March 18, 2026
Tag: samplers
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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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December 8, 2021 3 Comments
Is there a curse on the souvenir rocks you take out of the Petrified Forest National Park? Every year, those who have taken rocks as souvenirs mail them back with letters that tell how the curse of the rocks has affected their lives in ways quite strange. If the curse is true, postcards make better souvenirs.