The Postcard Thread

[Rikki Gins]

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[PB]

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Measles?

Great stamp, I love airmail stamps in general

[Rikki Gins]

Measles?

Great stamp, I love airmail stamps in general

The W6YC call letters belonged to that Gene DeTurck guy.  (https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=91.msg283073#msg283073)  Apparently I acquired a number of his QSL cards in a past auction.  Yes, I really like that airmail stamp too.

[Rikki Gins]

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Postmark: Denmark, April, 1907.
Stamp: https://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/usstamps_1902.html
Beta Theta Pi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi

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Thank you for the beautiful postcards, my dear, that you have sent these last couple of weeks.  I'd like to find some pretty cards for you but it's impossible in this city.  Goodbye.
Florence

[anniem]

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Postmark: Denmark, April, 1907.
Stamp: https://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/usstamps_1902.html
Beta Theta Pi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi

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Thank you for the beautiful postcards, my dear, that you have sent these last couple of weeks.  I'd like to find some pretty cards for you but it's impossible in this city.  Goodbye.
Florence

Why does that message make me laugh?
Pretty card!

[PB]

... Postmark: Denmark, April, 1907...

Wellll... Denmark, Maine

[PB]

Why does that message make me laugh?...

It sounds better in French

[Spookcat]

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Postmark: Denmark, April, 1907.
Stamp: https://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/usstamps_1902.html
Beta Theta Pi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Theta_Pi

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Thank you for the beautiful postcards, my dear, that you have sent these last couple of weeks.  I'd like to find some pretty cards for you but it's impossible in this city.  Goodbye.
Florence

I love the handwriting.

[PB]

... I really like that airmail stamp too.

If a person looks at enough air mail stamps over the years, it's a good history of flight.  If I were to collect just one category, it would probably be airmail stamps.  Here's one I like (part of a 1933 series with different colors and values):

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[Rikki Gins]

If a person looks at enough air mail stamps over the years, it's a good history of flight.  If I were to collect just one category, it would probably be airmail stamps.  Here's one I like (part of a 1933 series with different colors and values):

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That is a nice stamp!  I've always liked this transport plane stamp from 1944.

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[Rikki Gins]

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In celebration of the current Full Buck Moon, here is a postcard showing a full moon over the Ponce De Leon Inlet in Florida.

[anniem]

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In celebration of the current Full Buck Moon, here is a postcard showing a full moon over the Ponce De Leon Inlet in Florida.

Quite nice!

[Rikki Gins]

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Here are two postcards that have probably remained together for well over one hundred years.  As you can see, the two people are the same and are wearing the same clothing, plus they are posing in front of the same painted background.  These are typical of the popular novelty set of postcards that told a story, usually romantic or humorous in nature.  I don't know how many cards it took to tell a story, but I do know that the models were used for multiple story lines.  They would have costume changes and would act out entirely different plots, all within one day of shooting.  It saved the photographer money, doing it that way.

The backs of the cards, of course, are similar in nature.
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[Rikki Gins]

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Here are two postcards that have probably remained together for well over one hundred years.  As you can see, the two people are the same and are wearing the same clothing, plus they are posing in front of the same painted background.  These are typical of the popular novelty set of postcards that told a story, usually romantic or humorous in nature.  I don't know how many cards it took to tell a story, but I do know that the models were used for multiple story lines.  They would have costume changes and would act out entirely different plots, all within one day of shooting.  It saved the photographer money, doing it that way.

The backs of the cards, of course, are similar in nature.
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I really like the gloves. And I'm slightly concerned that an entire bird had to die for her hat.