Finding Books about Postcards

This week's question may sound a bit unusual since we are a postcard supplies dealer who do not sell very many books, but a postcard collector who is really just starting out in the hobby was trying to figure out how to find out more information on different types of postcards and to see if there were any more like the ones they already had.  Thankfully we have the internet and can do much of this investigation from the comfort of our own homes.  I explained that unlike Stamp Books and Coin Books where books are typically grouped by either Country or Year, Postcard Books are typically created by topic.

The easiest way is to search for the topic below followed by the word postcard on either a Google search or an Amazon search.  For our collectors convenience, while certainly not exhaustive, to get started I have listed the types of topics I am familiar with that you can all use for your search on Postcard Books:

Advertising
Amusement Park
Animals
Artist Signed
Aviation
Black / Ethnic Postcards
Comic and Humor Postcards
Expo and Fair
Firefighting / Police
Fishing / Hunting
Flowers / Floral
Greetings / Holidays
Hospitals / Medical
Hotels
Indians / Native Americans
Jewish / Judaica
Lighthouses
Military
Music
Nursing
Painted Ladies
Pinups / Bathing Beauties
Presidents / Political
Railroad
Roadside America
Ships / Boats / Ocean Liners
Sports

Certainly not exhaustive of the millions of potential topics of Postcard Books, but hopefully it is helpful as a place to start.  And when you are ready to organize your postcards, don't forget to take a look at all of our Postcard Albums

I just inherited my Grandmother's collection of postcards...what should I do with them?

Many times, our collectors were not the original collectors of the collectible.  It was the hobby of someone they loved, who deep in their heart knew that they would be the right person to give their hard earned collection to.  We get calls every week from collectors like this, whether its postcards, stamps, coins...whatever it might be.  And they ask how they can best store and admire this collection because it brings back such great memories for them.  So really at the start, in the case of postcards, its a simple series of questions like:

• How many postcards did they have?
• Are they vintage (pre-1940) or newer postcards?
• Do you want to be able to see both sides of the postcards when stored?
• Would you prefer to store them in a case or in an album?
• If an album, how many postcards do you want to see on one page?
• And most importantly, are you going to continue to collect more postcards in the future?

These questions are very specific to the collector which I would never attempt to answer here in this blog.  If you find yourself in this situation, please call us at 877-395-7233 and I will personally be able to help you find the right storage solution for your treasured collection.