Tag: Lipman Postcards

  • The Lipman Postal Card

    The Lipman Postal Card

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    Bob Toal The granddaddy of the American Mailing Card is the Lipman Postal Card of 1872. It is the first private postcard successfully marketed to businesses for mailing advertisements. It also represents the first fully illustrated private postcard in America. As such, this card is historically significant. It is rare and commands a premium at…

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Past Article

Timothy Van Staden
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Most airplane postcards have three components: the plane, a few clouds, and a big swatch of blue sky. Many are chromes made by Dexter or the Plastichrome Company and they remind us that the big blue sky has changed. Drastically!

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