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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 70784, member: 201"]Nice postcard, Bakers. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Undivided backs were normally published before 1907, to conform to postal regulations, but I've had some that were actually mailed a bit later. </p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to me like your card was printed using photolithography, which could have been done in the early 1900s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can think of a number of reasons why the cards don't all have the same info printed on the back. Could be a printing error, or maybe the distributor of your card ordered it with a plain back, or maybe different lots were just done differently for some unknown reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's also possible that it's a later reproduction, but then I think it would have a divided back to enable it to be mailed without a problem. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't look at the linked info, so apologies if I repeat anything. The postal rates shown on your card are correct for undivided cards in the early 1900s. Your card doesn't date from before 1901 because it would have said "Private Mailing Card" if it were earlier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 70784, member: 201"]Nice postcard, Bakers. :) Undivided backs were normally published before 1907, to conform to postal regulations, but I've had some that were actually mailed a bit later. It looks to me like your card was printed using photolithography, which could have been done in the early 1900s. I can think of a number of reasons why the cards don't all have the same info printed on the back. Could be a printing error, or maybe the distributor of your card ordered it with a plain back, or maybe different lots were just done differently for some unknown reason. It's also possible that it's a later reproduction, but then I think it would have a divided back to enable it to be mailed without a problem. I didn't look at the linked info, so apologies if I repeat anything. The postal rates shown on your card are correct for undivided cards in the early 1900s. Your card doesn't date from before 1901 because it would have said "Private Mailing Card" if it were earlier.[/QUOTE]
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