The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22

and varied collections in a very short
time.
The number of these associations seems
to be continually on the increase. Within
the past three months The Association
Philatelqie Rationale in France has OPEN
ed a section for postcards. Since each IL
Illustrated card requires a stamp of enc cent
for domestic and two cents for foreign
mails, the card collector obtains at the
same time a fairly good collection of pos
tage stamps, and it is only natural that
many philatelic societies should adopt the
postcard as within their own dom in.
Perhaps one of the largest of all associa-
tons devoted exclusively to the interests
of postcard collectors is the International
Association of Collectors of Illustrated
Postcards, having its headquarters in
Vienna, and publishing a monthly journal
in German English and French. This or
ganization held a first International con-
gress in Vienna in 1898. when large ex-
hibit of cards was opened under its aus
pices. Such exhibits are now of common
occurrence in the large cities of Europe.
One of great interest was held last year
in Nice, when a special building was put
up to contain it. The latest exhibition Of
this sort, and that most noteworthy of
all, was held last March in Berlin, where
25000 choice specimens of pictorial post
cards were displayed. One exhibition
which attracted some attention was held
not long ago in our own country by Ma
sonic lodge in Iowa.
The Worlds Fair cards were prepared on
regular government postals. The next
thing to appear here In the form of an il
Illustrated postal was the so-called "souv-
enir card" which required full letter post
age. Al present the collectors associa-
tons here exist chiefly among the Ger
man and foreign residents, but a number
of Americans have made large collections.
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numbers far below many of those abroad,
where one man in Nordhausen IS said to
have accumulated in the neighborhood of
250G0, and has arranged a special room
for their preservation. Among Americans
il is safe TO say that no collection is of
more value than that of a Brooklyn lady
whose husband recently held an official
position abroad. Her collection of nearly
1000 postals not only includes some of the
choicest sets of cards, such as, for eX-
ample, those concentrating the corona
ton OF the Queen of Holland, the Yer
sailles series, and Others but is a unique
collection of autograp hs as we'll. since
many of the cards have come from gov
eminent officers and prominent persons in
various parts of Europe and Asia.
Two of the latest novelties in postcards
will be of interest to all collectors; one
foreign, the other an American invention.
The newest foreign card is one having
the picture apparently Velled IN Whlte
mist. When plunged in water the writing
and the mist disappear and the picture
stands out clear and unblemished. The
American card, called the velox pos card,
has just been brought out by a New York
photographer The private mailing card
is sensitized to be developed like the or
binary We OK paper used so much by anna
tsur photographers. With these. one may
take whatever picture he likes with his
camera Ind DrintiD2 il on the VelOX card
make his own Illustrated postal. When
the amateur photographer becomes a'so
a postal collector. there is no telling what
the end may be.