Dating Political Postcards

The following information regarding political postcards was distributed at the 2012 APIC National Convention in Columbus Ohio during a seminar on political postcards. This seminar was conducted by longtime APIC members and postcard collectors Hal Ottaway, Leon Rowe, and Gary Faber. Thank them for their efforts.

Dating Real Photo Postcards by Stamp Box

AGFA ANCO

1930-1940

ANSCO

1940-1960 (2 stars at top & bottom)

ARGO

1905-1920

ARTURA

1910-1924

AZO

1927-1940's (square in corners)

AZO

1904-1918 (4 triangles pointing up in corners)

AZO

1918-1930 (2 triangles up & 2 down in corners)

AZO

1907-1908 (diamond in corners)

AZO

1922-1926 (empty corners)

CYKO

1904-1920's

Defender

1910-1920 (diamond above and below)

Defender

1920-1940 (diamond inside)

Devolite Peerless

1950's-?

DOPS

1925-1942

EKC

1939-1950

EKKP

1904-1950

EKO

1942-1970

Kodak

1950's to present

KRUXO

1907-1920's

KRUXO

1910-1920's (X's in corners)

NOKO

1907-1920's

PMO

1907-1915

Sailboat in circle

1905-1908

SOLIO

1903-1920's (diamond in corners)

VELOX

1901-1914 (square in corners)

VELOX

1907-1914 (diamond in corners)

VELOX

1909-1914 (4 triangles pointing up)

VITAVA

1925-1934

 

Postcard Eras

Pioneer Era

1893-1897

Private Mailing

1893-1901

Golden Age

1898-1916

Undivided Back

1901-1907

Divided Back

1907-1914

Real Photo

1901-1960's

White Border

1915-1930

Linen

1930-1940's

Chrome (modern)

1945-Present

 

Postcard Postage Rates

1898

$0.01

November 2, 1917

$0.02

July 1, 1919

$0.01

April 15, 1925

$0.02 ("Post" Card, "Postal" card stayed at $0.01)

July 10, 1928

$0.01 (both)

January 1, 1952

$0.02

August 1, 1958

$0.03

January 7, 1963

$0.04

January 7, 1968

$0.05

May 16, 1971

$0.06

March 2, 1974

$0.08

September 14, 1975

$0.07

December 31, 1975

$0.09

May 29, 1978

$0.10

March 22, 1981

$0.12

November 1, 1981

$0.13

February 17, 1985

$0.14

April 3, 1988

$0.15

February 3, 1991

$0.19

January 1, 1995

$0.20

July 1, 2001

$0.21

June 30, 2002

$0.23

January 8. 2006

$0.24

May 14, 2007

$0.26

May 12, 2008

$0.27

May 11, 2009

$0.28

April 17, 2011

$0.29

January 20, 2012

$0.32

 

Postcard Sizes

Vintage

5.5 inches x 3.5 inches

Continental

4.25 inches x 6 inches

Modern

4.75 inches x 6.25 inches

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