How do you mean? It says on the USPS site that it’s okay to use vertical cards (divided by a horizontal line, so yes that bit’s confusing), just put the address on the top half. I send these all the time with no issue and no extra postage. Surely it’s only a matter of time, but I’ve never had one of these cards go missing. Here’s an example. Sent from USA to Germany and it arrived in 11 days. You don’t need to write these vertically-formatted cards horozontally.
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You can divide the address side either vertically (top) or horizontally (bottom). But it must still have a “landscape” orientation.
Fun fact: US sorting machines can only tell if there is a tagged stamp, not it’s value. All stamps 10¢ and above are tagged. So you can send a letter with just a 10¢ stamp (or a large postcard with the regular sized postcard rate), and 90% of the time it’ll go through. Only when the underpaying happens to be caught by a postal clerk will it be returned or held at the post office until the recipient pays the postage due.
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I have sent these like this too, but being that I’m getting things back now that I never did before, I won’t take any more chances. Yes, the card may be vertical, but apparently they want the address in the landscape mode. I think not everyone who works at the PO goes by the rules, so it’s all a gamble. And the instructions on their website are really not very clear (at least, to me).
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This is very interesting!
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I mostly write the Postallove cards this way, almost like they were “normal” (like @johnbradleytlh ?):
So I cover the small image where stamp is thought to be put, put stamp over or next to the text describing the card, and then write my message the way the lines go.
But, somehow I feel there is less room to write this way, so I don’t buy these cards anymore, because it requires extra work.
I have received these cards written with so many ways 
I don’t know why the smaller cards have this orientations, when their bigger cards have the “normal”.
In Finland, when sending, the receiver’s address should be in the lower right corner, so that’s is why I do it this way.
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Almost, but with the “postallove” on the right, and the photo, uncovered, on the left.
(It doesn’t bother you to write opposed to the lines ?)
Nah, I’m a rebel.
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Amuses me that you ask that given that your avatar image is skewed! I frequently send postcards to my sister that I write in a spiral, but I’m not sure she really enjoys reading them.
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perhaps the avatar had to squeeze there as the lines were like that
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Its still 1st class rate of $.60, be sure to add more postage next time!