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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Daniel, postcard collecting was huge in the early part of the 20th century. There are albums that date to the pre-WW1 era that were specifically made to house postcards. I see them at estate auctions all the time. Just because people didn't know the checklists of all the postcards didn't mean they weren't collected. There was no T206 checklist yet Jefferson Burdick still collected them. Also just because postcards had utility didn't mean they weren't collected too. Baseball cards were utilized as pack stiffeners in packages of cigarettes.