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Dr. Schmidt has a soft spot for postcards that traveled further than most collectors ever expect — small pieces of paper that crossed an ocean before anyone thought to save them. This one left Chicago in November 1898, addressed to Mr. Andr. Lehmeyer of Leipzig, Germany, and it still carries every postmark from the journey:…

Alan Sager collects postcards — small-town scenes, mostly, and the closer they are to his hometown of Quincy, Illinois, the more he’s willing to pay for them. It wasn’t always this way. There was a time, Alan admits, when he thought postcard collecting was “stupid” — he couldn’t understand why anyone would bother. That changed…