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Hi John! I wanted to ask what research books you would recommend for someone just starting out with a small batch of postcards? I have about 500 that vary from early 1900’s to the modern Continental (although very few of those). I’ve been reading up on postcard collector sites about the different styles/ages, but I’d like to be able to start building up some knowledge of what cards have value and why.
Also, I know you don’t do much with foreign cards, but part of my stack is a bunch of Russian cards that were printed in Germany, but I think they may have been sold in NY City by a perfume company (has the co. name and address on the front). I believe they are from around the WWI era. Have you seen that type of marking before?
Can you also give your opinion on these? The back inscription is what gets me….France, Dec 1918. One month after the end of WWI. I know you say that the writing on the back is sometimes what sells the card.
Thanks for any info you are able to give!
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Jay and Ryanne, I have noticed that when someone attaches a photo like this it throws off the formatting on the “firehose” updates. It makes the print so tiny it would take a microscope to read it! Any solution?
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that’s weird, i’m not sure why that’s happening. they look fine on my end. what email program are you using?
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I have the same problem. I’m using Gmail on Windows. Same issue on both Firefox and Chrome.
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can one of you guys who are having the issue, post a screenshot to http://imgur.com/ and link here so i can see what it looks like.
my forum firehose emails look fine on Gmail using Firefox. see image–
http://imgur.com/a/7NH9n
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And apparently I am unable to link images here. Not sure what’s up. I posted a screenshot to imgur, copied the link, clicked on the link button and pasted it and yet nothing…
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you can tell gmail not to auto-load images although i think it’s universal, and can’t be set for certain senders–
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
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OK here goes. And to be clear, scrolling horizontally doesn’t allow the entire message to be seen.
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Hi, sorry if you posted this awhile ago, I am just now seeing it.
As far as postcard books, I’d recommend any of the price guids by JL Mashburn, you can usually get used ones for pretty cheap on amazon. They would help with identification, but ebay would give your the best going price.
I would date the Russian cards from pre 1920 (most likely 1909-1912). If you have an iphone (not sure if android has the same app) download google translate. One of the neat functions on the app is that you can pick a language to translate into English just by using the camera on the phone. It’s like magic. I’ve used Russian to English for cards I’ve sold before. It’s also a great help with cards in Chinese or Japanese. If you haven’t seen/used it before here’s a video You Tube Google Translate
Pre WWI Germany was THE place for people to have their postcards printed because their printing skills were much more advanced than any other country. I’ve seen dual language cards sold in the US before, but not for a particular store like the ones you have. Looking at them again and I think they were sold overseas because most cards sold in the US would have a stamp box area printed on the back.
Truthfully, the ones from France are pretty common. What I look for would be ones that were actually postmarked from France from that time (or during the war) that had an interesting message from a soldier or had “passed by censor” rubber stamped on the back. The numbering on the cards lead me to believe they came from a set. If you see postcards that have perforations down one side, they had been removed from a larger booklet of postcards, and I don’t believe they have much value at all. Sometimes postcard sellers will trim off the perforated side if they did it with scissors you can tell and the card is pretty much worthless.
Not sure if I answered your questions.
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Thanks John! I’ll look for a few books to keep for my reference. And I figured out that most of the Russian cards I have were printed in Germany and I am also thinking the pre-1915 age. Thanks for the info on the perforated cards. I have a few of those so I will hold off on listing them and probably just keep the France cards for myself as I enjoy the historical significance of the time. I had to laugh when I came across some Niagara Falls cards as well.
I did dig into the NYC company and address on the Russian cards. Turn out the senior partner and namesake Francis Rose Arnold was the father of a woman who disappeared in 1910 from the streets of NYC. They never solved the case and wild theories would surface from time to time. There is even a wiki page on the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Dorothy_Arnold The address is now home to a school.
Thanks again to you and Jay for the great interview! I learned a lot and found a new interest!
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