Postcards?

I don't collect much of anything, Lorna, though stuff has a way of accumulating. Tourists cards I could get on a weekend, historical might take longer. Let me know.

Tartarin,

I think I've been to that shop you mention, and it's lovely!

I've vowed to stay away from ebay, although I think it's a wonderful thing, I need to watch my student pennies, lol...

I am addicted, when I started this thread it was just something I did, now it's like: Hi, my name is Lorna, and I collect postcards, LOL!

I have several books that are just cards, but I'll look into the one you mentioned. My most recent purchases are 30 Edward Hopper cards (I have his paintings, and the cards are just icing) and 30 Leni Lefinshtahl (sp?) cards (willing to trade some, btw )

Are you a card collecter, Tartarin?

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Roger, touristy would do, but only if you have some laying around, don't go to any trouble...I'll send you a PM with my address....Thanks!

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Lorna - I've got shoeboxes full of postcards back at hamburger's house. He collects old cards and stamps. Has some interesting things.

My best friend (for the past 30 years) and I used to send each other envelopes full of postcards on which letters were written - sometimes 7 or 8 cards in an envelope.

I still pick cards/postcards up as I wander around.

If you'd like, send me a PM with your address, and I'll send you a few cards as I wander about (and maybe just send a few cards in an envelope).

Beth

I have some, Lorna, in connection with a project I'm working on. And I got pretty much all of them from EBay.

Lorna - these aren't postcards to buy - but i love to look at this sort of old card collection http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/ppcs-mi.html

Tartarin--What sort of project are you working on?

Beth--Vintage postcards are wonderful...LOL, I have one from Hell, Michigan!

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Hi ehBeth!

Nice link. that's the kind of cards I collect. My scanner isn't working right now but when it's fixed I'll put up some beauties.

I don't really collect them as such but i have a scrapbook of postcards that i treasure.

They were sent by my grandmother to her mother from holidays and visits to friends from about 1918 to 1930. The stuff written is as interesting as the cards with its insight into the era - one early one talks about sending some stuff on the 'carrier' next time it comes (horse drawn).

Vivien, what a piece of family history...wonderful hierlooms to have!

Hi jjorge!

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hi, lorna : i've put together a collection of postcards over the years, oldest ones are from the 1890's. as a kid i collected a few and at one time got a postcard album from a grand-aunt of mine (my mother was not pleased, "they smell MUFFIG" she said - do i HAVE to translate from the german, i didn't think so). added to it over the years, but have not bought many. sometimes you can get some bargains at local stamp exhibitions, when stamp dealers/collectors want to get rid of cards where the stamps may not be 1st grade. i know of some german sites that sell postcards, but they are pretty well all collector grade and quite expensive. i'll try to find a site and you can at least look at them or even print them out. here's to collecting ! (i also have a small collection of old letters that i treasure; the oldest one goes back to about 1840). hbg

lorna : here is a german site that has 1,000's of cards for viewing(and sale). i have fun just looking at them. hbg www.ak-ansichtskarten.de/xxxframe.php4

www.ak-ansichtskarten.de/xxxframe.php4 this a site for loads of german postcards. click on the postman and select one of the categories. hbg

Here's an interesting site:

http://vintagepostcards.com/index.htm

Jjorge, hi, first of all, and then, on postcards I do collect, but selectively.

I have some early 1900's postcards, but my main interest is interesting landscape photos from where/ever. I get most of mine from the odd thrift shop or Olde Book Store type place.
I have people "hiking" on Chamonix in their early 1900's duds, and various other explorations. I like the old photos as postcards....

I like all these for sort of aesthetic reasons, and don't keep every one I run across.

Gee, I'm glad to stumble across this discussion. I collected postcards for some years, and stopped about ten years ago for some reason. After reading all your comments I am fired up all over again and am going to exhume my collection from wherever it is hiding.

I did most of my collecting when we lived in Miami. I had several friends who were stamp dealers. They would give me cartons of postcards to take home over a weekend, to pick out what I wanted -- probably at a nickel a pop, regardless of age, condition or anything, so I made out like a bandit. I was in hog heaven.

I have a few Tuck cards, but most are just things that interested me -- early Florida, railroads, train stations, and especially colleges and universities. I try not to keep anything much older than 1920.

Just handling postcards is fun, and the messages on the back are the icing on the cake.

Slight error there. I meant that I didn't keep anything YOUNGER than 1920, if that makes any sense.

Some of the messages are priceless. I have some oldies with exquisite penmanship and finely wrought sentiments..

<note to self - get cards for Lorna into the mail!>

Just checking in today, and noticed new posts...groovy. People have interesting collection interests, ie..what you go for, timeframes, etc..nice to hear your stories! And thanks for the links!



Beth, no rush...

thank you to roger for the most recent one!

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It does, lol!

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