What makes a vintage postcard valuable?

One of the many sub-categories of Ephemera of course is Vintage Postcards.

I have only recently started to explore these.. and the websites that discuss them, but today found one that I thought was well done and worth pointing my readers to. More specifically it answers the question that is the topic of this article… “What makes a vintage postcard valuable?”

Their answer to that question comes in five specifics:

• Age
• Condition
• Subject Matter
• Photo vs. Printed
• Postmark

Each of these is explained in more detail on the about page of “the old postcard” website. Have a look.

You will also learn from this site that a deltiologist is a postcard collector, i.e. a person who collects postcards as a hobby.

Perhaps an even more interesting item from the Old Postcard website is this…

The Old Post Office (pictured on the left) is actually just that, a beautiful and majestic three story building constructed of Indiana Limestone and completed in 1916. The building was originally home to the Western Nebraska Federal Court and Post Office for McCook, Nebraska. The Federal Court was moved to North Platte, NE in the 1950s when other State and Government agencies took up office space in the building. In the 1980s a new post office was built several blocks to the West of the original building. The building sat vacant for a number of years before being purchased by Nathan’s parents, David and Sharon Huegel. It is now our residence as well as our Antique and Postcard Shop.

If you are a postcard collector.. or simply interested in this very interesting hobby, I suggest you give the Old Post Office a visit

I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.

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