Postcard History

April 4, 2025

Tag: Tuck postcards

  • G. W. Bonte’s Tuck Postcards

    G. W. Bonte’s Tuck Postcards

    Ray Hahn

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    Stan Davidson died at his Massachusetts home in 2012 and left his postcard friends to wonder how we would ever replace him. So far, it hasn’t happened. If you knew Stan, you were aware that Stan was the most deliberate checklist writer of anyone in our hobby. He was born in Maine, educated at the…

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  • Admire Her Beauty, for a biography is wanting

    Admire Her Beauty, for a biography is wanting

    Kaya Fellcheck

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    It appears that there is no American postcard of Miss Mabel Hirst. In the UK, yes, but no Americans. Which is a shame because, as you can see, she was a great beauty. And mysterious, because there is no biography. Which makes her all the more interesting to try to collect.

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  • A Day at the Burnham Beeches

    A Day at the Burnham Beeches

    Kaya B Fellcheck

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    Collecting sets of postcards can be both a thrill and an anguish. The emotions are strongest when you find a set you knew nothing about, but the images remind you of a wonderful experience. Such was the case with the cards of Raphael Tuck & Sons set #6219.

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Past Article

Hy Mariampolski
January 21, 2021 5 Comments
Postcard collectors are very conscious that the cards we cherish reflect the people and events, as well as the standards and ethics of their time. Human Zoos is a scholarly examination of some postcards from an era that we hope will never be again. Postcard history can be controversial too.

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