Handwritten dates

Handwritten dates


Postcard prices in years

On this page, you will find statistics that show the percentage of postcards on which the date of sending was written. You can view the statistics for individual countries in the database or overall. Generally speaking, the date of sending is gradually decreasing and nowadays only a minimum of senders write the date.

Country selection

Select country in which you want to view the statistics.

Share of postcards with the date of sending: Allcountries

Table of data in individual years: Allcountries

Year ...
The year the postcards were sent
Share ...
A number in % that tells what percentage of postcards sent in the specified year had a handwritten date of sending
Counts ...
Data that tells how many postcards in the database the percentage is based on. The number before the / sign tells how many postcards were handwritten with the date, and the number after the slash is the total number of postcards sent in that year
All data in the above table must be taken as is. They are based only on the data collected from the postcards that are stored in this database.