Picture Postcard
Limited edition 1900 postcard-themed signed and numbered collector deck.
by Marcia McCord · 1900
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The record
I feel very blessed that I fell into a forum conversation concerning this deck, just at the time that it was getting ready to go to press! (This is also the same time period that the Tarot of the Boroughs came into my life.) This is a Limited Edition of 50 signed and numbered decks (which I believe is sold out). Marcia was very gracious in that we got to pick the deck number that we wanted, and I was lucky enough to get the number that I asked for number Nine, for the Hermit (one of my birth cards). In her notes, Marcia comments that between 1900 and 1909 picture postcards were the e-mail, text message and Tweet of their time. That has really not been all that long ago! She goes on to say that picture postcards were approved by the US Post Office Department in 1898. Same day delivery allowed friends to keep up with the evenings entertainment, as well as personal news. In the older picture postcards the back of the card was reserved for the address only. This has been very nicely taken into this deck, where the card backs (which are reversible) portray the back of a vintage postcard including the stamp! The images for this deck were taken from photograph postcards from this pe
The cards
