Some of you may have read my previous mini-review of Cavallini & Co's Japanese 'vintage' postcards, which are reproduced from old postcards of Hiroshige's 36 Views of Mount Fuji. The card stock used is very similar to the original matte surfaced card which most postcards used to be made of, and is FP-friendly, unlike most modern cards.

Well, I mentioned at the time - but didn't show - the 'tin' of 'vintage' postcards of New York City that had first caught my eye, together with matching notebooks, when I visited Waterstones bookstore in Birmingham, England.

The arrival of a 1936 first generation Parker Vacumatic set last week has finally prompted me to show off these postcards, of which there are 18 different cards in each set, presented in a wonderful matte chrome finished hinged tin. Cost is £6.99 or $15 USD plus post.

Here are a few photos - note that not all the postcards supplied in the New York City tin are shown here. Sets are also available for San Francisco and Paris amongst other subjects - see via the links below.

I think you'll agree these cards could have been made for writing on with a Vacumatic... All I need to do now is get to New York, get scribbling and send a few back to good old England!

Oh by the way - guess which of these images is currently serving as the desktop background, 1680 pixels across, on my 20" Apple Cinema Display? (grin)

- Stuart

Links:

http://www.cavallini.com
http://www.cavallini.com/products.html

A UK online source Papernation:

http://www.papernation.co.uk/catalog/caval...-york-p-51.html

In your experience are they fountain pen friendly?

Indeed they are, they use the same card as the others in the range.