Postcard. Greetings from the dear Homeland. Wildt & Kray, London, Series no 1819. Printed in England. 1910, The card shows a steamship inside a life-belt, with a man's and woman's hands clasped above it. The life-belt is flanked by the Union Jack and the Royal flag with rampant lions, and the roses and thistles of England and Scotland. The verse underneath reads: 'Across the sea, across the land, I fain would clasp your friendly hand, / But since between us rolls the sea, I send a greeting card to thee

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