1912 W H Taft Prez Campaign Pennant Postcard Many Different Styles Portrait Pic for Sale

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1912 W H Taft Prez Campaign Pennant Postcard Many Different Styles Portrait Pic For Sale

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1912 W H Taft Prez Campaign Pennant Postcard Many Different Styles Portrait Pic:
$28.00

Be careful: if you buy this as it may lead to something addictive. So, we have a bunch of them at this time in our store.
Here\'s a standard sized postcard that is one of many different styles produced during the 1912 presidential campaign. There are myriad examples for the three different candidates: republican William Howard Taft, democrat Woodrow Wilson and progressive Theodore Roosevelt. All have either a photo or a cartoon plus a saying or slogan. BUT, when you arrange the pennant into different inside and outside colors, THEN you get into the trouble. The outside colors are red, green, blue and purple, while the insides are just red, green or orange. But the combinations of all the different particulars makes them, for political and postcard connoisseurs, the ultimate challenge to collect. If you don\'t go nuts trying. A few examples of this type of card went for over $100 a piece in Al Anderson\'s sale # 190 early in 2019. Now that\'s a serious collector!
This Taft example uses a portrait of the sitting president having an ORANGE center and a PURPLE edge, just so you know since scanners can make the colors look a bit off.This is in nice shape but please enlarge our images and judge condition for yourself so that you can be happy with your purchase. S & H on this will be $5.50 carefully packed, first class with tracking. We are members of APIC and sell onlyauthentic presidential campaign material so buy with confidence.We will combine S&H even though says we don\'t. We do so by issuing a refund for any overpayment.
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We returned from the northeastern part of the U.S. where we purchased another top-notch political postcard collection from a life-long specialist and friend. PLUS we\'re still selling out of the collection of our mid-west friend! Since many of their cards are duplicates of our own, we feel it is important to offer them back into the collector market, so that others continue having the fun of discovery and pride of ownership that we three have experienced over the decades. Hopefully you can find a gem or two to add to your own collection, so check our store over time for this great opportunity for adding to your collection.
Our collecting interestsfall into all categories of presidential campaign material, but postcardsremain at the top ofthe list. Like buttons, their graphics can be spectacular. But they have the added advantage of being able to contain a lot moreof it with much more diverse art. They mayrelate to a specificperson oreventorarticulateopposing campaign slogans.Many can be \"mated-up\" with an exampleforanother candidate: the1912 pennant cardshaveseemingly endless color combinations,imagesand slogansso you\'ll never have them all,which keepsyour quest alive. Somehave \"coattails\" and are geographically specific or contain \"hopefuls\"or are from a person\'s early career.Onecan simply collect their favorite candidate.In history, the 1908 election occurred at the height of the overall postcard craze by the public,so one canacquire a massive collection for that year alone.Cards can be one-of-a-kind real photos, printed photos orlithographswhileothers arepart of a set.Some are cross-collectibles involving baseball, other sports, artists, causesor holidays. Theycan show one or more candidates - often eventhe opposingcandidates -which one rarelyfinds on pins.
Just remember this: ifit doesn\'thave a printed place for a stampand an address orwasn\'t machine-mailed like most modern examples, by definitionit ISN\'Ta postcard. Having it used through the mailconfirms its history (if you\'re worried about reproductions) and adds to its depth. Be aware that condition maybe part ofthe mailing: it\'s important andcan affectthe value. But beingobsessed and possessed like many button fanatics over obtaining perfect conditionexamplescan betime wasted from the joy of collecting.
Cardsare much more personal than pins. You know they were handled, waybackwhen, and are also meant to be today (using care).Iffolding or mechanical, theyMUST be touched and worked to fully appreciate them. Many backscontain apolitical message orshow apostmark nailing down a small town or date. Some showa particular moment in American history: a meeting of greatindividuals or the last days or hours of a person - oftenthe president.Othersthen show the earlydays of hissuccessor.Pins don\'t oftenshow that.
Many cards have anti-cartoons - their great, artwork barbs and blurbs are classic political fun; sarcastic, creative,witty and sometimes suggestive, as beingrendered by the famous or not-so. Pro-examples can gush enthusiastically.Some reflect America\'s socially or racially questionable past from which we may learn.Others show an obscurecandidate and were printed in rather limited numbers.Postcard evolution from the late 19th-century to the oversize mailers of today can be displayed in one tray. Can you tell we love \'em! Therefore,we\'re listing a broad selection to pique your interest and show what we mean about how great, diverseand wonderful these relatively affordablepolitical collectibles are. Most of all, havefun with them. Postcardswere meant to beFUN.