I wonder why nobody wants them: Adcards and freecards. Some are very funny, special, beautiful and crazy in the best way.
They are also a wonderful mirror of what our society liked or disliked during a certain time and so they are more or less historical.
I want to invite you: Show your ad/freecards here and share their special meanings with us.
I have not so much free cards - I don’t see them in regular basis in Moscow.
I really love this two - I took them in hostel when I was on my last trip to Cologne two years ago. I was on postcrossing break that time so I’m a little sad now that I took just two!
I thought this, and noticed often there’s some word play or something that it’s not easy to understand, unless the sender explains it, or maybe share where they got the card.
I agree, ad cards can be really interesting! Here are some I have sent:
I especially like this card since it is a take on this Finnish classic below by Akseli Gallen-Kallela showing Lemminkäinen’s mother grieving her son (1897). The ad card was made by RAY, Finland’s Slot Machine Association, nowadays called Veikkaus. It has a monopoly on gambling in Finland and the money has been used for many good causes. But it is a controversial system which is currently changing.
The last card is a wood print from a wood museum here in region, the card was also the ticket. Once we had family meetup there, I asked everyone if I could have the cards for Postcrossing
Haven’t sent many since most profiles I got people stated not to want them. Here’s one interesting I’ve sent though since the person liked different materials:
Hello Ad-card-fans.
…where do you get all these cards ? Mostly of them are great…so I can’t understand why they are not often acceptable…
Wish you a good time…
Happy -crossing
Widder