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A blank postcard without a postmark was equated to a simple “picture”. Today, however, some collectors actually ignore cards with writing on them. [15] Deltiology is one of the most popular types of collecting. Postcards are usually valued in proportion to their age and rarity of their subject.
This category contains articles related to postcards and the hobby of collecting and writing them (known as deltiology. Subcategories. This category has the following ...
Collectors Club of San Francisco [19] Conejo Valley Philatelic Society (Newbury Park) [17] Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies [20] Diablo Valley Stamp Club (Walnut Creek) [17] [21] Downey California Stamp Club [17] [7] East Bay Collectors Club [17] East Bay Collectors Club [17]
In Japan today, two particular idiosyncratic postcard customs exist: New Year's Day postcards (年賀状, nengajō) and return postcard s (往復はがき, ōfuku-hagaki). New Year's Day postcards serve as greeting cards , similar to Western Christmas cards , while return postcards function similarly to a self-addressed stamped envelope ...
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Coon cards are now considered collectible ephemera and a useful tool for studying the history of racism in the United States. [7] Coon cards are distinct from, but related to, the equally collectible genre of Black postcards , which are postcards produced by and for the African-American community.
The heat-resistant glass now known as Pyrex was invented in 1908, but not until the 1930s did manufacturer Corning Glass start making opaque cookware in a variety of colors and patterns, many of ...
Although the Graf Zeppelin stamps are today highly prized by collectors as masterpieces of the engraver's art, in 1930 the recent stock market crash meant that few were able to afford these stamps (the $4.55 value for the set represented a week's food allowance for a family of four). Less than 10 percent of the 1,000,000 of each denomination ...