Ilford postcard paper?

[Ray Heath]

g'day all

not being able to buy postcard paper in Australia i had to use 'ordinary' 8x10 rc cut to size and it didn't matter, you don't actually need actual 'postcard' paper

any paper of the right dimension for your postal service will do, the lack of printing on the back won't matter, just put a postage stamp on the top right and a sticker for the address on the bottom right, that leaves the left hand half of the rear for a sticker or writting for a message

i did this for 2 postcard exchanges, total of 75 cards, no problems, they went all over the world

 

[Ole]

A little additional notice, since this thread has surfaced again:

If sender or recipient lives in a place where it's likely to rain in any given year, the "pearl" surface seems to be a lot stronger when wet than the glossy. I have received several damaged glossies, but no damaged "pearlies".

 

[PatTrent]

I haven't needed a "postcard stamp" to imprint the backs of regular double-weight fiber paper. I just took a rollerball pen and drew a vertical line, dividing the back into two sections, using one section for the addressee and stamp, and the other section for the return address. No problem here in the USA.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I haven't needed a "postcard stamp" to imprint the backs of regular double-weight fiber paper. I just took a rollerball pen and drew a vertical line, dividing the back into two sections, using one section for the addressee and stamp, and the other section for the return address. No problem here in the USA.

Yes, Les McLean did this for one of the exchanges and it worked fine.

The postcard paper is handy, but since I got a proofing easel that prints 4 4x5's on an 8x10" sheet, I've been printing on 8x10" and cutting them down, which is a little faster for a large run of cards.