Antique Postcard 1911 Forwarded Cancel Washington DC Pension Office York PA

Social History: Mailed from Washington, D.C., to Carlisle to York, Pennsylvania: 

 "A merry Christmas and a happy new year is our wish Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Wagner 1317 Vermont Ave. N.W. Washington D.C."

Scene: A red brick architecture of the Pension Office in Washington, D.C. (now the National Building Museum) with gardeners and a horse-drawn lawn mower under the trees. 

Postal: A unique hand-stamped forwarded marking and a history that maps out a precise geographical paper trail.