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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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PostcardsTri-planePhotograph1995
PostcardsU S Battleship AlabamaColor Photograph, Unused1995
PostcardsU S Grant1893 Expo Souvenir, 8 Different Scenes1995
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PostcardsUnited Citizens For NixonAgnew, Nixon At Piano, 19681995
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PostcardsFarmer At R.r. StationWonder If I Can Spend That, Boston, Unused, 19081995
PostcardsFlood & Ice GorgeCincinnati, 1918, 4 Piece1995
PostcardsG.h. Curtis8-cylinder, 40-horsepower Motorcycle, 19071995
PostcardsG.h. CurtisAtop Wind Wagon, Silver Tone1995
PostcardsTeddy Roosevelt & Hoxsey Seated In Bi-plane19101995
PostcardsU.s. Battleship AlabamaColor Photograph, Unused1995
PostcardsU.s. Grant1893 Expo Souvenir, 8 Different Scenes1995
PostcardsElsie BeauregardBorden's Family, Traveling Exhibit, 1950s1995
PostcardsHalloweenPeters' Weatherbird Shoes, Advertising1995
PostcardsMondays Child Is Fair Of FaceSwift's Pride Soap, Wiedersheim1995
 

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