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The cards have been arranged in three albums, according to the subject matter with which they deal, highlighting the original collector's strong interest in scatological subjects.\n\n","physicalDescription":"A moveable postcard depicting a matchbox on a red ground on which is written in German: 'As you are sometimes lacking in fire, I am sending you my little friend. Take this little box in all friendliness from me as a little token of remembrance'. 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