July 21, 2026
Tag: carmen cards
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Samplers vs Completists
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In a continuing debate – ongoing for nearly twenty years – one of my dearest postcard friends and I have wondered, “When collecting sets of postcards, which is better, being a “sampler” or being a “completist.” For the sake of debate, we define a sampler as someone who collects any piece of a set without
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August 23, 2021 6 Comments
The piles of postcards showing hotels that no longer serve overnight guests or meals enjoyed by the locals is getting higher by the minute. Just think of all the beautiful architecture that now rests in the trash heaps of society. Historians, weep with me!