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Who Invented Christmas Cards and Postcards?

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quotePosted at 17:28 on 12th May 2010
They have their origins in the Victorian era.
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quotePosted at 18:11 on 12th May 2010

It is believed that the first Christmas Card was designed in England by John Callcott Horsley R.A. for Sir Henry Cole, in 1843

 

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