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Have you noticed that people often buy novelty stationery items as holiday memorabilia?<\/p>\n

In a blur of sunshine and cocktails, pens shaped like the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty seem to have a certain appeal.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to holiday-themed stationery, the humble postcard is undisputed King.<\/p>\n

So this summer will you be sending a smug postcard showing an expensive foreign resort, or will it be a traditional saucy one from a seaside resort?<\/p>\n

Not everyone bothers with postcards these days, when it\u2019s so easy to post images on Facebook, but the tradition still lives on.<\/p>\n

Postcards are perhaps the most traditional of all holiday stationery items and date back to 1840, when a writer called Theodore Hook from Fulham sent the very first one- to himself!<\/p>\n

He drew a caricature on it, poking fun at the postal service- and used the incredibly rare Penny Black stamp to send it.<\/p>\n

This first historic picture postcard, enhanced by the world-famous stamp, meant that the item sold for a record sum at auction in 2002, fetching a staggering \u00a331,750.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s enough to make Theodore Hook wish he was here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed that people often buy novelty stationery items as holiday memorabilia? In a blur of sunshine and cocktails, pens shaped like the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty seem to have a certain appeal. But when it comes to holiday-themed stationery, the humble postcard is undisputed King. 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