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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
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PostcardsNew YearBavarian Red Cross, 19141996
PostcardsNew York City34th St. & Broadway, Photograph1996
PostcardsNursesComposite Of 3, Nightingale, Noyes, Delano, On Staircase1996
PostcardsPostcard StorePerugia, Italy1996
PostcardsRed Cap WineChromolithograph, Town Of Freyburg, Germany, 19131996
PostcardsSaloon SmasherHatchet-wielding Carrie Nation, Envelope, 6 Piece1996
PostcardsSavoy HotelSoldiers, Wagon, Horses, 19161996
PostcardsShopperWoman Viewing New Corset, Art Nouveau1996
PostcardsShrimp PeddlerCharleston, South Carolina1996
PostcardsSilver Slippers SaloonLas Vegas, 1850s1996
PostcardsSpanish American WarCapturing Signal Station On Cuban Soil, 18981996
PostcardsTarzan BoyJohnny Weismuller1996
PostcardsThanksgivingBlack Chef1996
PostcardsThree Wise MenChristmas Theme, Bruder Kohn, Vienna, 19011996
PostcardsTo The Red Cross NursesText From Bible, 19181996
PostcardsTournament Of RosesFolio, 19241996
PostcardsTournament Of Roses ParadePasadena, Ohio President Float, Leather, 19081996
PostcardsValentineCherub, 1912, Pair1996
PostcardsVictorian Women Driving Automobile19081996
PostcardsView Of Schoenfels ResortZugerberg, Switzerland, Woven Silk1996
PostcardsWhere Dice Are LegalBank Club, Reno, Nevada, 19411996
PostcardsWirl-fly RideConey Island1996
PostcardsWoman Buying Postcards At StoreGermany1996
PostcardsYellow KidAll Over, Buster Brown & His Bubble, Outcault1996
 

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