The following images are birthstone cards from the collection of Pala International’s Bill Larson. For more information on birthstones, see this.

 

 

The reverse of this postcard shows the embossing.

 

The reverse of this postcard shows the embossing.

 

 

 

 

 

A diamond collecting card from the makers of Liebig Company's Meat Extract. "The extract is spread all over the world," states the advertising copy.

 

 

More information on birthstones is available here.

 

 

Recipients of this postcard received the royal treatment, embossing and all.

 

 

This card, from 1911, incorporates garnet into its overall design. The birth-flower is snowdrop—Galanthus, from the Greek meaning “milk flower.”