{"id":395,"date":"2007-07-13T08:29:21","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/archives\/free-postcards\/postcard-dilemma"},"modified":"2007-07-13T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-13T16:30:41","slug":"postcard-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Postcard Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently purchased at a very good price about a thousand historic postcards.  They date from the 1950&#8217;s to the early 1970&#8217;s and were bought by someone on their travels and never sent.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/686140175\/postcards101jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"156\" border=\"0\" alt=\"postcards101.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1273\/686140175_b2894793eb_m.jpg?resize=240%2C156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/687003766\/Postcardback101jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"156\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Postcardback101.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1194\/687003766_4b75f0190a_m.jpg?resize=240%2C156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Example one <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The dilemma is do I send them out to my &#8220;postcard pals&#8221; or keep them as a valuable collection?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/686139653\/postcards1jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"155\" border=\"0\" alt=\"postcards1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1086\/686139653_4648d6596a_m.jpg?resize=240%2C155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/686140433\/Postcardback1jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"153\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Postcardback1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1187\/686140433_c392049878_m.jpg?resize=240%2C153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Example two <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I&#8217;m trying to get away from collecting any more stuff and my old collection of cards is one of the reasons that caused me to start sending postcards.  However&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/687002170\/postcards102jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" alt=\"postcards102.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1217\/687002170_bd50424c20_m.jpg?resize=170%2C240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/686140983\/Postcardback102jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"170\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Postcardback102.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1193\/686140983_162236c082_m.jpg?resize=240%2C170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Example three <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I think that a postcard that was sent thirty years later is of less value than one that was never sent but getting them out into the world where many more people can enjoy them has a certain attraction also.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you have an opinion about this interesting dilemma please send me a comment by clicking below and putting in the secret code that keeps the spammers away.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently purchased at a very good price about a thousand historic postcards. They date from the 1950&#8217;s to the early 1970&#8217;s and were bought by someone on their travels and never sent. Example one The dilemma is do I send them out to my &#8220;postcard pals&#8221; or keep them as a valuable collection? 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