My jaw dropped when MK (that groovy wonderful girl) posted this on her blog... 
This is for my friend, Marie, our resident antique postcard expert! This is a leather postcard, copyrighted 1907 and sent from Chicago with a penny stamp. It belonged to Adam's great-grandmother.
Novelty leather postcards were printed between 1904 - 1908. The leather was branded and then tinted. Yee-haw cowboy! The US postal service banned them in 1909 because they kept on jamming newly designed sorting machines:)
That cowhide sure is flexible! Thank you so much MK! You're the cow's moo!
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12 cool cats commented:
You are the first blog I check in the a.m. (Okay, second--I check mine first!) I learn so much from you! Maybe a few of these leather postcards can be stitched together to make a wallet!
iagree with bibi, i too learn so much from you and its such fun, a refreshingly different blog, so thanks and hugs.
This is so interesting, I had no idea but I am not surprised about them jamming the sorters ..
Now I must keep an eye open for odd postcards to share with you!
:-Daryl
That is awsome. I never knew about leather post cards. I want one.
That is a thing of strange beauty, Marie.
I love the address … No street or house number. Wonderful.
I hope you don't mind me sneaking over here from Katie's place.
You are MOOO-CHO welcome, Marie!! I feel flattered :) Isn't it crazy that the address doesn't have a street line, but it does have the county??
How does one care for a vintage leather postcard, I wonder? Rub it with oil every so often? I bet puppies love 'em.
What a wild idea for a post card. Looks like they might have been a "tough" to write on though!
Wow - never heard of or seen leather postcards before - did they produce them in the UK I wonder ....
What a great idea. Since Chicago was one of the world's largest center for cattle slaughter, it probably wasn't long before someone came up with the idea. I'm fond of the new musical cards myself.
How cool -- I've never seen a leather postcard before!! Great that it's got a postmark too; love that it's so old.
These are cool. I just picked up one on Thursday that was personalized from Eaton Rapids, where I live. Too bad we can't send these in the mail any more. What fun it would be to use them to send to those lovable PETA folks.
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