A ‘rebus’ puzzle on a leather postcard. Postmarked 1907.
Zoom meetings allow us to connect our Canada-wide membership. We enjoy presentations or a ‘sharing’ discussion around a topic, usually on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 2:00pm Toronto time.
Why join the TPC? We offer a 24-page ‘magazine’ ‘CARD TALK’ three times a year with stories about vintage postcards, a 40-year archive of this journal for members only, monthly meetings and a community of knowledgeable historians and deltiologists. Look for more membership information here.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
May 24th, 2:00pm – From Shutter to Stamp: Skillen’s Book Store and St. Martins By-the-Sea, NB. A presentation by TPC # 1649 Brenda Orr about this small coastal publishing and photography family. Skillen postcards date from about 1905 to 1911 as part of their promotion of St. Martins as a tourist destination. Join us to hear the story!
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June 28th, 2:00pm – ‘Creatures from Land and Sea: Mammals, Reptiles, Insects and Fish.’ A sharing meeting to examine the funny, fantastic or just plain interesting way that these creatures appear on our Golden Age postcards. Scan yours to show and tell us about it!
We take July and August off to go postcard shopping. See you in September!!
September 20th, 2:00pm – ‘Whatcha got?’ – Our post-summer ‘show and tell’ of postcard treasures discovered (one way or another) since we last convened. You can scan your treasure to show and tell us all about it, or, just join the meeting to see some interesting old postcards.
October 18th, 2:00pm – ‘Postcards with a Political or Social Theme ‘ – With explicit or subtle messages and images, postcards can reflect a moment in time. Themes include: politics, war, civil rights, women’s rights, society (COVID). Have a look at your collection and if you have some, examples we’d like to see them in this ‘show and tell’ meeting.
November 15th, 2:00pm – ‘The artist Alberto della Valle, (1851-1928) of Naples, Italy” Famous in his time for book cover illustrations for a well-known Italian author, della Valle’s art eventually found it’s way onto postcards. TPC #917 Clarissa will highlight this art and how it illustrates the everyday lives of early 20th century Neapolitans.
December 13th, 2:00pm – ‘Christmas Past’ A joint presentation by TPC members #1314 Leigh Hogg and #1750 Tom Reitz. Selections from Tom’s collection of Christmas RPPCs depict how families celebrated the holiday. Leigh will share some Early Postal History examples incorporating a Christmas theme.