Data
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.

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Share of postcards with the date of sending: Allcountries

Table of data in individual years: Allcountries

Year Share Counts
1907
0,0%
 0 / 1
1910
100,0%
 1 / 1
1912
100,0%
 1 / 1
1916
0,0%
 0 / 1
1919
100,0%
 1 / 1
1920
100,0%
 1 / 1
1921
100,0%
 4 / 4
1922
0,0%
 0 / 1
1923
100,0%
 2 / 2
1925
100,0%
 2 / 2
1926
100,0%
 2 / 2
1927
66,7%
 2 / 3
1928
0,0%
 0 / 1
1929
100,0%
 1 / 1
1930
60,0%
 3 / 5
1931
100,0%
 1 / 1
1932
80,0%
 4 / 5
1933
100,0%
 3 / 3
1934
42,9%
 3 / 7
1935
75,0%
 3 / 4
1936
100,0%
 8 / 8
1937
87,5%
 7 / 8
1938
41,7%
 5 / 12
1939
50,0%
 3 / 6
1940
100,0%
 5 / 5
1941
71,4%
 5 / 7
1942
66,7%
 6 / 9
1943
73,3%
 11 / 15
1944
50,0%
 8 / 16
1945
100,0%
 8 / 8
1946
58,3%
 14 / 24
1947
52,4%
 11 / 21
1948
57,7%
 15 / 26
1949
68,0%
 17 / 25
1950
48,5%
 16 / 33
1951
38,9%
 14 / 36
1952
40,5%
 17 / 42
1953
46,4%
 13 / 28
1954
62,9%
 22 / 35
1955
27,3%
 9 / 33
1956
57,1%
 16 / 28
1957
51,7%
 15 / 29
1958
63,6%
 14 / 22
1959
40,0%
 10 / 25
1960
46,4%
 13 / 28
1961
15,8%
 3 / 19
1962
33,3%
 4 / 12
1963
35,7%
 10 / 28
1964
37,5%
 6 / 16
1965
31,6%
 6 / 19
1966
31,8%
 7 / 22
1967
60,0%
 12 / 20
1968
41,2%
 14 / 34
1969
39,4%
 13 / 33
1970
37,1%
 13 / 35
1971
36,4%
 16 / 44
1972
23,1%
 15 / 65
1973
40,6%
 26 / 64
1974
24,3%
 9 / 37
1975
28,6%
 12 / 42
1976
25,6%
 10 / 39
1977
18,8%
 9 / 48
1978
16,1%
 5 / 31
1979
22,7%
 5 / 22
1980
14,8%
 4 / 27
1981
9,1%
 2 / 22
1982
17,9%
 7 / 39
1983
30,6%
 11 / 36
1984
15,4%
 8 / 52
1985
13,0%
 6 / 46
1986
10,3%
 4 / 39
1987
7,4%
 4 / 54
1988
12,9%
 8 / 62
1989
16,7%
 12 / 72
1990
12,9%
 11 / 85
1991
13,2%
 7 / 53
1992
17,5%
 7 / 40
1993
22,2%
 10 / 45
1994
29,3%
 12 / 41
1995
9,3%
 5 / 54
1996
25,0%
 6 / 24
1997
25,8%
 8 / 31
1998
10,5%
 4 / 38
1999
18,2%
 12 / 66
2000
8,6%
 11 / 128
2001
9,1%
 10 / 110
2002
15,4%
 2 / 13
2003
12,5%
 2 / 16
2004
8,7%
 2 / 23
2005
33,3%
 3 / 9
2006
16,7%
 1 / 6
2007
100,0%
 2 / 2
2008
0,0%
 0 / 5
2009
50,0%
 1 / 2
2010
0,0%
 0 / 1
2018
0,0%
 0 / 1
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.