Postcard History

September 12, 2026

Tag: Lipman Postcards

  • The Lipman Postal Card

    The Lipman Postal Card

    Bob Toal

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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

Eleanor “Ellie” McCrackin
May 17, 2020 2 Comments
A favored line among the pundits in the English-speaking nations these days is, Said the sun to the moonSaid the head to the heartWe have more in commonThan sets us apart The syntax of this six, six, five, four poetic ditty is without doubt a literarydescendant of the famous quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s, ’tis better […]

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