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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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PostcardsMedical StudentsWell-used Cadaver1996
PostcardsMidget GirlPosed On Stairs, Indiana, C.19191996
PostcardsMilitary HospitalVerona, Italy1996
PostcardsModern Art In New York CityCommemorative, 19131996
PostcardsMutt JeffRadio Advertising, 19351996
PostcardsMysteries Of The MonasteryDrunken Monk With Girl, C.19071996
PostcardsN Y City Post Office BuildingDepero1996
PostcardsNational Cash Register19131996
PostcardsNational Womens Trade Union League19031996
PostcardsNebraska State PrisonElectric Chair, 1920s, 16 Piece1996
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
 

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