May 14, 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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March 23, 2025 4 Comments
The Rhode Island signers of the Declaration of Independence were likely familiar with Goat Island, in Narragansett Bay near the city of Newport. Later, Tuck & Sons made postcards of the island’s Torpedo Station and more.