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 |
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 |
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 |
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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