Souveneir Postcards

Postcards have been around for a long time now; almost for about 150 years. And collecting postcards is the third largest hobby in the world after stamps and coins. Many people love to collect souvenir postcards from places they visit as a memento of that place and its landmarks.

Postcards started becoming popular in the late 19th century when many countries across the world started printing postcards with photos and images of their country’s most famous places and landmarks. The first Eiffel Tower postcard was printed in 1889.

Today you can collect all kinds of postcards from almost all parts of the world. Whether you are traveling to Rome or Spain, Africa or Asia, you can get souvenir postcards from there which have pictures or even events of those places.

Some of the souvenir postcards are worth a lot of money because of the origin; the older the postcard the better its worth. There are people who focus on collecting postcards from a particular country or continent; some prefer a particular style of postcard, some prefer collecting postcards of a particular theme whereas others collect souvenir postcards from around the world in various different styles.

If you travel a lot then collecting postcards should not be difficult for you as you can get souvenir postcards from every destination you visit. But if you are not much of a traveler but still have a hobby of collecting postcards, you can easily get them online. One o the best online source for postcard collectors is eBay.

Souvenir postcards include images or photos of old buildings, expositions, vintage cars, trains, sports and sports personalities, historic figures and many other pictures. Some of the postcard collectors have a wide variety of collectable from the old era which can fetch a lot of money.

Postcard collectors are often referred to as deltiologist (It comes from a Greek word which means collector of small pictures or writings).The turn of the 20th century saw a great splurge in postcards. Over a billion postcards were sold in a year in the United States alone.

You can find souvenir, antique or vintage postcards in many places such as auctions, antique stores or even in flea markets. You can also look for advertisements of postcards in classifieds in the newspapers from postcard collectors who want to sell their postcard collection to make some quick bucks.

Most postcards are printed on cardboard but you can find some vintage and old postcards printed on metal, leather and wood. They are a real keeper!!