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Postcard Stamp Box Reference Mini Guide

PAPERDatesNotes
AGFA/ANSCO1930-1940s
ANSCO1940-19602 Stars at top & bottom
ARGO1905-1920
ARTURA1910-1924
AZO1926-1940sSquares in corners
AZO1904-19184 triangles pointed up
AZO1918-1930Triangles 2 up, 2 down
AZO1907-1909DIAMONDS in corners
AZO1922-1926Empty Corners
CYKO1904-1920s
DEFENDER1910-1920Diamond above & below
DEFENDER1920-1945Diamond inside
Devolite Peerless1950-
DOPS1925-1942
Du Pont1945-1950s
EKC1939-1950
EKKP1904-1950
EKO1942-1970
KODAK1950-NOW
KRUXO1907-1920s
KRUXO1910-1920sXs in corners
MULTISCOPE & FILM CO-WISC.Pre-1909BADGER
NOKO1907-1920s
PMO1907-1915
SAILBOAT1905-1908Sailboat in circle
SOLIO1903-1920sDiamonds in corners
VELOX1907-1914Diamonds in corners
VELOX1901-1914Squares in corners
VELOX1909-1914Triangles: 4 pointed Up
VITAVA1925-1934

Postcard Dating Tips

Post Card Era - Undivided Back (1901-1907)


New U.S. postal regulations on December 24, 1901 stipulated that the words “Post Card” should be printed at the top of the address side of privately printed cards. Government-issued cards were to be designated as “Postal Cards” Writing was still not permitted on the address side. In this era, private citizens began to take black and white photographs and have them printed on paper with post card backs.

If no message was permitted on the address side, the card probably pre-dated March of 1907.

New Jersey Boardwalk

New Jersey Boardwalk
c1905

Undivided Back - Address only permitted on reverse

Undivided Back - Address only permitted on reverse
Tips for determening postcard age
Postage Rate Table


1872 1 cent
1917 2 cents
1919 1 cent *
1952 2 cents
1958 (August 1) 3 cents
1963 (January 7) 4 cents
1968 (January 7) 5 cents
1971 (May 16) 6 cents
1974 (March 2) 8 cents
1975 (September 14) 7 cents **
1975 (December 31 9 cents
1978 (May 29) 10 cents
1981 (March 22) 12 cents
1985 (February 17) 14 cents
1988 (April 3) 15 cents
1991 (February 3) 19 cents
1995 (January 1) 20 cents

RARE Switzerland, Barr Swiss Military Officer Portrait Postcard c1910 RPPC)

RARE Switzerland, Barr Swiss Military Officer Portrait Postcard c1910 RPPC)
Authentic from the era - not a reproduction

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