FROM  GREETING CARD TO POSTCARD
Read more about the 400 p. book published 2007 Below I will publish supplementary pictures and information. Do not hesitate to contact me, if you have additional information Henrik Selsøe Sørensen Oct. 2007		Back to Welcome page
1 Pictures and mail throughout the world 1.1 Greeting cards 1.2 The world’s first picture postcards
2 Greetings and pictures in the mail in Denmark before the postcards 2.1 Early New Year’s greetings 2.2 Joking letters 2.3 Letterheads 2.4 Early mechanical greeting cards 2.5 Trade cards 2.6 Illustrated envelopes 2.7 Cabinet photos, stereoviews, souvenir roses and leporellos 2.8 Late 19^th century greeting cards
3 From Denmark’s first postal card to the first Postcard 3.1 Government printed and private printed postal cards 3.2 Denmark’s first picture postcard 1883 3.3 The Levison Junr. Series 1887 3.4 Jens Møller’s pioneer postcards 1888 3.5 Stender’s postcards and the Nordic Exhibition of Arts, Industry and Agriculture 1888 3.6 Other postcards before 1890
4 Postcards in Denmark 1891-1899 4.1 Danish postcards printed abroad 4.2 Gruss aus printed in Denmark 4.3 Greetings on postcards 4.4 Transition from greeting cards to postcards 4.5 When was the word ”postcard” used for the first time in Danish?
5 Collectors’ favourite thematic postcards
5.1 Town views and villages 5.2 Professions, industry and business 5.3 Advertising 5.4 Transport 5.5 Famous people and others 5.6 Public service, mail, fire brigades, 5.7 Social conditions 5.8 Science, technology and education 5.9 Accidents 5.10 Military 5.11 Politics and movements 5.12 Life style 5.13 Animals and plants	5.14 Risqué / nude 5.15 Exhibitions 5.16 Collectables 5.17 Artist signed 5.18 Greeting cards 5.19 Entertainment 5.20 Humour, satire, comic strips 5.21 Fantasy and manipulated postcards 5.22 Novelty postcards 5.23 Series of postcards 5.24 Special editions 5.25 Polar cards and expedition cards 5.26 Postcards that nobody collects
6 Editors and manufacturers
7 The artists behind the cards
8 Postal history related to postcards
9 Good to know for collectors of postcards including a dictionary
English Summary
Magazine advertisements of greeting cards 1875-1889