Post Card Collecting

Have you wanted to travel the world but for some reason cannot do it? My favorite way is with my post cards. I have been collecting ever since I was a child and have hundreds of them from all over the world. I have new and antique cards.

Years ago I put them in three albums - one each for Florida, United States, and the rest of the world. I long ago filled those up. I then started putting them in plastic boxes. That was a big mistake. I wish I had kept them up. I now have a mess but am making headway very slowly. One day I will have them all sorted.

Some of my favorites are the ones with state maps or state capitals on them. For some states I have both the old and the new capital buildings. I also like state maps printed on the cards. They can be so colorful. Sometimes, you can get a card with both and other fun information about the state on them.

Another favorite are the museums of the world. I may not be able to get there but I can have my own museums with post cards of pictures or objects from the museum on them.

Scenic cards can be so pretty. I have so many of mountains, rivers, waterfalls and on it goes.

I have one when they were carving Mount Rushmore and then one of it finished. Of course, they get displayed together.

I have a whole collection of cards from overseas. I have them from many places I visited in Japan. Friends have sent them from many other places as they toured the world.

Some that I will not part with are of the airliners from fifty or so years ago. And, then there is Elsie the cow. She used to have a display at the Florida State Fair when I was a child. It was a real cow and her display looked like the inside of a house. I have several of that.

Most of them are still loose in boxes but I just keep working on then. One day I might have them all caught up. I hope not. My son will often bring me a big box of them that he has come across some where. I know he has found them in places like Goodwill and Salvation Army. He keeps an eye out for me and I do not discourage him.

I hope I have given you some ideas even if you have just a few. When they are mounted they are so much easier to enjoy.