PAGE POSTCARDS

 

SELLING OLD POSTCARDS, STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVERS AND EPHEMERA

 

Jonathan Edwards has collected postcards since he was 10, when his grandmother gave him her own collection from her Edwardian childhood. He hasn’t looked back! In his 20s he started to sell some of his unwanted postcards to enable him to build up his collections, and for the past 16 years he has been delighted to sell postcards at Wallingford Arcade (formerly The Lamb).

 

Family History – many people buy old postcards to illustrate their own family’s history. If you are incredibly lucky you might be like the person who bought from me a century-old postcard of a small Suffolk village only to find that it was addressed to one of her ancestors!

 

Local History – the appetite for local history is vast and postcards offer one of the most important photographic resources. At the beginning of the 20 th Century postcards were made of almost everything! Pubs, churches, private houses, weddings, family groups, Sunday school outings, funeral processions – they all find their way on to postcards and many of them were produced in very small quantities, so there are always more fascinating cards to be found.

 

Whatever interests you there is almost bound to be a postcard to suit you! Come and browse!!

 

Jonathan’s postcards are arranged in three main sections – foreign, UK and subjects.

 

Jonathan is also delighted to offer a wide range of stamps – first day covers, album sheets and collections – together with some intriguing pieces of paper ephemera.

 

You will always be welcome!

 

WANTED – Jonathan is always keen to buy postcards, paper ephemera, stamps and first day covers. Just call him on 07876 234264

 

Jonathan Edwards is a Baptist minister and supports two churches that are going through times of transition. He is also a mentor, a writer and an advisor to a number of Christian disability charities.  He lives in Newbury where he and his wife, Sue, have brought up their three children.