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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), 2012 (32 cents), 2013 (33 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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ImageCategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
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 Postcards+7 Men PigSitting On Porch, Photograph, Azo2004
 Postcards2 Black CatsRocker, Just A Little Rocking Chair & You, 1906 , 2012
 Postcards2 CaddiesPinehurst, North Carolina, Real Photo Postcard, 19102005
Postcards2 Fashionable Women No. 906, Wiener Werkstatte, illustrated2009
 Postcards2 Girls Fur Trimmed Coats Under Umbrella, Germany, 19102009
 Postcards3 Telephone LinemenOn Cables Above Street, 2 Smoking, 1 Working, 19112000
 Postcards3-d3 Little Pigs, Brick House, Big Bad Wolf, W.c. Jones Publishing Co., 19662002
 Postcards4th Of JulyBoy With Firecracker, Girl With Flag, Dog Watching2000
 Postcards4th Of JulyMiss Columbia, On Liberty Bell, Firecrackers, Embossed2000
 Postcards58 Bleriot Sur Son Monoplane 16October, 19092004
 PostcardsA Happy New YearBells, Leaves, Embossed, Chromolithographed, 1919 , 2012
 PostcardsA Sure BetJeff Jeffries & Jack Johnson, Boxing2000
 PostcardsA. DickinsonWitch Hazel, Dividing The Farm, Puzzle, 1930s, Large1999
 PostcardsA. DickinsonWitch Hazel, Witch With Wand, 1930s1999
 PostcardsAcademy Campus ViewMercersburg Pa. C.A. Laughlin,2011
 PostcardsAdvertise With ColorHarry H. Brumann, New York, 19481999
 PostcardsAfrican HuntTeddy Roosevelt, 40 Piece2002
 PostcardsAirshipYork Fairgrounds, Photograph, Early 1900s, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 In.2000
 PostcardsAitkaEskimo Berry Sellers, Hand Colored, 19101998
 PostcardsAlabamaBlacks Picking Cotton, Eagle, U.s. Shield1995
 PostcardsAlaska Gold12 Million In Gold, Alaska Cleanup, Gold Ingots, Coins2004
 PostcardsAlbany Railroad Station Americhrome, Albany News Co., N.Y., Postmarked Mar. 3, 19132010
 PostcardsAlbert I Of Belgium Set8 Piece1995
 PostcardsAlbumClassic Works Of Art, European & American, 240 Piece2000
 

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