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Posted By: Paul

David,

That's great. Thank you for making this available to us.

I have a question about real photo postcards. You mention in the book that you can use the markings in the stamp box to help date the postcard. I had always thought that real photo postcards could be made by bringing your negatives to the local film developer in your town. He would then print the photo with a postcard back rather than a plain back. If that was the case, wouldn't the back have no markings in the stamp box at all, or the local developer's marking? From what you said about the markings, it sounds like real photo postcards were actually created by a few big companies. Obviously, I'm confused. Please enlighten me.

Thanks again.