Postcards From Around The World

History

The first postcards appeared in the 1800`s in Europe.

Early postcards were pictures of landmarks, scenic views, photographs or drawings of celebrities and so on. With steam locomotives providing fast and affordable travel, the seaside became a popular tourist destination, and generated its own souvenir-industry. In 1894 came the birth of the British Seaside postcards.

The 1930`s saw the emergence of the cartoon-style saucy postcards, these became so widespread that at the peak of their popularity the sale of saucy postcards reached a massive 16 million a year. The saucy postcards depicted scenes of a bawdy nature and made use of traditionally characters such as vicars, large ladies and put-upon husbands, very much in the same way as the Carry On films use to.

These days postcards are still used as souvenirs of our holidays as well as for advertising products and services and showing off artwork which is a great alternative to large prints or posters. Did you know that someone who collects and studies postcards is called a Deltiologist.

Argentina

    Australia

   

Brazil

   

Canada

   

Egypt

   

England

   

France

   

Greece

   

Italy

   

Malaysia

   

Spain

   

USA

   

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Post Card From Benidorm

Have you been to Benidorm and would like a souvenir? This post card from Benidorm would make that ideal keepsake.

For more infotmation on this post card from Benidorm then click on the image below. To see our full range of postcards and gifts then please visit our online store at Justbyjulie.

Postcards From Around The World, Athens, Greece

Here is one of my postcards from around the world.

Athens, Greece

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Postcard From Athens, Greece

A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. While a postcard is usually printed by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by the relevant postal authority. The United States Postal Service defines a postcard as: rectangular, at least 3½ inches high × 5 inches long × 0.007 inches thick and no more than 4¼ inches high × 6 inches long × 0.016 inches thick;[1] (in metric; 12.7 cm × 8.9 cm).

Everywhere you go on vacation you will find a postcard that you can send back home to friends and relatives. I know when I go on vacation there is always a question of how many postcards shall I send and who shall I send them too?

At Justbyjulie we have a range of postcards. Some of them are of places around the world others are just for fun. Listed below is a postcard from Athens, Greece created from a photograph that we took when we visited Athens. For more information on this postcard then just click on the image. To see our full range of postcards then please visit our online store at Justbyjulie.