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Postcards offer opportunities for stamp collectors
By Rick Miller
Postcard collecting seems to be increasing in popularity, and a growing number of stamp and postal history collectors are recognizing an affinity between the two hobbies.
Postcards for Sokol events are displayed by year. Click on one of the links at the left side of any page to view the cards for that year. I have included as well other ephemera such as poster stamps.
Postcard: A small card, usually with a picture on one side and a space for a written message on the other. Postcards have no imprinted stamp, so the mailer must also purchase postage to mail the postcard. See also Postal card.
Postcard - A card, usually with a picture on one side and a space for a written message on the other, which requires a postage stamp.
Postmark - Any official postal marking, typically referring to cancellations.
If the postcard is a picture of a person, you don't want the postmark to cover the face of the subject, so place the stamp in such a way that the postmark won't cover your subject.
POSTCARDs are privately produced while POSTAL CARDS are government-produced.
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Postcard tax stamp - a stamp issued as a tax on picture postcards sent through the mail. The postcards must also carry normal postage. Used in Russia ca. 1922.
Postcards, envelopes, wrappers, etc, on which the postage stamp has been directly printed. Should be kept intact. Where the stamps have been removed they are known as "cut outs".
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An envelope, postcard or any other wrapper used to mail correspondence.
Cut Square
The cut corner of a postal stationery item (envelope or postcard) bearing the imprinted stamp with ample margins.
Glossary of Postcard Terms
Glossary from The Encyclopedia of Antique Postcards. Used with permission from Susan Brown Nicholson. Further questions contact Susan Brown Nicholson. Deltiology@AOL.Com ...
Honors for Best Postcard, Universal Ship Cancellation Society award, and a Gold went to “Life in the United States Navy, 1900-1920' by Robert D. Rawlins.
MacMillan, noted Arctic explorer, pioneered use of airplanes and radios in Arctic exploration; postcard is a souvenir and has no relation by date to any of his expeditions.
Macon, Ga., Geo.
Back to index Large Envelope All items for mailing are categorised into one of four categories: Letter/Postcard, Large Envelope, Packet and Parcel. The Large Envelope caters for items up to 1Kg and no larger than C4 in size.
- Abbreviation for postcard.
Pelure - Type of paper calendered under extreme pressure and thus very thin and often brittle.
Maximum Card: A picture postcard with a reproduction of the stamp or related subject from which the stamp was derived. These generally accompany a first day of issue of new stamps.
The first airmail stationery, consisting of postcards and letter sheets, was produced in Paris for carriage by balloon in 1870.
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Deltiology -- Picture postcard collecting.
Denomination -- The face value of a stamp. It is usually printed on the stamp. Modern stamps produced for rate changes sometimes are denominated with a letter.
Maximum Card: A picture postcard, a cancel, and a stamp presenting maximum concordance. The stamp is usually affixed to the picture side of the card and is tied by the cancel.
Maximaphilly - collection of picture postcards showing the stamp design or a picture with some relation to the stamp on it.
Astrophilately - collecting stamps related to space, rocket mail, astronomy, history of space research etc.
An envelope or piece of postal stationery (a postcard would also fall into this category)---and usually one that has gone through the mails. In earlier days (19th century), a cover would also refer to a folded letter that had gone through the mails.
Do not tear any stamps off an old envelope, postcard or picture. The postal markings may have some additional value, or the entire envelope or postcard, or picture may have value.
stamped card—A postcard sold by the USPS (as distinguished from a privately printed postcard) with a printed or impressed postage stamp. Compare to postcard.
Maxim card: A picture postcard with a cancelled stamp.
Miniature sheet: A smaller pane of stamps issued as a collectible.
Mint: A new unused stamp with its gum intact.
Although the definition of what constitutes a maximum card has loosened somewhat over the past few years, the general idea is the same: it is a picture postcard or other similar item that not only bears a depiction that matches a stamp design, ...
Imprinted Stamps Stamps other than adhesives, printed direct on postal stationery items (postcards, envelopes etc).
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Postmark
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