deltioligisms

Phonoscope Postcard Musical Record

2010-10-05T19:48:00.001+08:00

During our recent train ride to Mandurah I picked up these little gems at the first shop for the day, I think it was in the Smart St mall. I walked right in, went straight for the records (of course) and found these 7 Musical Cards produced by BIEM playable as a 45rpm record and sent as a postcard. They only cost $5 for the lot!

All 7 cards show a feature of Holland and have music to match!

mmMMmm Close up of card surface.

'Ain't that some shit?'

Back shows postcard layout with image description, lines for address and space for stamp.
All in 4 languages!

"PHONOSCOPE The Musical Card
BIEM STEMRA World
N.V. Ago-Amsterdam
Plantage Doklaan 1-3,
tel. 58134
Send as Letter"

Watch the video below to see a Musical / Record / Postcard in action!

My Flower Book

2010-09-01T11:53:00.001+08:00

What's under my bed?

As a child, I grew up with a book under my mattress. Not just any book, a flower book. I started a flower book when I was 9, I know that only because on the first flower entry is written: "from our garden '86". I wasn't getting many flowers back in the '80's, it looks like I had to pick them myself.

My mum has a much better flower book than me. Her original flower book was titled "Men Are Pigs", which as a 9 year old was hilarious, as most of the flowers squished flat in the book were from men. Since then she has upgraded to a sturdier book, and I have inherited the empty, but flower stained "Men Are Pigs"... it's somewhere around here.

I don't remember choosing my book, I think I probably picked it up from an op-shop, like everything else. I think it's important to choose a suitable book title. Mine is called "Places And Persons" by Margot Asquith, first edition, published 1925. Quite suitable title I think, the flowers inside do remind me of many Places And Persons.

Do you have a flower book? If this inspires you to start one, I suggest you find a book with a thick spine as flowers are sometimes bulky and some books break easily. It's important to leave your book to do it's thing, let the flowers fully dry before peeking and an obvious but valid point, don't put the whole bunch in! Just pick a couple of flowers, include any bouquet cards and remember to write the date. Flowers will stain and crinkle the pages, but it's part of the beauty.

It's something that I will always have under my mattress.

15 More PostCrossing Cards Received!

2010-08-03T13:20:00.003+08:00

US-755035 traveled 17,548km

from Arthur

New Orleans, U.S.A.

US-743984 traveled 13,329km

from The Rexfords

Alaska, U.S.A.

US-725178 traveled 15,593km

from Gaelle

Arizona, U.S.A.

US-709462 traveled 17,137km

from Stacey

Minneapolis, U.S.A.

US-735213 traveled 18,617km

from Klaudia

Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

UA-27321 traveled 11,970km

from Marie

Ukraine

SI-23155 traveled 13,241km

from Maja

Slovenia

RU-174593 traveled 12,192km

from Artyom

Moscow, Russia

NL-387159 traveled 13,996km

from Nathalie

Netherlands

NL-348601 traveled 14,151km

from Mireille

Netherlands

MY-43105 traveled 4,164km

from Hasbullah

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

FI-837315 traveled 13,039km

from Nina

Porvoo, Finland

DE-647872 traveled 13,696km

from Stefanie

Germany (South)

DE-619048 traveled 13,803km

from Celia

Germany (North)

AU-86654 traveled 2,135km
from Brihannah
Adelaide, South Australia

Postcrossing Update for May

2010-05-25T14:39:00.005+08:00

UA-25743 traveled 12,356km

from Tanais

Ukraine

TW-146310 traveled 6,317km

from Sharon

Taiwan

TW-142733 traveled 6,058km

from Vivian

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

RU-148725 traveled 12,192km

from Evgenij

Moscow, Russia

PL-85030 traveled 13,045km

from Marta

Poland

NO-32017 traveled 13,839km

from Malin

Norway

NL-336942 traveled 14,132km

from Jose

Schagen, Netherlands

NL-331011 traveled 14,113km

from Bertie

Hoorn, Netherlands

MY-37267 traveled 4,164km

from Tania

Selangor, Malaysia

IT-84279 traveled 13,418km

from Riccardo

Romagna, Italy

GR-11185 traveled 12,273km

from Katerina

Greece

FI-793419 traveled 13,122km

from Elo-Veena

Finland

FI-788734 traveled 13,001km

from Nina

Finland

FI-781915 traveled 13,094km

from Johanna

Finland

CN-189286 traveled 7,087km

from Shirley

Nanjing, China

CA-99923 traveled 15,440km

from Nanette

Edmonton, Canada

AU-79126 traveled 3,298km

from Laurent

Sydney, Australia

Postcrossing postcard gallery now on Flickr!

