Postcard of the Day

[fflo]

That middle initial is a G, yes?  If so, what a cool way to make a G.
 

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[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

To me, it looks like "D. O. L." but I could be wrong. Side note, where do you find all of these beautiful postcards?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I dunno--- it's so different from the "O" earlier--- plus it has that little cross thing at the end. Like, imagine writing the letter and making the pen stroke. It totally ends in a G, with a sort of warm-up decorative circling around it. At least in my heart. :)

The postcards come from all over! I've bought large lots at auction in person, or "grabbag" sets of a handful in online auctions, or individual cards in person or online. Thrift stores, flea markets, antique stores, used book stores, a book fair, even yard sales. A few cards I've posted I scanned from a book of postcards from the library (like this one: ) , and some are images of cards I've come across but don't possess myself.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued by the way one person's name has been heavily crossed out and replaced with another's. The scrubbed out name looks like Alice. I wonder what was going on there.

"One more to enlarge your collection". Is the sender twitting the recipient with being a Don Juan? Is it a sly joke or an insult? Is the sender one of the women the recipient has scorned?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I wondered similar things myself! It does feel as if we might have a reference to more than one kind of collection.