In 1843, many Britons bemoaned the disappearance ... new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card's design was actually influenced by other, older British holiday ...

First world postal stamp – the Penny Black ... ongoing debates inspired Cole’s decision to commission his 1843 Christmas card, the illustration Horsley designed for him alluded to them ...

If you’re looking to send a friend one of the world’s first Christmas cards, you just need a stamp and about $7,000. At an auction on Saturday at British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son ...

The custom of sending Christmas cards is relatively ... on sheets of writing paper. The first formal card was designed by an Englishman, J.C. Horsley, in 1843. It was lithographed on stiff ...

a London museum has put on display what the Smithsonian and the Victoria and Albert Museum call the world’s oldest printed Christmas card. Dating to 1843, it serves as a reminder of the enduring ...

A descendant of the man who sent the first Christmas card says she gets a mixed reaction ... had unanswered post "piling up" in the run up to Christmas 1843, according to Shere Museum curator ...

Believed to be the first-ever commercially printed Christmas card, the greeting shows an image ... In December of 1843 there was “A Christmas Carol” and a (rather quaint) Christmas scandal.

The first printing of the first commercial Christmas greetings card is to be auctioned ... year as Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 1843, is expected to sell for between £5,000 and ...

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles ... to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced ...

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles ... to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced ...