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I have to admit, I don't actively collect these but there are some interesting ones out there. I came across this "card" in a little history museum. It's really more of a tiny pillow and the stamp is missing, but it was definitely postal used. What other leather cards are out there?   |
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True, the chemicals in the leather and the flexibility doom many stamps on leather items. Here are some non-standard leather items which went through the mail: Albuquerque, New Mexico to South Bend, Indiana:   Bloomfield, Indiana to Newburg, Indiana:   Although this Burrometer is not technically a postcard from a mail classification standpoint, it's at least leather and went through the mail:  |
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I've seen a good many discolored stamps on leather cards. Is it from the acid in the leather? |
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A quick check of recently sold leather cards on eBay shows that most are in the $2 to $5 range. Some more, some less. As with other collectibles, eye appeal and subject matter can increase collector demand. |
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A friend of mine collects leather postcards. He recently purchased a blanket of leather, locally written postcards at an estate auction. It is pretty neat, all cards were postmarked from 1900-1910 and they were sewn together. |
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All the leather cards with color appear to be hand painted -- that must have been too difficult to apply by machine. The text and pictures look like they were printed using a branding process, like woodburning. It would be interesting to learn more about how these were produced. |
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To connect two dots .... Notice the logo of the W S in an H on the two birds used from Yorkville AND the W. S. Heal notation on the piano/couple card. In Barbara Andrews' book:  This is credited more fully as William S. Heal, who published leather cards c1907 including teddy bears and Uncle Sam. |
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once they were sewn together they could be hung from a wall or in some cases made into covers from small pillow shapes. |
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Posted 08/15/2020 3:11 pm
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