Postcard Or Post Card

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A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard used for writing, then mailed without an envelope. There are special occasions, such as wood postcards, made of very thin wood, and copper postcards sold in the Copper Country, Michigan and coconut "postcards" from Hawaii.
Cards with notes have been made and sent by people since the creation of the postal services. The earliest known picture postcard was a hand-painted design on a card, and sent in London to the writer Theodore Hook in 1840 with a black penny stamp on the front. In some places, it is possible to send postacards for a lower fee than for a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (these require a stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage already printed on them). While a postcard is usually printed by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is purchased from the post office.
In the United States, a picture or blank card stock that held a message and sent through the mail at letter rate first began when a card postmarked in December 1848 contained pr...

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