Dear fellow postcrossers,
Just like many of you I guess, all my postcards are not of the same format. Some are “average” but others are more…Original.
For example, I have these two tiny cards that look like babies compared to the largest postcard I own :
To compare, there si also an average size postcard on the picture (10x15 cm)
Editing to add these which I used to have hanging on my walls. I guess they can be postcards since there is a printing on the back that says stamp goes here. They are 8 x 10 inches
I love unusual cards. Unique shapes, oversized, or tiny are all of interest to me. But, as you say, I am sometimes reluctant to send such cards because I know some people don’t like them or find storage awkward since they don’t fit neatly into albums.
Are the smaller ones really cards?
I think I recognise the “blossom” one, this style a least, and I think these are journaling cards for scrapbooking etc., even when some of those say “post card”. (Likewise there are things that say passport etc.) I have had some of those too, but would not send as postcard. I almost remember the brand of this too. Some of those you cut from a sheet, and some sell those pre cut.
My biggest are A5. smallest I think the “normal” postcard size.
I prefer the normal. I worry the big ones get bent, and small ones lost
This is my biggest sent, it’s A5 size, so twice the normal size.
this is one of the smallest, a received one, only a little smaller than normal, very cute ,:
Two years ago for World Postcard Day we ordered A5 size by mistake so those are the largest I’ve ever sent out. I had masses of smaller denomination stamps at the time, so there was plenty of space to use some of those up.
I have a few scrapbooking postcards and I think they are so beautiful. I would be really happy to receive a card with such a beautiful pattern but just like you, I wouldn’t dare send it. I would consider them real cards but not “real” enough to be sent out .
Some are also sent with the matching envelope and some decorations that go with them. I love it !
If I remember correctly, the “blossom” one was sold as a postcard, in a postcard set, and the butterfly one was printed on a piece of paper with an envelope and ephemeras. I remember the brand of this last one and it is Stamperia.
Same goes for the postcards that are pre-cut from magazines and such, I would only send them as a little extra in an envelope during swaps if the recipient wants the initial card(s) to be in an envelope.
If you happen to remember the brand name of the blossom one, please tell me because the design of this “card” just blow my mind
I think it could be “Graphic 45”, the other side is colourful too.
They have many size papers where you can cut these, but also thicker pre cut things.
(Actually Stamperia was in my mind too but I believe Graphic 45 has these cards.)
Small wooden and very thick/heavy…weighing about 1.2 oz so I haven’t sent any yet because of the extra postage (5x3.5 inches or 12.7x8.89 cm <— this is the minimum acceptable size for a piece of mail according to the USPS):
I don’t mind receiving irregular sized postcards. They’re interesting to see. But I understand in some countries they need extra postage.
My largest received postcard is a 3D card with the size about 23x15 cm (9x6 inches), and the smallest one is about 14x9 cm (5.6x3.6 inches). Comparison with regular sized postcard :
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but I believe Graphic 45 has these cards.)
(5x3.5 inches or 12.7x8.89 cm <— this is the minimum acceptable size for a piece of mail according to the USPS):
