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10 Nov 2014
08:30:14pm

What is the general feeling regarding listing postcards in the "Covers and Postcards" category of approvals ? Many stamp collectors collect postcards as collateral items to their collection and I have no problem listing those with stamps, cancellations, auxiliary markings, etc in this category, but how about mint cards with or without a historical link. I'm thinking here mainly places and buildings - not greeting cards.

In reading through the discussions it appears that it is allowable but if I missed something I don't want to list them if it's going to create a problem.

I would appreciate any comments or guidance from members.

Thanks,

Carol

 
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Bobstamp

10 Nov 2014
09:27:04pm

re: Postcards

I buy many postcards as, just as you say, collateral items. The postcards are used, so much the better — my favourites are those which were handed to passengers on propeller airliners in the 1940's and 1950's. The messages are usually along the lines of, "Hi Mom, my plane is 10,00 feet right over our neighbourhood. If I had a parachute I could jump right into your back yard and stay for lunch!"

All postcards have an "historical link," although the link may not be terribly historical or even interesting. And what is "historical" or "interesting"to me may not intrigue other collectors. For example, I would sacrifice a body part of my choice, not yours, for virtually any postcard showing Hanover, NM. There may not be another collector on the planet who would pay even a dime for a Hanover postcard.

I often search for postcards rather than stamps when I'm looking for something to illustrate a particular theme or event for my web pages and exhibits, so I would prefer to have postcards listed in a separate category in the Atamporama auctions and approvals.

Bob

 
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philatelia

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11 Nov 2014
12:16:13am

re: Postcards

I'd love to see Ireland Postcards! hint hint!!!

It might help us who search for specific areas if the postcards have a descriptive word in the title so they come up in the search. Thanks!

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sheepshanks

11 Nov 2014
11:34:17am

re: Postcards

If the postcards are used, a scan of both sides would be good, together with maybe the recipients name in the details as a lot of philatelists/genealogists would be more than delighted to find a card from an ancestor.

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littleriverphil

26 Nov 2014
06:25:10pm

re: Postcards

I also collect postcards..mostly for the town cancel or postmark, or if the subject is pertaining to life in Mendocino County, Cal. Up till the if was added.

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, here's three Thanksgiving cards and their postmarks. The first card sends Thanksgiving Greetings from Little River in 1908. Little River's Doane cancel, Type 2 2





This next card brings Good Whishes for Thanksgiving Day from Prattville, Cal to Hardy, Cal, also 1908, It is an embossed ear of corn signed Ellen H. Clapsaddle. Surprisingly, the post marks printed fine on the embossed card, a little lopsided but clear.








This last card brings it all to the table! We've got a sparkely gold edge and our two pilgrams have gold buckles on their shoes, There's a red, white, and blue banner, and of course a turkey! And just for desert, it is postmarked with a very scarce postmark, Manzanita, Cal. Fortunatlly, the card didn't peel into the postmark when the stamp was peeled off.

The file number on the postmarks is their Willaims California Town Postmarks number and rating, this last postmark is MEN(docino)2280 and is rated a 4. The Office was open three years.

 
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littleriverphil

27 Nov 2014
01:35:19am

re: Postcards

Thank you. Trying to collect the postal history of a logging industry county doesn't yeild a lot of letters, but it seems a lot of loggers wives sent post cards when they became more common. The last card above, the card from Mananzita, hitched a ride on this train in order to get into the mail stream ( horse drawn stages in 1908 ),This is the Elk Creek Rail Road on the North Fork Tresle, over 130 feet high and 480 feet long. Just a teaser.

 
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re: Postcards

Great thread. I have also picked up postcards over the years for interesting stamp usage and cancellations. Will start to post some soon. I assume it is ok to add them to this discussion?
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Jack

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Thanks Linus. Yes many years ago when going to flea markets and antique shops I was always tilling through postcards. Having just dug that box out after 30 years it is quite a treat to see what I had found.

Jack

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A card sent from Lawrenceville, Illinois to Birds, Illinois. Addressed to Miss Sybile Heath in June of 1913. An interesting way to hit the 2 Cent postal rate. Having trouble with the front image. Had to rotate image.

 
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Opa

02 Aug 2019
11:50:53am

re: Postcards

I like to combine postcards with my stamps. If I find a card that has the same theme or occasion as stamp or a set, I buy it.

The Postcard below shows the "Reichsehrenmal Tannenberg" now called the "Tannenberg-Nationaldenkmal", in English "Tannenberg National Memorial". The bodies of Hindenburg and his wife were kept in a crypt in the main tower. I think it works well with the Hindenburg mourning stamps from 1934.

 
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