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A postcard sent by Queen Ena of Spain to her cousin, the crown pr…

Diana Mandache's Weblog - Royal History | July 24th 2009 by Diana Mandache

This is an interesting piece of history, a postcard sent by Queen Ena of Spain to her cousin, Marie of Romania on 29 December 1912. I just found it during my research at the archives among other seldomly researched documents pertaining to the Spanish read more

emilyvest

Postcards to my family*

Brits in Bosnia | July 24th 2009 by fraught mummy

Dear Boys,Please leave my laundry alone. In particular please do not do any of the following:1. post a felt tip pen into the laundry basket which will then leak bright orange all over my favourite skirt and the only decent white shirt that I have lef read more

Rainmaniam

Honk If You’re Paying My Mortgage

Deal 4 Real Estate | July 23rd 2009 by Tom Rooney

Honk If You’re Paying My Mortgage House Chamber, Washington, DC March 17, 2009 M. Speaker: I have been asked to present more than 6000 postcards generated by the Armstrong and Getty radio show to protest policies that can best be described by t read more

katzkie

The 7 Postcard Themes You Will Love

Katrina's Blog | July 23rd 2009 by Kat Nocom

Individuals and businesses make use of postcards to convey messages to other people. Some postcards are made for marketing purposes, while other prints are designed for personal use. Individual and business clients can resort to cheap postcards print read more

treoshack

Send Personalized Postcards from iPhone

Treo Accessories Blackberry Accessories Blog | July 23rd 2009 by Treoshack

If you wanted to send personalized postcards to friends and family then look for the ShoZu app in the Apple iTunes App Store or get it from ShoZu directly. If you are a ShoZu iPhone mobile app user then you can get any photo printed and mailed to any read more

digitalmaven

Bukubuku’s Etsy Shop

All Things Kawaii Blog | July 23rd 2009 by Valerie

I previously featured one of Silvia’s illustrations, but now she has an Etsy shop! You can buy a print of that illustration, postcards of other ones, or little figurines. new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(94002, 'shop','gallery',2,2).renderIframe(); read more

anar

St. Brelade, Jersey

My World of Postcards | July 23rd 2009 by Ana

Well, this is how the update was supposed to look yesterday....brought to you with a 24 hour delay :)With the first card coming from Jersey...and no, not the US New Jersey....but Jersey in Europe...of which existence i had no idea until i started thi read more

anar

Kentucky, USA

My World of Postcards | July 23rd 2009 by Ana

Here is a great map card, and my first one representing Kentucky actually. Unfortunately, it lacks the *facts and figures* info on the back, so ill have to try summarize some stuff together from the front of the card.lets see...- State Bird: The Kent read more

anar

Litomyšl, Czech Republic

My World of Postcards | July 23rd 2009 by Ana

Lets end the day with a UNESCO card, coming from Litomyšl....I really hope im pronouncing it right...Litomyšl Castle was originally a Renaissance arcade-castle of the type first developed in Italy and then adopted and greatly developed in central E read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 15

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 23rd 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 15 Monochrome digital While digital colour production print really is only a couple of decades old, monochrome production models stretch to the late 1970s, with the introduction of Xerox’s g read more

uprinting

Low-Cost Printing News: New Postal Incentive for Bulk Mail Sende…

U Printing Blog - Printing and Marketing Blurbs | July 23rd 2009 by carmelo

Looking for bargain printing deals? UPrinting has great online printing services that are easy on the pocket all year round. We’ve even got some discount promos right now for our most popular products. And since we just got word of another prom read more

anar

Kenya

My World of Postcards | July 22nd 2009 by Ana

Well...i intended to make my update today in a rather different way, but something that arrived in my mailbox made me change my plans big time...usually, when i had already decided which cards to post, i go along with it, even if i receive something read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - continued…

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 22nd 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - continued… This company was bought a couple of years ago by HP and is now the HP Scitex operation. NUR maintained its independence until late in 2007, when it was also bought by HP. Another H read more

