Friday, December 11, 2009

Postcard Friendship Friday!

Leather postcard!
Aunt Ida saved it, thank goodness!
March 24, 1907
Absolutely nothing to do with the holidays, but I really thought it was worth showing!!!
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12 comments:

Marie Reed said...

Peggy! This is WONDERFUL! Novelty leather postcards were printed between 1904 - 1908. The leather was branded and then tinted. Yee-haw cowboy! The US postal service banned them in 1909 because they kept on jamming newly designed sorting machines! Happy happy PFF girl!

December 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Terri Kahrs said...

How intriguing! Hugs, Terri xoxo

December 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Postcardy said...

There actually were some leather postcards with Christmas Greetings on them.

December 11, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Jamie said...

Peggy!!! This is a wonderful leather postcard. So neat that it is your's now:) I can't believe I won your Giveaway!!!!! I am so excited!!! Thank you so much Sweetie:) Love, Jamie

I will email my address. Here is my email:

askarteology@yahoo.com

December 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...

Somewhere at the back of my mind, I think I've heard of leather postcards, but I've certainly never seen one!

December 11, 2009 at 3:08 PM
MrCachet said...

Because of the small window for actually mailing these cards, they are VERY collectible.

December 11, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Mary said...

How fun to see this. I have a wooden postcard, but not a leather one.

December 11, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Irene said...

What a wonderful keepsake. I can imagine how these would have stuck in machines a posty nightmare.

December 11, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Lyneen said...

how lucky to have one of these in your collection! and it is postmarked!

December 11, 2009 at 6:19 PM
steviewren said...

This was a new one of me. Gotta love blogging...you learn something new everyday.

December 12, 2009 at 5:36 AM
FibreJunky said...

That is definitely worth saving. Even cooler that it's from Ketchikan before Alaska was a state. Thank you for sharing it.

December 12, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Christine said...

How funny. I just looked at this now...a little late, but I almost posted a leather card on Friday too. I posted it on Saturday instead.

December 13, 2009 at 4:53 PM

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