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Comments4Views60Bookmarks2Likes0PostcardCollector.org Member Contest - Enter Today
It's time time to start our fifth PostcardCollector.org member contest! One winner will receive a copy of Beauty and the Beast
Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905–1935. This book has been generously donated by the publisher to use as a prize here on the forum. ... -
Comments0Views22Bookmarks4Likes0Home Furnishings -- CONTEST ENTRYHartman Furniture & Carpet Company issued several attractive advertising postcards. The company headquarters was in Chicago, and there were stores in several cities. According to a 1915 article in the New York Times, the company was established in 1888, and the mail order department was started in 1907. Retail establishments ...
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Comments0Views13Bookmarks3Likes0I collect Albanian, Old Postcards Images and Photos. I collect Albanian, Old Postcards Images and Photos. I have a page where i stream those. You can see at www.fotoshqip.com
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Comments6Views52Bookmarks6Likes0Stephen Foster DiaramaLinen cards published in the 40's each PC represents a song he wrote. Can anyone tell me how many cards there are? I have 12 out of 15. What titles are the three that I am missing? W-2, W-5, W-14. Are there more than 15? I have searched ...
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Comments40Views502Bookmarks1Likes0C.Klein - Artist Signed Postcards
I've noticed several postings on the internet which have the wrong information regarding one of the greatest still life painters of all time, Catharina Klein, and I thought I would share with this group my research on her. Many of the reference books listing her are incorrect.
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Comments19Views134Bookmarks4Likes1Early Postal Card Postcards
These early postcards become interesting from other angles. i.e. early dates, line drawings, pre-paid stamp, rubber stamps, postmark, etc
Example - 120 years old PC
GB Queen Victoria one penny Pre-paid Post Card. Posted Edinburgh to Belgium
Nice clear Edinburgh 131 postmark - April 11th 1892
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Comments0Views15Bookmarks2Likes1Vancouver British Columbia collection:
The Cave Supper Club souvenir postcard, circa 1957. Thanks @JMV for sharing your great collection!
Shared by http://illustratedvancouver.ca
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Comments8Views130Bookmarks7Likes1New postcard collecting trend?I'm doing a story on the postcard collecting trend for 2012.. some dealers are reporting to me they are seeing collectors looking for hometown pixs, hometown RPPC or other types of hometown subjects. As a collector or dealer, are you seeing a new collecting trend, or have you stayed with your ...
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Comments2Views12Bookmarks1Likes0Assassinated Presidents Exposition Postcard
This postcard from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition of the machinery and transportation building was used in Buffalo, NY the day after Teddy Roosevelt’s inauguration. The message written on the front says “Seen Lincoln in 1865, seen McKinley in 1901, both after assassination”.
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Comments0Views12Bookmarks2Likes0Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-to-be out there. Know that your sons and daughters wish you the best of everything today!
Here is a nice mother's day postcard from 1919. The card was published in the United States and shows a mother welcoming home her ... -
Comments1Views23Bookmarks3Likes0Fantasy Cats of Maurice Boulanger
Above: Artist Signed Boulanger, French K.F. Editeurs Pub. Ser. #585, Used 1904
At the present time no one appears to have discovered much information about the French artist Maurice Boulanger (pronunciation: http://www.forvo.com/word/boulanger/) or his cat postcards. The definitive French catalog Neudin, in its 1991 Illustrateurs edition, says merely Boulanger, ... -
Comments6Views107Bookmarks1Likes1Postcard Artist: Raphael Kirchner
Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917) was an Austrian portrait painter and postcard illustrator. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1876 and attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He moved to Paris in the year 1900 making illustrations for such magazines as La Vie Parisienne.
Raphael Kirchner produced ... -
Comments0Views17Bookmarks2Likes01909 Princeton, Illinois Farmer’s Carnival
This real photo was used in Princeton, Illinois in 1909. The back ID says "Farmer’s Carnival". It's a great view of a booth selling glassware.
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Comments0Views8Bookmarks2Likes0Star Theatre Movie Music Man Real Photo
Here is an interesting one of a subject not seen every day. This postcard has an Portland, Oregon ID on back of the Real Photo. This is the Star Theatre Movie "Music Man", dated 1913, Great Image!
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Comments72Views148Bookmarks2Likes1First Day Covers and Other Covers
Whilst not postcards they are perhaps collected and enjoyed in the same way as a Maxi-card is enjoyed having both image + stamp/s.
