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E, DanielI wasn't being touchy, as I saw it neither of you engaged me in what I wrote but instead just poo poo'd it. My thoughts on the issue were crap because they were assumptions, but in the end that's about all you have to give yourselves.
And with regards to T's and Candy, and all the other give-aways, I think the 'give away' part of it would make it comfortably more likely to be collected. While you think the assumption that postcards had to be paid for is some sort of leap of imagination, I think it the most likely scenario. This was a medium you didn't have to give away, people actually needed it to get by in general life. Telephones were available to very few, and keeping contact with friends and relatives was largely by hand written form. Why would you give away something that people will pay good money for because they actually NEED it?
Still, I will gladly listen respectfully if you have actual historical information you could share.
Daniel