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Friday, August 14th, 2009

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1976 Old Mill Restaurant WESTMINSTER MASSACHUSETTS MA Diner Postcard z011
1976 Old Mill Restaurant WESTMINSTER MASSACHUSETTS MA Diner Postcard z011
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OLD MIXED US CITIES COLOR POSTCARDS FOLDERS ANTIQUE POSTCARD LOT UNUSED RARE
OLD MIXED US CITIES COLOR POSTCARDS FOLDERS ANTIQUE POSTCARD LOT UNUSED RARE
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early 1900s SEARS ROEBUCK Washing Machine Postcard z076
early 1900s SEARS ROEBUCK Washing Machine Postcard z076
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pre 1910 BRONX ZOO Indian Elephant Postcard Unused NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK z094
pre 1910 BRONX ZOO Indian Elephant Postcard Unused NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK z094
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pre 1915 HOTEL LOYAL POSTCARD with cars horses in Omaha Nebraska NE z091
pre 1915 HOTEL LOYAL POSTCARD with cars horses in Omaha Nebraska NE z091
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late 1960s CHEVROLET CAMARO SPORT COUPE Postcar Advertising UNUSED MINT z072
late 1960s CHEVROLET CAMARO SPORT COUPE Postcar Advertising UNUSED MINT z072
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Shiva Ganesha Vishnu Laxmi Ram Krishna Durga 50 Hindu Postcards Post Cards
Shiva Ganesha Vishnu Laxmi Ram Krishna Durga 50 Hindu Postcards Post Cards
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pre 1920 rare COLUMBUS OHIO Postcard Booklet 20 GREAT VIEWS Ohio State OH z100
pre 1920 rare COLUMBUS OHIO Postcard Booklet 20 GREAT VIEWS Ohio State OH z100
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pre 1945 Postcard Lot SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA CA        y9918
pre 1945 Postcard Lot SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA CA y9918
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot STOCKTON CALIFORNIA CA        y9946
pre 1930 Postcard Lot STOCKTON CALIFORNIA CA y9946
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot DUXBURY MASSACHUSETTS MA        y9986
pre 1915 Postcard Lot DUXBURY MASSACHUSETTS MA y9986
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pre 1945 Postcard Lot SALEM MASSACHUSETTS MA        y9974
pre 1945 Postcard Lot SALEM MASSACHUSETTS MA y9974
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot DEDHAM MASSACHUSETTS MA        y9957
pre 1915 Postcard Lot DEDHAM MASSACHUSETTS MA y9957
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pre 1945 Postcard Lot PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA CA        y9931
pre 1945 Postcard Lot PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA CA y9931
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot MARION INDIANA IN         y9909
pre 1915 Postcard Lot MARION INDIANA IN y9909
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot BELMONT NEW YORK NY         y9882
pre 1915 Postcard Lot BELMONT NEW YORK NY y9882
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pre 1945 Postcard Lot NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND RI        y9865
pre 1945 Postcard Lot NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND RI y9865
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA PA       y9856
pre 1930 Postcard Lot BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA PA y9856
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pre 1945 Postcard Lot OMAHA NEBRASKA NE         y9837
pre 1945 Postcard Lot OMAHA NEBRASKA NE y9837
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AL      z489z490z492
pre 1915 Postcard Lot MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AL z489z490z492
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot PERU INDIANA IN     z391683690692695713
pre 1930 Postcard Lot PERU INDIANA IN z391683690692695713
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot BELMONT NEW YORK NY       z587z588z589
pre 1915 Postcard Lot BELMONT NEW YORK NY z587z588z589
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Valentine a very nice old Mailer To my Love is on the bottom
Valentine a very nice old Mailer To my Love is on the bottom
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1908 Postcard Lot CHELSEA MASSACHUSETTS Large Fire MA  z625626627
1908 Postcard Lot CHELSEA MASSACHUSETTS Large Fire MA z625626627
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1962 RUSSIA card USSR rocket space Santa astronaut
1962 RUSSIA card USSR rocket space Santa astronaut
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot CAMDEN NEW JERSEY NJ   z606z607z612
pre 1915 Postcard Lot CAMDEN NEW JERSEY NJ z606z607z612
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot LOGANSPORT INDIANA IN    z684697704705706707
pre 1930 Postcard Lot LOGANSPORT INDIANA IN z684697704705706707
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot MANHATTAN New York City NY NYC  z592593595596947
pre 1930 Postcard Lot MANHATTAN New York City NY NYC z592593595596947
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pre 1907 Postcard Lot PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND RI     z572z575z577
pre 1907 Postcard Lot PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND RI z572z575z577
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pre 1930 Postcard Lot HIGH POINT North Carolina NC       y9814
pre 1930 Postcard Lot HIGH POINT North Carolina NC y9814
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pre 1915 Postcard Lot DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Hanover NH New Hampshire z324797751
pre 1915 Postcard Lot DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Hanover NH New Hampshire z324797751
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Sabang Harbour Atjeh Aceh Sumatra Indonesia 20s
Sabang Harbour Atjeh Aceh Sumatra Indonesia 20s
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Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 288
Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 288
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Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 325
Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 325
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Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 290
Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 290
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Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 315
Japanese Old POSTCARD Oiran Geisha Maiko 315
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What's Better, Custom Postcards Or Traditional Postcards?

In today's digital millennium, there are many things that can be created online and customized to a tee. The matter of custom postcards versus traditional postcards highlights the fact that the Internet has made it extremely easy to design, create and then mail out custom cards rather than mailing out old-style postcards that are fated to eventually become extinct. Customization of postcards is a great improvement in technology over the last decade, by the way.

Normally, people can recite a hundred different reasons for why they went with traditional postcards when they were on vacation. Perhaps they were trapped in the souvenir store during a rainstorm and decided to grab a handful. That's no longer necessary, as new digital technologies have made it possible to personalize a postcard to send out that is different from the ones sent out by thousands of people over the decades.

Chances are, there are plenty of photographs or images that have been taken over the years and or have just recently been taken on a vacation that would make for a far better postcard than what is normally available in the same old souvenir shops that one seems to find anywhere one goes to vacation.

There are a number of quality websites on the Internet that specialize in helping people create custom postcards. Usually, good websites give a person a way to not only turn any photo into a postcard but also a way to print them, put stamps on them and then mail them out all without you having to lick a stamp or drive to a post office.

All that's needed to find these websites is a few moments on the Internet and a search engine. Enter in a phrase such as "create online custom postcards" and then browse through the results that are returned by the search engine. You're going to be looking for site that helps every step of the way in the creation and then mailing out of such postcards.

For the most part, all of the good websites will have a mechanism for uploading a photograph directly into the website and then manipulating and formatting it until it comes out looking perfect. They also have storage areas for images and ways to look at any other cards that have been made by the user in the past.

After the image is uploaded, good websites will walk the user through every step necessary to format those photographs so that a user can get an idea of what the photograph that's been customized onto a postcard will look like at the end. This means that both the front and the back will be viewed, and the user can select the type font that will be used for the backside of the card.

Once all that's done, it's just a matter of mailing it out. Good websites help take care of everything in this regard, and will even make sure that stamps are placed on it and get any postcards created and designated for mail out are done so in a timely and efficient manner. So take a few moments to consider what would be more popular; the same old postcards everybody gets or something that's snappy and personal? The answer should be obvious.

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