Collecting

Explore postcard collecting with guides on dating, identification, storage, and more - your essential resources for every collector.

Collector Leonard Lauder reflects on how postcards - once cheap, bold, and widely circulated - were wielded as tools of...

A historical overview from the U.S. Postal Service exploring the origins and evolution of stamped postal cards and postc...

Explore nearly 250 years of U.S. postal service history - from Benjamin Franklin’s appointment through postcards, postal...

Smithsonian’s flagship museum for mail and postal history - explore exhibits featuring postal vehicles, stamps, philatel...

New York State Library online exhibit exploring the history, artistry, and cultural impact of picture postcards during t...

The Newberry Library houses one of the nation’s largest postcard collections - over 500,000 unique images and production...

Over 6,000 postcards digitized by University of San Diego’s Copley Library - scrapbooks compiled by May & Genevieve Clar...

Step into the stacks from your own easy chair - browse the Boston Public Library’s postcard collection, thousands of vin...

From Albany’s own stacks - a brief but charming look at the history of picture postcards, tracing their rise from turn-o...

Straight from the Smithsonian’s vaults - a handy primer on dating postcards by style, stamp boxes, and printing clues, p...

Your quick-glance chart for pinpointing the year of Dexter Press postcards - just match the number, check the suffix, an...

A detailed guide to identifying and dating Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs) by paper manufacturer and stamp box markings, wi...