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Postcards were first legally permitted in Austria on October 1, 1869. The United States passed postal regulations allowing the card in 1872. Most of the picture postcards collected today date after 1910. Hand-colored postcards were popular in the 1920-1930 period. The amount of postage can help to date a card. The rates are: 1872 (1 cent), 1917 (2 cents), 1919 (1 cent), 1925 (2 cents), 1928 (1 cent), 1952 (2 cents), 1958 (3 cents), 1963 (4 cents), 1968 (5 cents), 1971 (6 cents), 1973 (8 cents), 1975 (7 cents), 1976 (9 cents), 1978 (10 cents), March 1981 (12 cents), November 1981 (13 cents), 1985 (14 cents), 1988 (15 cents), 1991 (19 cents), 1995 (20 cents), 2001 (21 cents), 2002 (23 cents), 2006 (24 cents), 2007 (26 cents), 2008 (27 cents, 2009 (28 cents), 2011 (29 cents). While most postcards sell for low prices, a small number bring high prices. Some of these are listed here.

 
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(Postcards | Advertising & Store Collectibles Price Guide) eBay Auctions

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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
PostcardsFall Winter MillineryHoward Barnes, Harrisburg, Huntington, Vermont, 19102005
PostcardsFree Miniature Edsel For Test Driving Real One5 X 8 In.2005
PostcardsGold Red Cross ShoesWoman On Phone, Postmarked 19472005
PostcardsHall Furniture & UpholsteryThe Library, September Calendar, Vermont, 19132005
PostcardsHall Furniture UpholsteryThe Library, September Calendar, Vermont2005
PostcardsHayes HosieryA.c. Webber, Albert Line Of 100 Hose, C.1898, 3 x 5 1/2 In.2005
PostcardsInk PotJessie Tarbox Beals2005
PostcardsJosephine BakerLeopard, Real Photo Postcard2005
PostcardsLulu ParrBucking Horse Rider, Real Photo Postcard, 19082005
PostcardsOdd FellowsFraternal Building, Kearney, Missouri, 1930s2005
PostcardsPatriotic4th Of July, Hats Off, Along The Line, No. 109, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 19072005
PostcardsPatrioticFireworks, Cannon, Women Carrying American Flag2005
PostcardsPatrioticYoung Boy Shooting Off Fireworks, Embossed, Early 1900s2005
PostcardsR.f.d. CarrierHorse, Ringgold, Pa., Salem C. Moyer, 19072005
PostcardsRadio CityHollywood, Nbc & Cbs Studios, Postmark 19512005
PostcardsRooseveltBears At Country School2005
PostcardsRooseveltBears In Department Store2005
PostcardsRooseveltBears On Iceberg2005
PostcardsRooseveltBears Take Auto Ride2005
PostcardsSs CarpathiaRescuing Titanic Survivors2005
PostcardsSs TitanicReal Photo Postcard2005
PostcardsSs TitanicShip, Captain2005
Postcards+7 Men & PigSitting On Porch, Photograph, Azo, 1904-19182004
Postcards+7 Men PigSitting On Porch, Photograph, Azo2004
Postcards58 Bleriot Sur Son Monoplane 16October, 19092004
 

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