Deltiology - A Lifelong Hobby

Deltiology - the hobby of collecting postcards - can be a lifelong hobby, or one that you can pick up and put down as often as you'd like. You can spend as much - or as little - time and money as you'd like. The same is true for stamp collecting.

Postcard collecting is probably one of the three most popular collecting hobbies in the world, along with coin collecting (numismatics) and stamp collecting (philately). Many postcards are miniature works of art, and they have a very wide appeal. People collect postcards showing places that they've been (or want to be). Other collectors are topical or thematic collectors, collecting only a specific subject. In addition, collectors of various other types of memorabilia and ephemera, as well as historians, museums, and others, diligently seek specific postcards or types of postcards.

We sell most of our postcards individually, and prices vary with the type of card and its condition. But we are also able to put together a variety of larger wholesale lots of postcards grouped by country, town or topic. For more information, or to make a purchase, please visit Postcards From A Bygone Era.

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Postcards Can Be The Perfect Holiday Gift!

Vintage postcards can be the perfect holiday gift for your loved ones. Take them back to a favorite vacation beach, motel or restaurant. A college football player, now in his 50s, would probably love to get a postcard that shows his home stadium or the school mascot. Or find a postcard that shows your hometown way back when it was a tiny little place.

Share your memories, share your love, with vintage postcards.

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Stamp Collecting - Philately

Collecting postage stamps - philately - can be a very rewarding hobby. It is suitable for all ages, from very young children to the elderly.

Extremely educational, it can teach children and adults history, geography and many other subjects, without really seeming to.

Stamp collecting can be as inexpensive as you like: you can purchase bulk mixtures of stamps at wholesale prices - pennies or less per stamp - from various websites, including Vintage Postcards, Stamps & More, or Stamps by Dmhcollectibles

Or if your budget allows, you can buy classic stamps, or inexpensive single stamps and sets, at the same websites.

Collecting Vintage Postcards - Another Lifelong Hobby

Stamp collecting and postcard collecting go together very well, and many people collect both.

And stamp collecting and postcard collecting can both be lifelong hobbies full of endless enjoyment.

Click on Vintage Postcards to see a wonderful selection of quality antique and vintage postcards from all around the world, for any budget. Artist-Signed, topicals, topographic postcards, Real Photo postcards, Expositions, amusement parks, Raphael Tuck, Roadside Americana, ships, including passenger liners and naval vessels, diner postcards & much more. Free shipping and great customer service. We buy postcard collections and accumulations too!

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Why don't people use commemorative stamps on their mail anymore?

I've noticed on my own personal mail that I hardly get any that have been posted using commemorative stamps - the beautiful, usually larger size stamps that honor an event, a person or some other occasion.

I thought about this for a while, and then realized that the USPS is not making it convenient to use them on mail. When you go into a post office to buy stamps, they usually try to sell you the small definitive stamps - flags, etc. - and if you want to buy commemoratives you have to specifically ask for them.

My own post office only sells one type of commemorative stamp, even though there are probably dozens of different commemoratives currently available for use - that is all they stock.

It's no wonder that postally used commemorative stamps are getting harder and harder to find.

Stamp collectors should write to the USPS and see if these policies can be changed.

Announcing a new stamp website for collectors and dealers alike: Stamps by dmhcollectibles

Featuring US and foreign wholesale kiloware and off paper stamp assortments and mixtures, fine US and worldwide classic vintage stamp sets and singles, inexpensive individual stamps and sets, souvenir sheets and mini-sheets, and much more, all at prices far below catalogue value. This online stamp shop includes an easy to use, secure shopping cart for all items.

Finally!

Good news for US stamp collectors! 2007 stamps are finally beginning to show up in kiloware and off paper stamp assortments!

I've noticed, however, that (so far at least) there is a low percentage of commemorative stamps being used compared to past years.