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By Michele Alice
EcommerceBytes.com
September 18, 2011

The coining of a special term for a hobby is usually a good indicator of its popularity, and right up there with numismatics (coin collecting) and philately (stamp collecting) is deltiology - postcard collecting.

Like coins and stamps, the sheer volume of available material, old and new, promotes specialization in an almost unimaginable number of categories. Interested in a particular type of postcard? You can choose among See-Throughs, Linens, White-Borders, and more. Fascinated by an event like the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, or a particular decade (the Swinging Sixties, anyone?), or the New York skyline? Or maybe you just like pictures of kittens, diners, or motels? Chances are that you will find numerous postcards for each of these, and even for categories as narrow as views of your own home town.