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  • How Old Is That Postcard

    How Old Is That Postcard

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    This primer for the novice collector will aid in learning the age of a postcard and understanding the characteristics of social and technological advances in printing and manufacturing of postcards around the world. Much of what Americans collect today had its beginnings in Europe; even older cards from your hometown may carry the “Printed in…

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Eleanor “Ellie” McCrackin
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A Cartolina Postale (an Italian Postcard) has an innate and elegant beauty about it. Those who appreciate the warmth, color, and light that is unique to the Italian peninsula have taken Italian painting to the preeminence it has enjoyed for the last eight centuries. Brother Beato Angelico was among one of the first.

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