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Vintage and Linen

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:54 pm
by estjohn
Hi, I am new to post card collecting. I have started collecting them and have many linen postcards. It may sound silly, but what I am trying to do is figure out what makes a postcard "vintage" and are all linen postcards "vintage" ? I am trying to label some of the postcards on my site where I display collected ones and I do not want to label them wrong.

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Re: Vintage and Linen

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:59 pm
by MichaelDay
Linens are very much a US type card rather than UK, so I'm not totally familiar with the dates.
People seem to use 'Vintage' for all sorts of ages, I guess it depends how old you are?
I would certainly use it for very early cards pre WW1 and certainly pre 1930's.

a few cards you've got described as vintage on your site (the John Hinde, London cards) would actually be classed as 'Moderns' as they are probably 1970's .

Hope this helps