Postcard Swap

[kiavonne]

I couldn't help it. The local antiques mall has a vendor with many thousands of postcards, most in a disorganized mess which keeps the price down. I picked up 60 vintage cards from anywhere and everywhere at only 25 cents each.

 

So....look out!

 

Fred

 

 

Must take your own advice! A card from the stack I picked up in a local "antique" store is already on its way to you.

[Tweel]

Speaking of vintage cards, from a "History of Postcards" website:

 

"The United States issued pre-stamped postal cards in 1873. The Unites States Postal Service was the only one allowed to print the cards until May 19, 1898 when Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act which then allowed private firms to produce cards."

 

I've seen 1898 referred to as the beginning of the "golden age of postcards".

 

-- Brian

 

[OrchidUnicorn]

Got a really cool card from Fred today! Thanks, the black and white picture of Baltimore Harbor is a wonderful addition to my post card collection.

 

Lashelle

[NABodie]

I put a few in the mail today so be on the look out Judybug, FredRyder, Clancy, Penburg and Luckygrandson. Let me know if you need any help deciphering them.

 

NB

[Clancy]

Speaking of vintage cards, from a "History of Postcards" website:

 

"The United States issued pre-stamped postal cards in 1873. The Unites States Postal Service was the only one allowed to print the cards until May 19, 1898 when Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act which then allowed private firms to produce cards."

 

I've seen 1898 referred to as the beginning of the "golden age of postcards".

 

-- Brian

 

Thanks Brian. It's a fascinating website...very informative.

[NABodie]

Does anyone print their own postcards with there pictures? I was looking at the local Staples and found some avery paper as well as the staples brand. I am considering doing this with some of my photos but was wondering if anyone else uses their own shots.

 

NB

[Nibble]

I couldn't help it. The local antiques mall has a vendor with many thousands of postcards, most in a disorganized mess which keeps the price down. I picked up 60 vintage cards from anywhere and everywhere at only 25 cents each.

 

So....look out!

 

Fred

Fred

 

One arrived today. de Soto. Excellent! (And I am a great fan of the works of the present day H de Soto, the economist. So double thanks!)

 

Card with a puzzle sent to you today.

 

[FredRydr]

Fred

 

One arrived today.

I apologize for the new USA 27-cent tropical fruit stamps. Totally ugly, IMHO.

 

Fred

[HDoug]

I apologize for the new USA 27-cent tropical fruit stamps. Totally ugly, IMHO.

 

Good point. I like the papaya and star fruit, but maybe only because I like to eat papaya and star fruit. The star fruit illustration may not make sense to the folk who haven't seen a real one. The pomegranate is hideous and the watermelon looks strangely "anatomical" to me. It may be a way to make us buy more stamps than we really need. I don't think I'll be putting the pomegranate on anything...

 

Doug

Edited May 20, 2008 by HDoug

[FredRydr]

I apologize for the new USA 27-cent tropical fruit stamps. Totally ugly, IMHO.

...the watermelon looks strangely "anatomical" to me....

I thought that about the papaya, but that's as far as I'll go on that.

 

Fred

 

[Judybug]

I apologize for the new USA 27-cent tropical fruit stamps. Totally ugly, IMHO.

 

I think they're ugly, too - but I thought it was just me. There's a nice 10 cent stamp with a clock on it and a 17 cent stamp with a ram (I think it's a ram). When I run out of the ugly fruit, I think I'll go with 10+17. Another advantage to having 17 cent stamps - according to the info on the USPS site, if you have a letter that's over an ounce, it will go for 59 cents ------- 42 + 17 = 59.

 

Judybug

 

[Wolfgang8810]

Hello everyone if you would like to trade cards PM me Im down in florida so you will have some fun postcards.

[NABodie]

Got your card in yesterdays mail FredRydr. A lovely vintage river scene, one of my favorite photography subjects. I wish I had scenes like that closer to home.

 

 

[penburg]

Fred

 

One arrived today.

I apologize for the new USA 27-cent tropical fruit stamps. Totally ugly, IMHO.

 

Fred

 

Man, I didn't realize the postcard stamp increase had already kicked in. So, somebody (or somebodies) may be receiving cards with one cent due... I hope they don't make you traipse all the way down to the PO to pay up.

 

Received a nice card from Rakim across the Pond -- thanks!

 

 

[FredRydr]

Man, I didn't realize the postcard stamp increase had already kicked in. So, somebody (or somebodies) may be receiving cards with one cent due... I hope they don't make you traipse all the way down to the PO to pay up.

Just go to a mail box on the corner and dump a few pennies in. That'll fix it.

 

Fred

[HDoug]

There's a nice 10 cent stamp with a clock on it and a 17 cent stamp with a ram (I think it's a ram). When I run out of the ugly fruit, I think I'll go with 10+17. Another advantage to having 17 cent stamps - according to the info on the USPS site, if you have a letter that's over an ounce, it will go for 59 cents ------- 42 + 17 = 59.

 

Yes! The clock and ram (bighorn sheep) will replace ugly fruit on my postcards soon.

 

http://shop.usps.com/wcsstore/PostalStore/upload/images/03_amclock10_d.jpg http://shop.usps.com/wcsstore/PostalStore/upload/images/200x200_101540.jpg

 

While at the post office, some may want to buy some 4-cent chair stamps

 

http://shop.usps.com/wcsstore/PostalStore/upload/images/04_chipchair04_d.jpg

 

to supplement the 90 cent Guam stamp for international deliveries. The new 94 cent stamp is a very nice image of St. John, US Virgin Islands:

 

http://shop.usps.com/wcsstore/PostalStore/upload/images/571840_200x200.jpg

 

Doug

 

 

 

 

[Clancy]

A card arrived in the mail yesterday from NABodie in South Carolina. This card is a fabulous black and white picture; the classic Ansel Adams photo from 1941 of giant Saguaro cacti at Saguaro National Monument in AZ. Adams' work is just stunning.

Thank you Norwood.

[Clancy]

Rec'd. two more cards today. FredRydr sends a great vintage card of Great Head on the Atlantic coast at Bar Harbor, Maine (or Bah Habah as they say back there).

Jakespeed sent a really beautiful pic of Maroon Peak in the Colorado Rockies.

 

Thank you Fred and Aaron.

[penburg]

Cards arrived from Norwood and Jakespeed. Thanks! (Colorado is beautiful... I'm ready to move back...)

 

Two observations:

 

1) We don't get much personal mail any more. Usually appeals for money... bills and charities. Something handwritten gets immediate attention when we go to the mailbox. Inside, the bills and appeals go in a pile; postcard goes on the table to be admired. (Application: write more, receive more.)

 

2) Everybody's handwriting is different... something not conveyed through a keyboard, text message, or IM. Add to that the differences in nibs and ink. What could be more individual than writing with a FP? (Application: buy more pens.)

 

 

 

 

 

[hari317]

Recd cards from FredRyDr and Sdcurnow. Have sent reply cards to all and one card to Jamie in Canada.

 

Cheers,

Hari