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LEATHER POSTCARDS
LEATHER POSTCARDS. A particular genre of communication from early 1900 to 1909 was the novelty postcard produced on leather, more commonly referred to as "leather postcards." Although leather postcards became quite popular, they were banned for postal use by the United States Postal Service in 1909. Leather postcards postmarked after 1909 tend to be very rare - though not unseen.
A variety of publishers produced leather postcards. In addition, many leather postcards were produced so that the purchaser could add their own pictures or wording on the front. The designs on leather postcards were burned into the leather and in some cases color was applied later, but most likely not. The majority of leather cards were comic images.
