Forgeries

[padthelad]

hi, just had a buyer come back that a card i sold was a forgery? The cards was a bit thin and he has said it separated out into three separate pieces of paper on handling. with a plain piece of paper in the center of two printed/photocopied pieces. Has anyone any experience with this? cheers paddy

[dutchroots]

No chromes or linens?! Wow, what's left? :-) Like Paul Harvey says, "It is not one world." Chris

[iceturtle]

When you talk about chrome postcards, what does that mean?

[phoenixantiques-petworth]

Chris - You had to ask didn't you! In the UK "whats left" are: Court Cards - official size of British postcards between 1984 -1899 measuring 115 x 89mm. Undivided Back - term used to describe early cards but were in common use until 1907 Vignette - Usually on undivided backs and has a design which does not occupy the whole of the picture side. Divided Back - Great Britain first divided the back in 1902 Standard Size - 140mm x 89mm Intermediate Size - link between court cards and tandard size 130mm x 80mm then we have: Official - postcard printed by Government or other established body to advertise eg The Railway Cos. Midget - novelty cards 90mm x 70mm Panel Cards - on heavy board Bas Relief, Chromo Lithos, Fab, composites, glitter, hold to light, Kaleidoscopes, Novelty, Pullouts, Transparencies and Write away to name but a few! Sara

[neglus]

Basically "chrome" or "modern Chrome" are the shiny colored standard and continental sized postcards we see most often today. These began to appear at the end of WWII as printers were able to produce mass quantities cheaply. They finally replaced "linens" as the most common postcards in the US in the mid-1950's.

[neglus]

Sara - I have seen many "chrome" postcards from all over Europe including the UK. Are they rare? What type of postcards are currently being printed in the UK?

[phoenixantiques-petworth]

We do have "chromes" as you call them, we just call them moderns which are the type currently being printed in the UK. To the folk in the UK "Chrome" refers to chromolithographic printing - which these modern cards most definatley are not! Sara

[riverboatqueen51]

This can get confusing! I call cards larger than continental size moderns. Joyce

[alanp6344]

Does the US term "chrome" come from Kodachrome? There are at least two 'standard' sizes for what are generally called continentals in the US, too.

[phoenixantiques-petworth]

Joyce as far as I am aware, a coninental to UK collector is a card from overseas, usually europe. I don;t think we have a continental size as such. Fotunately the UK categories work well for our collecting habits - and with the terms used over here, although it could help sales for you guys over the pond if you included the UK terminolgy to any UK cards - although our tems really wouldn't apply to US cards. - I am now going to get my brain cells realigned as i really am not thinking straight!- Please Uk members correct me if I have made any boo boos! Sara

[padthelad]

hi cheers for the answers, the card was a greek one and my opinion is that it was a laminated and possibly a later reproduction of an earlier card. it did have a thin nature and looked a bit odd but ive sold similar ones with no problem I gave the guy a refund as he wasnt happy, i got my fees back off ebay cheers pad