Fifteen years ago Bill Schaal, a friend of John Lawson, gave him his first postcard. The card was of an old scene from Hampton, where Lawson grew up. At that moment, Lawson fell in love with ...

It started for Peter Keyes the same way it does for many postcard collectors: with just one._ The Newbury resident, a retired high school history and economics teacher from Massachusetts, was ...

Members of the Hampton Roads Postcard Club celebrate the area’s heritage with rare collectibles. The members of the Hampton Roads Postcard Club believe that you don’t need a big frame to show someone ...

NEW YORK — Marilyn Stern held out a black-and-white postcard of a baby panda from 1948. “What’s interesting to me is that it says, ‘Most valuable captive animal,'” said Stern, one of a few dozen ...

Last week’s column mentioned postcards in passing. I love postcards and have mentioned them in various contexts several times over the years. My postcard collection is getting really big — several ...

Robert Drew has never met a postcard he didn't like. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Perhaps that's why he owns more than 250,000 postcards, believed to be one of the largest private ...

When Karen Martin started collecting postcards, her mother was surprised that anyone would consider these cards — which sold for a penny or two in their heyday — worth saving, much less studying and ...

Postcard collector Clarissa Ferraris in her Columbia, Md., home office with some of her collection. She's been collecting postcards since she was 13 and recently helped create an online database of ...

It`s the time of year when colorful postcards fill American mailboxes, as vacation travelers send best wishes to the folks back home. Most postcards sent out over the years were eventually tossed out, ...

Collecting old postcards can generate a great deal of excitement and net a nifty profit, once one gets the ”message” as to which cards are most important and therefore sought after. The value of an ...