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.