Postcard Collecting

How to Collect and Identify Real Photo Postcards

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Collecting and identifying real photo postcards is a fun and satisfying hobby for anyone... more »

How to Collect Vintage Postcards

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Collecting vintage postcards is a fun an inexpensive hobby anyone can enjoy!.. more »

How to Enjoy and Display Your Postcard Collection

By KindheartedSir

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As an avid collector with over 37,000 cards, I could not rely on the old shoebox to store or present my collection. I needed a better way to access the cards and make it easy to expand. It took a visit to the photoalbums of my parents, however, ... more »

How to Make Framed Pictures With Old Postcards

By JStarr

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Do you have a bunch of old postcards? Well, don't throw them away because you can make a beautiful framed picture with them. This is such an easy project to do and costs nothing but purchasing a frame and a little bit of time. Old postcards make ... more »

How to Buy Vintage Holiday and Greeting Postcards

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Collecting vintage holiday and greeting postcards can be a fun pastime. Generally, the postcards do nt cost a lot of money and you can find interesting designs. Vintage postcards can be found in a range of places, possibly including your own ... more »

How to Preserve Vintage Postcards

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Vintage postcards give us a glimpse of a more romantic time, a time in history when we took time for correspondence to say hello to friends instead of dashing off a quick email. The beauty of these postcards makes them highly collectible, but it ... more »

How to Select New Postcards

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Ever since postcards were invented in the 19th century as an economical way to send short messages, the public has enjoyed the process of selecting cards to send to family and friends. The right postcards will allow recipients to share in your ... more »

How to Attend Postcard Auctions

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There are few collectors who don't get caught up in the excitement and anticipation of attending auctions, and postcard fanatics are no exception. With hundreds or even thousands of postcards available all in one place, collectors can add rare ... more »

How to Join a Postcard Collector's Group

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Postcard collectors throughout the United States and the rest of the world are as enthusiastic about this activity as others are about collecting antique furnishings or classic automobiles. The best way to enjoy a hobby or an activity is to join ... more »

How to Sell Vintage Postcards

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Whether you're trying to downsize your personal collection or just found some in your garage, selling vintage postcards can be profitable. Since they're proven to be one of the most popular items to collect, there's a huge market ready to buy. ... more »

How to start stamp collecting

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Are you looking for a low cost hobby to start your children learning? Stamp collecting can be inexpensive way to teach them. You can follow the history of our country and any other country through the progression of stamps... more »

How to Trade Postcards

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One of the most interesting aspects of postcard collecting is the chance to trade postcards with other collectors in a private group or at postcard shows. Since there are literally millions of different postcards available from across the country ... more »

How to Buy Rare Postcards

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Although the majority of postcards are relatively inexpensive, every now and then the passionate collector will find herself in a position to indulge in the purchase of a rare postcard. These postcards may be vintage (old) or limited in number, ... more »

How to Collect Americana Postcards

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Americana postcards depict a simpler time of homemade apple pie, baseball in the backyard, and nightly dinners around the table. The popularity of collecting Americana postcards largely stems from the sentimental longing for this part of history. ... more »

How to Identify Postcards

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With the millions and millions of postcards that come from all over the world, it's not surprising that there will be times when a collector will not be able to identify an image on one or more of his postcards. This is when he will need to seek ... more »

How to Sell Rare Postcards

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If they're lucky, most postcard collectors will come across a few rare postcards that they can add to their collections during their lifetime. And if other collectors are lucky, the aforementioned collectors will at some point decide to sell ... more »

How to simply preserve special documents

By Sharon Neth

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Do you have a favorite document that you want to have last for future generations? Maybe a wedding certificate perhaps or your Husband's special Masonic certificate that he worked so hard for? What about your child's first drawings that they made ... more »

How to Store a Postcard Collection

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When considering storage for a postcard collection, you should bear in mind that you not only want to store your collection, but you also want to preserve the postcards in the best possible condition. To achieve both of these objectives, you ... more »

How to Collect Postcards

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You can call yourself a deltiologist - that's a postcard collector. They say it's the third largest collectible hobby in the world. Why? Postcards are inexpensive, cover thousands of subjects and have been around awhile. In fact, they date back ... more »

How to Decorate with Postcards

By Ashley Petry

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Postcards were created to send the message, “Wish you were here.” But postcards can also say “Welcome home” if you use them to decorate your house or apartment. Postcards are a great way to decorate on a budget, and they can add vintage ambiance ... more »

How to Unstick Pages in a Book

By Jenncat

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Unstick pages in a book.. more »

How to Grade Postcards

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If your love of postcards grows beyond simply buying them to send to friends and family from your latest vacation spot, you may decide to become a serious collector. Most collectors have their own idea of what a great collection is, but in order ... more »

How to Make an Autograph Book

By Charles Buchanan

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I am an autograph collector. I have autographs of all the presidents back to Jimmy Carter. I have an astronaut or two. More than a few famous stars and some not so famous magicians. At one time people pretty much only keep autograph books, ... more »

How to Discover What (Some of) Your Special Mementos Mean

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Whether it's a bunch of old love letters, a Barbie doll collection, or a treasured stack of albums, we've all got at least one memento in our closets, basements or attics. From time to time, you may pull out your special collection to reminisce; ... more »

How to Join Postcard Newsletters

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Keeping abreast of the most up-to-date information on any topic can be difficult, especially with the amount of information that we get from television, radio and the Internet. That is why more and more people are using newsletters to access ... more »

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