Before you send out your PF 2014 to anyone, you should know what PF actually means. For those who don't know, it is derived from the French Pour féliciter – "for happiness" in the new year. The origin and history of the mass distribution of New Year's cards in the Czech environment are unclear. The Father of Czech PF 
It is usually stated that a significant popularizer of New Year's cards was Count Karel Chotek of Chotkova and Vojnín (1783 - 1868, the highest Prague burgrave in the years 1826 - 1843). His name is allegedly also connected with the penetration of the abbreviation PF, from the French "pour féliciter", into the Czech environment. French was part of the mandatory equipment of the highest social classes at the beginning of the 19th century, so French inspiration is not surprising. However, it is undoubtedly interesting that the abbreviation PF became domesticated in the Czech environment and to this day the text PF or POUR FÉLICITER is almost a common part of Czech New Year's cards. In France, this phrase is not currently used for New Year's wishes. 
History of New Year's Cards However, the history of Czech New Year's cards is at least several centuries older than Karel Chotek's New Year's cards. A metal New Year's card in the form of a coin with a German inscription ZVM NEVEN IAHR 1606 (FOR THE NEW YEAR 1606) is safely documented. But the New Year's card was probably not intended for the year 1606, as one might assume from the stated date, but for the year 1607. The stated date, as is customary on coins, rather indicates the date of production. This New Year's card was minted at the Prague mint during the reign of Rudolf II, at a time when its mint master (today we would say director) was the Styrian native Hanuš Lasanz of Friedeneck. The dies were then made by Prague goldsmith and medalist Jan Konrád Greuter. That this is a New Year's card minted under the leadership of Hanuš Lasanz is also evidenced by Lasanz's mint master's mark in the shape of a double lily shown in the obverse legend circle. The Book of Books *
*At the end of 2012, the first monograph on Czech graphic New Year's cards by Slavomil Vencl was published: Czech Graphic New Year's Cards from the period from 1900 to the present. The large format hardcover book of 200 pages with more than 500 reproductions, of which over 300 are in color, contains a dictionary of creators (about 650 entries), an overview of the genre's development, chapters on collecting, an attempt to summarize the testimony of these pictorial facts, literature, etc. The author S. Vencl, an honorary member of SSPE, has been dedicated to documenting occasional graphics for a long time, has already published several hundred contributions, is the author of the book Czech Ex Libris (Hollar, Prague 2000) and his journalistic activity was recognized by FISAE in 2010. PF 2014 wishes from Greenhousing Are you afraid you won't make it through this year's Christmas and New Year's Eve? Don't worry! You made it last year, the year before, the year before that... so why wouldn't you make it this year? Merry Christmas and PFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 2014 (mp3) wishes you Greenhousing. Greenhousing.cz Servers and peace of mind 