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Postcards

Scope note

Cards on which a message may be written or printed for mailing without an envelope, usually at a lower rate than that for letters in envelopes.

This term has 64 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300026816

Broader Terms used

<correspondence artifacts>

Narrower Terms used

postal cards
picture postcards

Term used for

post cards

Equivalent Terms used

postcard

Created

13yrs ago

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