Postcards Pathfinder Honour

REQUIREMENTS

• Relate briefly the story of the beginning of the postcards in your country.
• How was your country’s postal system affected by the coming of postcards?
• What are the mailing rates for postcards and letters in your country?
• What is the term used in your country for postcards collecting?
• Give a brief description of each of the following eras of postcards:
  • Pre-postcard era
  • Pioneer era
  • Private mailing card era
  • Undivided back era
  • Divided back era
  • Early modern era (White Border)
  • Linen card era
  • Photo chrome era
• Briefly describe each type of postcards:
  • View cards
  • Greeting cards
  • Historical cards
  • Art cards
  • Photographic cards
• Show and label a picture of a postcard from each of the above eras.
• Have some knowledge of preserving postcards.
• Make a collection of at least 50 postcards. (No two postcards alike.) Your collection MUST include the following:
  • Begin your arrangement with a postcard of a religious nature
  • Postcards from at least 10 states/provinces/countries
  • Postcards from at least 2 other countries that are not your own
• Arrange the collection of postcards in a suitable display and display at a pathfinder’s event.
• How were greetings sent in Biblical times? 2 Cor 13:13, Phil 4:21 or 2 John 13.