I once had a huge collection of NZ covers which I sold off with most of my stamp collection, however I came across a few in ... -
Comments0Views27Bookmarks2Likes05,000 cards for saleI have a collection of ~5,000 postcards to sell. Mainly US views, Europe views, topical. Mostly chromes and linens, but also white border, divided back, undivided back, real photo. I'm willing to split it up by topic or location. I'm located in Cincinnati, so local collectors welcome to take ...
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Comments28Views457Bookmarks7Likes2National Postcard Week May 6 - 12, 2012
I hope you are all planning your National Postcard Week postcard. The dates are
May 6-12, 2012.
If you need ideas, guidelines or other information, check out www.npcw.multiply.com for more as well as over 4000 views that have been made since 1984, the first year. If you would ... -
Comments19Views47Bookmarks2Likes0Vistaprint Postcards I just bought a batch of postcards showing different roadside attractions. Four of them were printed by Vistaprint. Is it possible they were actually sold that way at the attaction?
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Comments3Views37Bookmarks4Likes02012 York International Postcard Expo
Nov. 16 & 17, 2012 York International Postcard Expo, York County Fairgrounds, Horticultural Hall, 334 Carlisle Ave, York, PA 17404. The largest postcard show in the US over 80 dealers from around the world. For more information contact Mary L Martin, Ltd, PO Box 787, Perryville, MD ... -
Comments6Views123Bookmarks2Likes2Postcard World Magazine: Subscriptions
Postcard World Magazine's first issue is available in January 2010!
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There is a brand new publication for deltiologists! It's called "Postcard World Magazine" and is offering it's first issue for free. It will ... -
Comments4Views54Bookmarks6Likes0Pc printed by Gov. Printing Office?I have a card for Jamestown Island. GPO 16-46946-1 The card is 5-1/4" X 3-5/8" The question is did they make card on rolls that they could just tear off and sell? This card has perforated edges on R&L sides. I never saw that before but I have ...
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Comments0Views13Bookmarks2Likes030th Anniversary of Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Happy 30th anniversary to the Curt Teich Postcard Archives! The Curt Teich Postcard Archives, part of the Lake County Discovery Museum, is recognized throughout the world as the largest public collection of postcards and related materials. The archives are located in Wauconda, IL and if you love ... -
Comments1Views19Bookmarks3Likes02013 Orlando Paper & Postcard Expo January 4 & 5, 2013, Orlando Paper & Postcard Expo, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32808, for more information call Mary L Martin Ltd 410-939-0999 or email marymartinpostcards@gmail.com
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Comments13Views111Bookmarks3Likes2South Jersey Postcard ClubHello, my name is Harrise and I recently became the president of the South Jersey Postcard Club. I've only been collecting for about 5 years, but I have amassed quite a few cards since then!! I started with vintage Philadelphia cards and my husband collects vintage Atlantic City ...
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Comments2Views165Bookmarks1Likes0Defining Deltiology (Postcard Collecting)
Deltiology is the study and collection of postcards. Compared to philately, the identification of a postcard's place and time of production can often be an impossible task because postcards, unlike stamps, are produced in a decentralized, unregulated manner. For this reason, some collectors choose to limit their acquisitions ... -
Comments1Views28Bookmarks4Likes0Gets postcard from his mom... sent 55 years ago"The postcard Scott McMurry got in the mail at his Vienna home earlier this month defines the term "special delivery." After more than five decades, McMurray got the postcard his mom sent him in 1957. That's because the postcard from his mother was sent more than half a century ago. ...
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Comments2Views21Bookmarks4Likes0Historical Homes and placesIs there interest in Pc's of historical homes and their interiors? I never see them on discussion board. Is it because to many available? (not rare enough) Maybe it should be more specific like "Historic homes of Plymouth MA" or "Mount Vernon" Any suggestions would be appreciated. ...
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Comments1Views16Bookmarks3Likes1Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective
Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective draws from the Atlanta History Center’s extensive collection of more than 3,000 postcards to provide fascinating glimpses of Atlanta and Georgia, while exploring various styles, printing technology, and social history aspects as uncovered by the unique details of its postmark, its message, ... -
Comments3Views78Bookmarks2Likes1Ostrich Powered Vehicle Postcards
Recently, I saw a group of ostrich-pulled vehicles on real photo postcards. This one features two ostriches pulling a chariot, perhaps for a parade. Do you have your own ostrich powered vehicle postcards? What was the obsession with ostriches? 4 comments Most recent by postcardyMay 6Transportation PostcardsTags: animals rppc birds transportation -
Comments5Views20Bookmarks1Likes0Einstein postcard history Guards at the National Academy of Sciences were being bothered for Einstein "mementos", http://ia600107.us.archive.org/23/items/zc-test-einstein-docs/Einstein-Postcard-DSC01533.JPG
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