About Jack and Dylon

The Enjoying Postcards Podcast began as an offshoot of Jack Whyte's experimental living art project "Art and Stories of the 20th Century Postcard" on Facebook.

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History of Postcard Collecting

Postcard collecting is known as deltiology. Professor Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio, coined deltiology in 1945 as the accepted description for the study of picture postcards. Although, the word deltiology took up to 20 years to appear in dictionaries.

Compared to philately*, the identification of a postcard's place and time of production can often be an impossible task. Unlike stamps, postcards are produced in a decentralized and unregulated manner. For this reason, some deltiologists choose to limit their acquisitions to cards by specific artists, themes, and publishers, or by time and place.

*Philately is the study of stamps, postal history, and related items. Philatelists also collect, appreciate, and research activities on stamps, such as postmarks and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. For instance, stamps being studied may be very rare, residing only in museums.

Top 10 Postcard Collections

1. Bibliophilia: 100 Literary Postcards


2. The Art of Instruction: Postcards: 100 Postcards of Vintage Educational Charts


3. Marimekko: 100 Postcards


4. Animal Box: 100 Postcards by 10 Artists


5. The Art of Pixar: 100 Collectible Postcards


6. Pattern Box: 100 Postcards by Ten Contemporary Pattern Designers


7. Sibley Backyard Birding Postcards: 100 Postcards


8. The Art of Vintage DC Comics: 100 Postcards


9. Urban Sketching: 100 Postcards: 100 Beautiful Location Sketches from Around the World


10. Postcards from the New Yorker: One Hundred Covers from Ten Decades


11. Postcards from Penguin: One Hundred Book Covers in One Box


12. Vintage Travel Posters Postcards


13. Penguin Science Fiction Postcards: 100 Book Covers in One Box


14. American Museum of Natural History Nature's Art Postcard Book


15. The Art Box Postcards

Top 10 Postcard Books & Novels

1. Postcards from the Edge - Carrie Fisher


2. Postcard Dynasty: How To Make a Full Time Income From Home... Explained - Joel Broughton


3. The Postcard Killers - James Patterson


4. The Postcard - Tony Abbott


5. Postcards - Timothy Glass


6. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From this Little Golden Postcard Book - Diane Muldrow


7. Postcards from the Edge - Finding God In Hard Places - Ian Coffey


8. The Postcard - Leah Fleming


9. Postcards - Annie Proulx


10. Where's Waldo? The Phenomenal Postcard Book


11. Everything Is Connected: Reimagining the World One Postcard at a Time


12. The Encyclopedia of Antique Postcards: A Fully Illustrated History and Price Guide to More Than 100 Collecting Categories from Attwell to Zodiac - Susan Brown Nicholson


13. Mysterious Messages, Cryptic Cards, Coded Conundrums, Anonymous Notes Book of Postcards - Edward Gorey

Top 10 Postcard Gifts

1. Canvas Cotton Sofa Bed Throw Decorative Pillow Cover with Vintage French Paris Postcard Design


2. Postcards from America - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle


3. 1,000-Piece Postcards from Europe Famous Landmarks Jigsaw Puzzle


4. Create Your Own Puzzle - Postcard Size Jigsaw Puzzle


5. Ultra Pro Postcard Sleeves - 100 Sleeves


6. Hobbymaster Postcard Album


7. Harry Potter Postcard Coloring Book & 20 Sargent Art Firm Brush Tip Marker Pens Gift Set


8. Disney Winnie the Pooh Postcard Large Diaper Bag


9. Florida Postcard Natural Canvas Tote Bag


10. REM Postcards From Athens T-Shirt


11. Women's Lounge Pants And T-Shirt - Travel Postcards Loungewear Set


12. Margaritaville Men's Short Sleeve Postcard Shirt


13. Spirella Postcard Clear Shower Curtain


14. Postcards from America Game

Top 10 PostSecrets

1. PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - Frank Warren


2. My Secret: A PostSecret Book


3. A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book


4. The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book


5. PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God


6. The World of PostSecret


7. Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See

Top 10 Postcard CDs and Music

1. Postcards From a Young Man - Manic Street Preachers


2. Postcards Of The Hanging: Grateful Dead Perform The Songs Of Bob Dylan


3. A Postcard From California - Al Jardine


4. Postcards From Paradise - The Supervillains


5. Postcards From Paradise - Ringo Starr


6. Postcards - Peter Ostroushko


7. Postcards From Along the Way - Delevantes


8. 24 Postcards In Full Colour - Max Richter


9. Postcards - Daniel Wylie


10. Postcards - Cindy Morgan


11. Postcards - John Adams - Bob Margolis - Darius Milhaud


12. Postcards from Germany - David Nevue


13. Postcards from the Arctic - Springhouse

Top 10 Postcard Movies

1. Postcards from the Edge


2. Window Channel's Chicago Video Postcard


3. 33 Postcards


4. The Postcard Bandit


5. Postcards From Buster: The Complete Series


6. French Postcards


7. Postcards from America


8. Postcards From the Future: The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary


9. WWF Divas - Postcard from the Caribbean


10. Postcards From Paradise Park - Director's Cut


11. Postcards from the Future

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