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Goldfinch and Dandelion

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Stock #: 534607
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Artist: Maude Scrivener
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Postmark: Sep-30
PM City: Blue River
PM State: WI
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Oilette Series 9379
The Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans) is the handsomest of the British finches. It builds a neatly constructed nest lined with the finest down and lays from four to five greyish-white eggs with purplish-brown streaks and spots, rearing two broods in one season. The Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a common plant possession a peculiar crystaline principle called Taraxacin which has a bitter taste and possesses medicinal properties.

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