The period between 1880 and the First World War was the great era of the picture postcard. Inexpensive postal rates and high-quality, high-speed printing methods encouraged the growth of this craze, which swept the world and brought countless thousands of postcards into existence. Christmas was naturally a popular postcard subject, and here we reproduce thirty very different and interesting antique postcards from our large collection.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very nice, either as a book or for use as Christmas postcards,
By Bruce Baskin (Chehalis, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Postcards: Victorian Designs (Paperback)
Full disclosure: I usually put out a newsletter and do all the card buying, addressing, signing, envelope licking, et cetera, for our Christmas cards ever year, and after spending hours doing all that last year, I decided enough was enough and to go with Christmas postcards in 2010.
With that in mind, I bought this book intending to detach the reprint Christmas postcards to send out in December. I like the Victorian theme, which seems pretty unique these days, and am looking forward to NOT tasting envelope glue. As a book, this is a nice one for the corner of your coffee table, although you're limited to November and December unless you're okay with having Christmas-themed stuff on display in April or August. The cards are a very nice cross-section of reprints of actual Christmas postcards from 1890-1930. If you're thinking of sending out replica Christmas postcards this winter, I'd highly recommend this book. Dover puts out a couple of similar books as well, but although they're usually a little cheaper to buy, the paper stock is thinner, you get only 24 cards as opposed to the 30 this book has, and you'll be dealing with perforated edges once you pull them out of the Dover book. Spend a little more and get this one.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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By Earl R. Sutton "earlsutton" (Detroit, MI, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Christmas Postcards: Victorian Designs (Paperback)
"The period between 1880 and the First World War was the great era of the picture postcard. Inexpensive postal rates and high-quality, high-speed printing methods encouraged the growth of this craze, which swept the world and brought countless thousands of postcards into existence. Christmas was naturally a popular postcard subject, and here we reproduce thirty very different and interesting antique postcards from our large collection."--Laughing Elephant
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
High quality but can't mail thru the USPS!,
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This review is from: Christmas Postcards: Victorian Designs (Paperback)
These postcards are of high quality and design. They arrived in perfect condition. Like some of the other reviewers stated, they can be a bit difficult to detach from the booklet itself. The main reason I had gotten these was because I wanted to save on postage this year and mail out postcards instead of actual cards. I had read in another review that someone else had done the same (the review was written in 2010). Unfortunately, when I tried to mail them out today, the USPS said that they were too big. The max size allowed by the USPS is 4 1/4" X 6" (I verified this online after the postmaster had denied me). I probably should've checked on the USPS website before I bought these. Maybe the shipping rules changed from 2010 to 2011. I don't know. But for those of you who are looking to use these postcards as I had intended, don't buy these. If you're looking for something to use as a craft or scrapbooking material, then these would work very nicely. I wish they had put a disclaimer for cutomers to check with their local postal service on size. For that reason, I am only giving this product 3 stars.
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A variety of British postal changes in the 1890s changed the demand for picture postcards from a trickle to a deluge. Read the first page New!
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A variety of British postal changes in the 1890s changed the demand for picture postcards from a trickle to a deluge. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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