Yesterday's Email

In an age of instant messaging, a handwritten postcard delivered to your door stands out as a quaint but welcome reminder of another time. It wasn't so long ago when sending postcards was part of almost everyone's vacation routine. And there was a time when the postcard ruled as the preferred method of communication. In fact, Canada has had a long love affair with the postcard.

You can read more about the illustrious postcard in the August/September issue of Canada's History.

• View our gallery of postcards.
• Tell us whether or not you still send and/or receive postcards and why.
• Send us your favourite postcards and we'll add them to the gallery.