If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 442

 Novelty greeting postcard, ca 1910

The early 1900’s embossed novelty postcard above features four-leaf clovers, a dove and For-get-me-not flowers surrounding a gold heart. The card was made in Germany.  It is a used card sent from St. Ansgar, Iowa where the sender was attending school to a friend living in Estherville, Iowa.  The message is written in both English and Norwegian.  From the style and divided back it likely dates from between 1908 and 1915.  Novelty cards were very popular in the early 1900’s. 

Since St. Patrick’s Day is coming up next week and green is a traditional color for that holiday it seemed a good time to share this card.  A shamrock has three leaves and was used as a symbol to represent the Holy Trinity.  Four-leaf clovers, on the other hand, are rare, one in approximately 10,000 clovers, and seen as symbols of good luck.  Both are green.  This particular card also has a dove, representing peace, and a heart for love surrounded by For-get-me-not flowers as a reminder of friendship.  Because the card is embossed, it is possible to feel the raised design on both sides of the postcard.

Although white clovers normally have three leaves and four leaves are uncommon the plant is known to produce five and six leaves or even more.  In 2009 a 56 leaf clover was discovered by Shigeo Obara of Hanamaki City, Iwate, Japan! 

For more information, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover