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Leather Postcards Were A Short-Lived, Quirky Mail Phenomenon
At first glance, the small brown card looks more like a scrap of tanned hide than a piece of mail. But in the early 1900s, leather postcards, like the one sent from Humboldt, were written on, stamped, mailed, and collected, becoming a unique chapter in Canadian postal history. Leather postcards first appeared in the early 1900s, most commonly in the United States. They were made from thin pieces of deerskin or calfskin, often decorated with burn…
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Leather Postcards Were A Short-Lived, Quirky Mail Phenomenon
At first glance, the small brown card looks more like a scrap of tanned hide than a piece of mail. But in the early 1900s, leather postcards, like the one sent from Humboldt, were written on, stamped, mailed, and collected, becoming a unique chapter in Canadian postal history. Leather postcards first appeared in the early 1900s, most commonly in the United States. They were made from thin pieces of deerskin or calfskin, often decorated with burn…
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