Whitman Guide Book of Collectible Postcards

Postcard collecting has been a popular American pastime since the hobby's Golden Age, more than a hundred years ago. For today's collector, postcards offer historic photography, snapshots of pop culture and everyday life, colorful works by famous artists - and the thrill of the hunt as you build your collection.

Includes


• Real photo postcards (RPPCs), linens, chromes, signed artist cards, sets and series, hand-colored cards, error cards, composites, mechanicals and novelties, and more
• Christmas, Halloween, comics, and other popular categories
• Famous artists like Charles Dana Gibson, Winsor McCay, Alphonse Mucha, and many others
• History of the hobby and postcard production methods
• Advice for smart buying and collecting
• Valution charts for hundreds of card types
• Grading instructions
• Checklists for sets and series, to keep track of your collections
• High-resolution images of more than 1,300 example postcards
• A comprehensive appendix describing more than 2,000 historic postcard manufacturers and distributors
• Extensive indexesfor further research