National Postcard Week: May 1-7, 2009

Every year the first full week in May is designated National Postcard Week (NPCW). Many postcard collectors design and publish their own postcards to commemorate this week, and, they trade with other collectors who make NPCW postcards.

National Postcard Week began in 1984 with the idea that different clubs would make a postcard to celebrate postcards.

To celebrate the week, postcard collectors, also called Deltiologists, either make their own postcards or purchase them to mail to friends and family. Always being sure the words National Postcard Week and the date are on the postcard.

National Postcard Week began as a way for sellers and collectors to promote the hobby of postcard collecting. Some of those Pioneers were DeeDee Parker, John McClintock and Richard Novick..

If you need more specific directions, please check out NPCW.multiply.com There is some history, guidelines and hundreds of examples.