How to collect postcards

July 5th, 2010 admin

Ever wanted to collect postcards?   Terry Kirkman, Hon. Secretary of the Ferndown and West Moors Philatelic & Postcard Club, offers his advice… The introduction of picture postcards (1894 in Britain) suddenly allowed people to send a picture of their home town, holiday destination or local event, and must have been an exciting development, so it’s not surprising that people wanted to keep a…


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