GREETINGS FROM 50 American states vintage reprints postcard set (ca. 1930-1940's). Large letter name postcards of each U.S. state. Post card variety pack. Made in USA.

I love Travel, I love Scrapbooking and I love all things Retro! These Retro looking postcards are great! My original plan for them was to paste them into a scrapbook denoting the state the particular page was about. Then I decided that when I travel to each of these states to take the corresponding postcard with me and mail it to myself from that state with a brief message about the trip. When it comes in the mail, I have a memory from my trip, a postmark from the place and can save it in my scrapbook for later.

This are pretty good, not super crisp but scanned images. They are exactly what I wanted for our travel theme party. They are on card stock of decent thickness.

The postcards were exactly as expected. I cant wait to decorate my Christmas tree with my travel theme using these!

I got these for a wedding

I know a very nice lady from a not-too-distant country (okay, it's Canada), one of whose Postcrossing goals is to receive at least one "State" postcard from each and all of the fifty United States, stamped and postmarked in each respective state. This might not help her, because if all fifty state cards get to her, how is she going to reach the fifty different United Staters[sic] in fifty different cities whom she doesn't yet know in order to help her out? Difficult, at best. By the same token this completionism is all the rage in many parts of Europe, such as the Netherlands and Germany, both for this theme and others, like UNESCO World Sites. A worthy goal for those with the patience, I believe, but the same conundrum applies -- these cards' best purpose is in the hands of amateur collectors, whereas Postcrossing members who are inclined to export a little Americana don't amass, they distribute on a one-by-one extemporaneous basis.These cards are of reliable but not extraordinary impact. To get our terms straight, "vintage" in cases like these really means "reproduction of vintage originals," not genuine antiques. They are mass-produced in a high-quality photo-printing process similar to "giclee," and marketed with no small amount of profit potential (just remember that your drugstore can run off 100 identical postcards from your photo for under $15 or so). The fun parts (besides any impending completionism) are the undeniable retro charm of a genre that was in steep decline by 1950. Really, these more honest (in the sense of good plain deliberate camp) than some modern state cards coming out of graphics studio which try to mimic the old style but fail miserably because of anachronisms and the inherent differentness of postcards from the CAD era. It is no one's fault, but the inherent limitations in series like this is that the reproduction style is not the same as the American printing modalities of the 1930s-1970s -- it's actually better, so that the cards look just what they are, good copies of good originals but with the underlying source limitations are apparent visually, just as the underlying sonic source limitations of re-released 1960s Classic Rock albums are audible on today's CD's. (With admirable honesty, the manufacturer does admit in the Product Information above that Hawaii was a retro-fit. and truth be told, it was a pretty good fake, all things considered.) I should also say that the cards are not all of a piece -- they share the commonality of the "filled in" letters spelling out each state -- but there is room to play within this strict format. My favorite cards are from Alaska, Louisiana, Virginia and New York. Among a few others, Maine needed more attention, but whoever designed it is long since gone.For Postcrossing purpose, I'd say three stars -- because there's no point in an assembled set that is intended to be sent out one piece at a time. A much better idea from the N. American Postcrosser point of view would be to sell us a combined set of all the UNESCO World Heritage Site postcards for the USA and Canada. I do think they're fun, though, and with store and museum postcards of this caliber running from fifty cents to about two bucks apiece, it's not an unreasonable price. (After all, I didn't mind amassing all these cards, and I was BORN here. Don't judge me -- some folks buy the whole set of Topps baseball trading card every year, which apparently does not rule out the fun of acquisition for them.) Four stars. Also, be aware that you aren't likely to find the same kind of information on the back of the cards that was slowly becoming a feature "back in the day." They are segmented as to message / address, though.If they have nifty stuff like this in Canada or Japan, I'd love to hear about it! -- Allen Smalling, 8 June 2015

Great quality and color. Got these to send to our nephew during marine boot camp. Perfect for a short note of encouragement, silly joke or whatever and he will love the vintage style.

I love these postcards and have found a few old linen ones, but wanted the full set to go with a 50 sheet page of 34 cent Greetings From stamps to use on various swapping groups. These are great! Thick cardstock, good print quality, and shipped quickly.

They are as shown in the description--a normal size postcard with normal thickness. I use them in my vacation rental. I ask guests to bring a postcard to submit their review in place of a guestbook. They all go on a wall in the home for future guests to view. I provide these vintage ones in case the guest forgets to bring their own. In the attached photo, I have circled the ones from this purchase.