Postcards & Ephemera
In 1898, American publishers were permitted to print and sell cards bearing the inscription Private Mailing Card, Authorized by Act of Congress on May 19, 1898, which gave rise to the modern post card. The cards were posted at the same one-cent rate as a government postal. Writing was reserved for the front of these vintage post cards, as with the government and earlier vintage post card. In 1901 use of the authorization inscription was discontinued and the words Post Card were permitted on the undivided back, but writing was still limited to the front. Use of a divided back enabled the front to be reserved entirely for design; this began in England in 1902, and by 1907 the United States adopted the improvement.
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Pair of Vintage Lehigh Valley Rail Road Postcards
Published by The Hugh C. Leighton Co., of Portland Main, this pair of vintage postcards pictures two...
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Price: $60.00
By the Holy St. Patrick! There�s Brannigan�s Ghost
Surrounded by bottles of alcohol, this slanderous stereoscopic card reads By the Holy St. Patrick...
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Price: $60.00
Promotional Postcards Advertise Hotel Pennsylvania, New York
Collection of four vintage postcards published for the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Includ...
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Price: $75.00
SOUVENIR POSTCARD FOLDER DOUBLEDAY"S WESTERN COLLECTION 18 RODEO PICTURES
Awesome old Doubleday's souvenir folder. Ralph R Doubledays, Famous collection of western sports ro...
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Price: $75.00
Postcard booklet depicting Scenes Along The Hudson River, N.Y.
Postcard booklet depicting Scenes Along The Hudson River, N.Y. � New York to Albany as is sig...
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Price: $80.00
Postcard Booklet Promoting Saratoga Springs/Grand Union Hotel
Saratoga Springs� New York � Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs, New York is announced atop ...
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Price: $80.00
Souvenir Folder of Howe Caverns ~New York~ Circa 1940
Marked Souvenir Folder of Howe Caverns ~New York~ on the address side this postcard booklet, ...
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Price: $80.00
Booklet of Postcards Marked Souvenir Folder of Springfield, Mass.
Marked Souvenir Folder of Springfield, Mass. on the address side this postcard booklet, along...
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Price: $80.00
Collection Of Five Antique Postcards of Philadelphia
Collection of five antique postcards depicting historical landmark architecture around Philadelphia....
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Price: $85.00
Artist Signed Italian Postcards by Degrassi
Delivering the message Buon Anno or Buon Natale, this set of 6 vintage Italian postcar...
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Price: $110.00
