Postcard Exchange?

[tgtaylor]

Just a feeler. Is anyone interested in a postcard exchange?

Thomas

[mdm]

If you will accept a 5x7 or wholeplate contact print in an envelope.

[tgtaylor]

Actually I was thinking more on the order of regular postcards: See https://www.usps.com/send/address-letter-cards.htm for sizes. The maximum size that qualifies for postcard rate (32 cents if memory is correct) is 6x4.25 inches. Larger sizes are accepted but charged as letters depending on the size.

Also, instead of everyone mailing their cards to an "organizer" who in turn mails them out to the various participants, I was thinking that all the participants would exchange mailing addresses and each participate would then mail their card to each of the other participants. It would be kind of neat to have original postcard size prints, all with their respective and cancelled stamps affixed, coming in from all over.

I'm not looking to "organize" this but would like to participate in such a scheme. They have a postcard exchange at APUG which I keep missing and I'm not familiar as to how they do it. So if someone would like to participate in a postcard exchange and/or has an idea, please speak up.

Thomas

[mdm]

I am shure I could print up something on my printer. No problem.

[Robert Langham]

Sounds pretty fun and easy. You only would get as many as you send out. I send 5X7 images contacted on a cut-off sheet of 8X10 paper all the time. They run about 8X7. I just put a regular stamp on them. All we would have to do is put up addresses and get cracking.

Yosemite, 1998.

I keep a big stack of my test prints next to the computer and put one in every ebay package that goes out, along with a business card and old Borealis Press card. Gotta use those things for something!

Let's get rolling!

Robert Langham
316 Lindsey Lane
Tyler, Texas
75701.

[mathieu Bauwens]

I'm in !!!

Mathieu Bauwens
Rue de la brasserie, 45
1620 Drogenbos
Belgium

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[Ed Bray]

I do one on Apug, it is really good, the largest card I have had is a 5x7 but most are 6x4.

Personally I prefer the odd ones that are sent in an evelope as almost all the ones I have received which are just sent straight have had some damage to the emulsion and it is really depressing when a really great image is marred in this way.

But I would definitely be up for it. It is really nice to find something interesting (other than photo kit) in the mail these days.

[David Schaller]

I would be happy to join in. I usually print on Ilford RC postcard paper, but mail in an envelope to protect the emulsion.
Dave

[tgtaylor]

Great, then let’s do it! I’ll volunteer to keep the participant list updated for convenience.

Now, should we have a limited number of participants where each will mail to and receive a postcard from each of the other participants…in groups of X… or should the number of participants be unlimited with each contacting the other(s) for their mailing address? Finally, in the former case should the mailing addresses be posted on the forum under their name on the participant list?

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Updated List:
1. tgtaylor
2. Mdm
3. Robert Langham
4. Mathieu Bauwens
5. Ed Bray
6. David Schaller

Thomas