Henk

Postcard from Haarlem

Trace your Dutch roots | July 22nd 2009 by hbvk

This postcard from Haarlem also featured in the Church Sunday series on my Roots blog. The card, sent in 1931, shows us the Grote Markt, the former market square, with the St. Bavo Church (famous for its organ). On the left is the statue of Lauren read more

anar

Siem Reap, Cambodia

My World of Postcards | July 21st 2009 by Ana

Morning everyone!! And its a real morning indeed...about 8:30 am at the time of writing this! And it might not be a big deal...i have been awake at this hour other times as well..but not days and days in row...at least not in the past years. But im t read more

anar

Lahemaa, Estonia

My World of Postcards | July 21st 2009 by Ana

A really nice card from Janek...though i had no idea what Lahemaa actually was until i searched the info for it. On the first glimpse, it reminded me of a summer resort i went to when i was in the 1st grade :)But Lahemaa is the oldest and largest nat read more

anar

Cape Bonavista, Canada

My World of Postcards | July 21st 2009 by Ana

This last card today comes from Glenn...it came along with that huuuuuge envelope with all those rare countries! And its a really lovely lighthouse....and i ESPECIALLY love the dark skies on the picture...brings such a thrill and some unique atmosphe read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 13

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 21st 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 13 - 21st July 2009 Wide format inkjets The development of the wide format printer into a significant market presence has happened almost entirely within the past 20 years. Before that in the read more

quiet weekend

[ kept in a jar ] | July 20th 2009

Sometimes it's quite nice not to do much at all.This weekend I didn't really leave the house (apart from when I went to had to buy jaffa cakes from the corner shop).On Saturday Rosie brought home a GIANT world map so we gathered together all our post read more

forecollard

14 Most Creative Postcard Finalists – Please Vote!

PrintedProof.com promoting the best online printing services… | July 20th 2009 by Christian Collard

Here they are…. The finalists from PrintedProof.com’s Most Creative Postcard Contest. Please vote for your favorite by commenting the title below. Feel free to tell us what you like about it. The postcard with the ... read more

2timegrime

Profiles in Uselessness: Nostalgia

Fancy Plans... and Pants to Match | July 20th 2009 by Capitalist Lion Tamer

Ah, nostalgia. Like selective amnesia and repressed memories, a yearning for a simpler time is often the result of something annoying in the present triggered a rose-tinted mental Super 8 film, often accompanied by With a Little Help from My Friends, read more

theprintinghouse

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 12 - 20…

Print Buying Direct for Business Cards | Postcards | Appoint… | July 20th 2009 by Peter Harrison

Everything you need to know about Digital Printing - part 12 - 20th July 2009 Sheetfed production inkjets All the fast inkjets on the market so far have been reel fed, which makes construction easier but limits their appeal to printers who need to ch read more

garydenness

Postcards From Mexico

The Mexile | July 19th 2009 by garydenness

We have the in-laws visiting from Mexico tomorrow. So today is day 3 of a cleaning festival organized and orchestrated by Paola. Cupboards cleaned, drawers emptied and bedding all changed. Which always means that long lost bits and pieces will turn u read more

postjazz

I have a thing about postcards.

The New Thought Fox | July 19th 2009

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anar

Doha, Qatar

My World of Postcards | July 19th 2009 by Ana

Lets start the day with showing off a new country in my collection...from where i actually now have 3 postcards, not just one...its insane, isnt it :) Though i wouldnt mind if for all my newly received countries, i end up getting one more postcard fr read more

anar

Berlin, Germany

My World of Postcards | July 19th 2009 by Ana

Ok...i need to make myself another cup of coffee before i get down to this post...i seem to have finished my first one way too soon...will be back shortly.mmmm, some coffee, and the world immediately seems to feel better!I fell for this card the firs read more

anar

Kemi, Finland

My World of Postcards | July 19th 2009 by Ana

Well, i coudlnt take it anymore and had to cool myself somehow and had to post this snowy snowy card....its just getting too hot here, and im getting frustrated with it...i just cant and dont function in such heat...i idle and do nothing smart all da read more

NicoleB

Hungry mail boxes

NicoleB Photography | July 18th 2009 by Nicole

tweetmeme_url = 'http://nicoleb.org/b2/index.php/hungry-mail-boxes-1';Time again to show the Beauties that fed my mail box in the last few weeks. Es ist wieder Zeit, zu zeigen,welche Schoenheiten meinen Briefkasten in den letzten Wochen gefuettert h read more

OkamiWhatever

Romantic Vintage Postcards

Whatever | July 17th 2009 by Okami

Glimpses of a by-gone era, these lovely cards feature a couple during the stages of their romance. These all appear to me to be the same couple.The first group of cards are color while the individual card is black and white. I have no idea of the a read more

postalheritage

Midpex 09

The British Postal Museum & Archive | July 17th 2009

Last Saturday I went to Midpex 09, a two-yearly stamp show, held just outside Coventry. Midpex is one of the largest UK stamp shows and attracts 600 visitors and 50 stamp dealers. One of the things that makes Midpex different to many other shows is t read more