Unusual shaped postcards
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
October 15, 2016 12:23pm CST
While on holiday in Lloret De Mar last week I chanced upon many racks of postcards, which is not unusual for holiday resorts. However, while cutting through the side streets to reach the promenade I came upon a selection that really surprised me.
As you can see by the scan above, these were not the standard rectangular postcards. Oddly enough Lany had mentioned a circular postcard only a few days previously, but I had never seen one before.
There was only a small selection on offer, although they did attract quite a bit of attention from other passers by while I was looking through them.
I wonder how many people have spend many hours at seaside resorts and never seen any such unusual examples of postcards.
Of course the one problem with round postcards is trying to locate the upper right hand corner in order to affix the postage stamp.
A few days later I discovered yet another selection of unusual format postcards, so I may post an example of those tomorrow.
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@celticeagle (164079)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Oct 16
I would stock up. You never know when you might need one and not have them.
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@celticeagle (164079)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Oct 16
@Asylum ....Oh. You didn't like them enough to get a few extras? That's a shame.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Oct 16
@celticeagle I consider that postcards should be mailed from their origin, so these need to be posted and therefore postmarked from Lloret De Mar. Since I was only there for one week there seemed little point in buying many.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
15 Oct 16
@Asylum Post cards are not available like old times.I have never come across a circular card.This one is rare and beautiful.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
18 Oct 16
@silvermist Not quite unique, but certainly very close.
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@moffittjc (120859)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Oct 16
I have never come across any postcards that were shaped differently from the normal rectangle shaped ones. I think it would really catch my attention to find one that is circular, or otherwise oddly shaped. And then, I would just have to buy it because of it's unique shape!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Oct 16
@moffittjc I was seriously tempted to place the stamp in the middle, but resisted the temptation.
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@moffittjc (120859)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Oct 16
@Asylum Then whoever thought of the round postcard is a genius! Except I agree with you in one respect...where do you put the postage stamp?
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
17 Oct 16
I've never seen one either. I have seen shaped one's though. It's cool!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
19 Oct 16
@Jeanniemaries It is a pity that Florida is not downhill from Spain because I could have rolled it downhill to you.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
19 Oct 16
@Asylum That was a very lucky find! I'm excited about receiving one!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16688)
• China
16 Oct 16
It is really a unique postcard! The producer was out of his/her own head.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
15 Oct 16
Some places especially islands produce cards in the shape of the island!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
16 Oct 16
So the post office allows oddly shaped post cards? I wonder how they handle them, since everything is automated now.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Oct 16
I can appreciate your point, but of course they do handle a myriad of mixed shapes among letters and parcels. I do know that the British Post Office insists on standard formats to qualify for the postcard rate, so I suspect that sending a circular one would incur a higher cost. In Spain the cost was the same as a rectangular postcard.
@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
16 Oct 16
I never saw a unusual postcard and it is nice to see something unique for a change.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Oct 16
@CoolPeace Something so simple as changing the shape makes a tremendous difference to the overall effect, so it seems strange that I have not seen something like this before.
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
16 Oct 16
@Asylum It is amazing how people can be creative.
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