Wizard Of Oz Postcards – Special Presentation May 7

Treat yourself by coming to the May 7th meeting. Barbara Kennerson will present Wizard Of Oz Postcards. She has one of the extensive collections of these hard to find, highly collectible postcards. The meeting starts at 7:00 PM at Legacy Senior Living in Penfield. Bring a friend.

Collectors Gather In Oneida

Show Chairperson Sandy Drake, of Canastota, inherited her love of collecting from her mother, Ruth Weimer, who was a postcard dealer for more than 40 years.

Postcard aficionados Larry Meyers and Weimer founded the Central New York Postcard Club in 1976. The club currently boasts more than 300 active members and specializes in pre-1930s postcards. Read more…

Don’t Miss Our April 2 Meeting – St. Lawrence County Postcards Presented By Fred Rollins

Join us Monday, April 2 for our April meeting. Fred Rollins will do a presentation about St. Lawrence County Postcards. The meeting is at 7:00 PM at Legacy Senior Living in Penfield. Hope to see you there.

Postcard Collecting Presentation At The Penfield Library, Tuesday, March 27 at 7:00 PM

Spread the word. The WNY Postcard Club is doing a free presentation about postcard collecting. It is open to the public and is sponsored by the Penfield Library. It is on Tuesday, March 27th at the Penfield Library. Advance registration is required and can be made by going to the Penfield Library website. The presentation will be made by club members Barb and Chuck Kennerson.

Many Still Love Collecting Valentine’s Postcards

In the early 1400s, the first written valentine was given to an English maid. Today, that rare example is housed in The British Museum in London. But fast-forward to the mid-19th century, when Valentine’s Day became a commercial enterprise. The first American to mass-produce valentines was a woman named Esther Howland of Worcester, Mass. Read more…

Bring Your Favorite Postcards To Share With All – Show-and-Tell at the February 6th Meeting

The next meeting of the WNY Postcard Club will be held on Monday, February 6 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM at Legacy Senior Living on Willow Pond Way in Penfield. This meeting will be a Show-and-Tell. Bring your favorite postcards to share with fellow club members. Bring a friend. Guests welcome to attend.

Christmas Postcard Collection Dates Back 100 Years

FORT WALTON BEACH — John Connors celebrated an anniversary this week, but not for any person. It was the 100th anniversary of his Christmas postcard collection.

The postcards, which were sent to his late uncle William Connors, were dated from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 1911. Postage was 1 cent at the time.

“This just goes to show you the old penny postcard really was something else,” the retired air commando said recently at his home on Linwood Road in Fort Walton Beach. “It’s hard to believe these were read more…

Collecting Christmas Postcards

The message on the back of the card was brief, likely written with a quill, the ink slightly faded after more than a century.

“My Dearest Lillie Girl … Wish you a merry Xmas and oh so many blessings … Your Loving Grandma.”

The postcard, sent in 1906 to Miss Emily Van Vrauken of Redford Flats, N.Y., is illustrated on the front with bundled-up kids tromping through a snowy landscape. Its age puts the postcard within what collectors — including its owner, Jill Helmke of Wausau — call the “golden era” of artistic postcards from 1900 to about 1915.

It’s one of hundreds of Christmas-themed postcards in Helmke’s collection, started by read more

Postcard Collection Leads To Book

I bought my first postcard collection at an antique shop in Florence in 1970. The cards were pictures of Jackson from 1908 – views of the city I had never seen before. Now I’ve been collecting pre-1920 postcards from Mississippi for 41 years, and I’ve amassed more than 10,000 views of the state. I’m still actively collecting. I even bought a few this week. Read more…

Holiday Party – Monday, December 5th

Don’t miss our annual holiday party. We will have pizza and other delicious snacks and desserts. Bring your postcards to show, trade or sell. Don’t miss this meeting because we have a special surprise.

If you have not yet paid your dues for 2012, you can do so at the holiday party.

Hope to see you on Monday evening, December 5th from 7:00 – 8:30 at Legacy Senior Living in Penfield on Willow Pond Way.