2010-04-11T17:00:00.006+08:00

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Postcrossing Update

2010-04-10T22:23:00.005+08:00

Dentist reminder card

from my dentist

Western Australia

PL-76911 traveled 12,908km

from Natalia

Poland

US-627685 traveled 14,814km

from Drew

California, USA

US-635599 traveled 18,326km

from Shari

North Carolina, USA

NL-318850 traveled 14,146km

from John

Netherlands

This "thank you" card traveled 14,579km

from Anna

Malaga, Spain

LT-68755 traveled 12,863km

from Jurga

Lithuania

IT-79238 traveled 13,139km

from Marco

Naples, Italy

FI-774149 traveled 13,059km

from Kissi

Finland

FI-768398 traveled 13,059km

from Leo

Finland

CN-173454 traveled 6,099km

from Felicity

China

Postcrossing Catchup

2010-03-15T15:49:00.006+08:00

TW-119656 traveled 6,223km

from Ivy

Taiwan

US-612681 traveled 14,837km

from Gecko

Portland, Oregon

US-579727 traveled 18,144km

from Amy

USA

TW-111940 traveled 6,065km

from Jennifer & Johan

Taiwan

TR-31191 traveled 12,019km

from Beril

Turkey

NL-283966 traveled 14,056km

from Marianne

Dokkum, The Netherlands

This card traveled around 3,050km

from our Vegan Chickie friend Nikki

New Zealand

IE-9172 traveled 14,897km

from Claudia

Dublin, Ireland

FI-712248 traveled 13,254km

from Jerom

Finland

FI-712155 traveled 13,089km

from Nina

Hyvinkaa, Finland

DE-528806 traveled 13,797km

from Maria-Elena

Hamburg, Germany

DE-527253 traveled 13,554km

from Carsten

Berlin, Germany

CN-170001 traveled 6,838km

from Weng

China

Funeral and Memorial Cards

2010-01-05T16:23:00.005+08:00

Memorial cards are small cards that the funeral home traditionally prints as a tribute to the deceased. Many memorial cards include a favorite picture of the deceased and a poem or prayer he/she was particularly fond of.

Here are a couple of funeral/memorial cards in my ephemera collection.

front

back

front

back

A mixed bunch of received cards

2010-01-04T20:23:00.008+08:00

NL-258523 traveled 14,111km

from Cindy

Netherlands
(The heart is a hole cut in the card!!!)

This postcard was sent by my friend Nikki from New Zealand.
Check out her fabulous blog here.

GB-110018 traveled 14,358km

from David

Untied Kingdom

FR-74465 traveled 14,2269km

from Fiona

France

FI-697585 traveled 13,250km

from Vera

Finland

BR-86537 traveled 13,464km

from Thiago

Brazil

This postcard was sent by my friend Jaz from Hawaii.
Check out her fabulous blog here.

Frist postcard received from Switzerland

2009-12-08T14:05:00.001+08:00

CH-41345 traveled 13,739km

from Maja

Switzerland

Guest Postcard Blogger: Meet Nikki's Collection

2009-12-04T13:15:00.008+08:00

:::by Nikki:::

Here is a small part of my postcard collection. First up is a photo of the area around my workspace at home, which is where my favourite postcards go up:

I really really love these two postcards, I think they are my all time favourites. I adore how the women in both postcards are so similar and still a world apart, and it really appeals to me that the women in the last postcard are the ones with wealth and class and privilege, but from just looking at the two sets of pictures the women in the top postcard seem so much stronger and more in control.

Here are some more of my favourites...

The following 7 are some of the free postcards that I picked up in various cafes and events around Sydney when I was living there.

The next two are from a Rex Ray postcard set that I found in an op shop in Melbourne:

The next few cards are from J. Crone's Uptight All Night series and they really appeal to me because they are so dark. The ones I have included here are the more lighthearted of the set, some of them are really quite disturbing.

And lastly, these cards are part of a series which I received as a gift and which are my all time favourite set. It says on the tin "50 postcards from the book Magnum".
They are really beautiful.

Thanks Nikki, what a great collection!

Nikki's daily blog can be found here.

PostCrossing Update

2009-12-04T11:40:00.004+08:00

US-550149 traveled 16,977km
from Cathy
Minnesota, USA

TW-101845 traveled 6,334km
from Pet-Yun
Taipei, Taiwan

NL-246843 traveled 24,126km
from Bjorna
Netherlands

FI-692573 traveled 13,173km
from Kerttu
Tampere, Finland

FI-683669 traveled 13,019km
from Tuija
Kupio, Finland

DE-472199 traveled 13,837km
from Kirsten
Hamburg, Germany

Postcrossing Update

2009-11-19T12:56:00.004+08:00

NL-243155 traveled 14,133km
from Margaret
Netherlands

DE-459102 traveled 13,417km
from Iddi
Germany

NL-241602 traveled 8,733km
from Mieke
Netherlands

NL-239076 traveled 8722km
from Rachel
Netherlands

Postcrossing Update

2009-11-15T21:42:00.002+08:00

CN-127155 traveled 7,016km
from Delphine
China

Translation:
I wake up at the dawn of spring
and hear the birds everywhere sing
as sounded the wind and rain overnight
I wonder how many blooms alight.

