the side of the back). Bamforth was famous for staged romantic and moralistic postcards, often with verses. Scene: A young couple in a garden, she in white, he in suit and summer hat. A classic Edwardian tableau. Verse: Printed poem below the image, a sentimental rhyme about love: On a Summer afternoon, Where the honeysuckles bloom… Ends with: “Then he whispered to her words she thought divine.” Style: Very Edwardian sentimental-romantic, more wholesome than cheeky, but definitely in Bamforth’s sweet-spot of flirtation + morality. Postmarked: New York, Sep 22, 1906 (City Island). Stamp: U.S. 1¢ Benjamin Franklin (green). Light toning, expected edge wear, but strong overall. Writing is crisp and postmark/stamp are cleanly struck. Great for: 📓 Junk journaling, scrapbooks & mixed-media art 🖼️ Framing for home décor or gallery walls ✒️ Collecting for the handwriting, stamps & dates