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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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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
PostcardsBaseball Player C. Mathewson, PC796, Sepia, 1910, 4 x 6 In.2010
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PostcardsBeachBoardwalk, Ocean View Park, Norfolk, Virginia, c.1950 2012
PostcardsBelief MeJewish Man, Large Diamond, C.19072000
PostcardsBernieMissouri, Baseball Team With Equipment, Unused, C.19101995
PostcardsBetsy Ross Making First American FlagNo. 159, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Early 1900s2005
PostcardsBetty GrablePinup, El Rancho Vegas1995
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PostcardsBi-plane Akron AirwaysKen Royce Transportation, Real Photo2007
PostcardsBig PondSouth Mountain Pa. C.A. Laughlin,2011
PostcardsBiggest Little City In The WorldReno, Nev., Black & White, 19482001
PostcardsBird's-eye View Cleveland Municipal StadiumDowntown ~illus1998
PostcardsBirthday GreetingGirl, Dials For Day & Month, 3 1/2 x 5 In. ~illus2002
PostcardsBlack BoySitting On Chair, By Shanty, Unused, 1940s1995
PostcardsBlack GentlemanDog, Holds Cigar, Photograph1995
PostcardsBlack SoldierMachine Gun, Real Photo, Early 1900s2007
PostcardsBlackbirdHabitat-coonland, Ulman, 19051999
PostcardsBlatz BeerFactory Scene, 1920s2000
PostcardsBonzoEvery Dog Has His Day, With Cigar, Golf Bag, Floating Celluloid Eyes, 19282000
PostcardsBookClose Encounters, 48 Piece1995
PostcardsBookJohn Travolta 23 Pictures 1978 8 1/2 x 11 In.2011
PostcardsBorder GirlHolding Rifle, Next To Horse, Boots, Pants, Signed, R. Margin, 19061999
PostcardsBostonMassachusetts, Old State House, Copyright 19052008
PostcardsBostonMassachusetts, King?s Chapel2008
 

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