US-532252 traveled 17,639 km
from Anne
Chicago, Illinois, USA

FI-677236 traveled 13,070 km
from Leyla
Finland

FI-675205 traveled 13,2351 km
from Saara
Finland

nathans new verocious vinyl website!!

2009-10-30T23:43:00.006+08:00

Visit verocious vinyl.

PostCrossing card arrived today

2009-10-30T12:54:00.003+08:00

AT-43133 traveled 13,391 km
from Chris & family
Austria

World Trade Center Ephemera - 1988 Tour Guide

2009-10-30T10:48:00.006+08:00

I can't remember where I got this one, but it is one of my very favourite pieces of paper. This tourist brochure of the World Trade Center is from 1988 and folds out to a 1 metre long page. It's full of photos and maps of the buildings and lists services and shops and everything else that was in the building in the 1980's. The WTC Concourse was Manhattan's largest indoor shopping mall, and also had 22 restaurants.

"To start your voyage skyward, take the escalator in the lobby of Two World Trade Center up to the ticket booth on the mezzanine.
One of the two express elevators will whisk you up to the 107th floor in about 58 seconds.

Your adventure begins."

Vintage Postcards

2009-10-29T21:21:00.004+08:00

1928
(Front)

(Back)

1909
(F)

(B)

1913
(F)

(B)

1909
(F)

(B)

(F)

(B)

Girls & Pin-ups - Swap Playing Cards

2009-10-29T19:42:00.009+08:00

Call me a g@@k, I have a massive collection of swap playing cards. I like these cards for their pictures. They are just regular playing cards, no decks, just singles and pairs. I probably have 5000+, all categorised and alphabetised... and sleeve-protected... of course.

I thought I should start with a small sample of my girly cards, just to get all of your attention. Some of my favourite swap cards are the girly cards. I like the style of these vintage cards, they don't make them like this anymore. Here are some of my favourites:

Marilyn Monroe

I love penguins.

My favourite girly card of all.
I paid for this as a single card, I liked it so much.

Welcome to deltioligisms!

2009-10-29T15:38:00.007+08:00

This is an online collection of paper, ephemera, deltiology, cards and decks.
I have a grand collection of vintage ephemera, old photographs, notes, swap playing cards, autographs and postcards.

I have decided to start with a catch-up of all the PostCrossing cards received over the past 4 months, in order with newest cards from the top.

enjoy!

nathan

PostCrossing Cards Update

2009-10-29T14:26:00.011+08:00

DE-447089 traveled 13,868 km
from Jessy
Bremen, Germany

US-532250 traveled 16,272 km
from Barb & Brent
Dunton, Colorado, USA

FI-667182 traveled 13,278 km
from Eija
Finland

DE-445691 traveled 13,844 km
from Max
Germany

FI-645543 traveled 13,212 km
from Ronja
Finland

US-510183 traveled 17,638 km
from Samantha
Illinois, Missouri, USA

BG-4073 traveled 12,512 km
from Bilyana
Etcopole, Bulgaria

BR-79003 traveled 13,590 km
from Gabimoraes
Sao Paulo, Brazil

DE-425290 traveled 14,002 km
from Carolin
Germany

US-510185 traveled 18,303 km
from Kathy
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

ES-55311 traveled 14,580 km
from Ignacio
Bilbao, Spain

BY-24423 traveled 12,694 km
from Olge
Minsk, Belarus

NL-197400 traveled 14,129 km
from Nico
Holland

FI-612605 traveled 13,086 km
from Tenttu
Finland

FI-612370 traveled 13,012 km
from Juha
Finland

US-475607 traveled 16,280 km
from Nicole
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

US-462525 traveled 18,078 km
from Danielle
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

NL-191540 traveled 14,054 km
from Gerlinda
Holland

PL-35176 traveled 13,273 km
from Joanna
Wroclaw, Poland

TW-72358 traveled 6,332 km
from Chieh
Taiwan

FI-594477 traveled 13,173 km
from Katri
Tampere, Finland

DE-379884 traveled 13,975 km
from Primrose
Germany

IN-8076 traveled 7,268 km
from Kamran
Ooty, India

CN-96233 traveled 7,087 km
from Shen Xue
Beijing, China

TW-69759 traveled 6,119 km
from Liameter
Taiwan

Mo-573 traveled 5,977 km
from Maggie
Macau, China

CA-67581 traveled 17,840 km
from Katie
Sadbury, Ontario, Canada

DE-373952 traveled 13,644 km
from Christine
Bavaria, Germany

FI-586908 traveled 12,964 km
from Merja
Hamina, Finland

US-449675 traveled 15,094 km
from Sue
San Diego, California, USA