deltiology
Sign in to saveDeltiology (from Greek , , diminutive of , , "writing tablet, letter"; and , ) is the study and collection of postcards. The word originated in 1945 from the collaboration of Rendell Rhoades (1914–1976) of Ohio and colleagues at Ohio State University.
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- See also
- Famous Deltiologists
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Deltiology (from Greek , , diminutive of , , "writing tablet, letter"; and , ) is the study and collection of postcards. The word originated in 1945 from the collaboration of Rendell Rhoades (1914–1976) of Ohio and colleagues at Ohio State University.
A biographical sketch of Rhoades's life by his wife Nancy was provided to the Canadian Friends (Quaker) Historical Association in 1994. Rhoades had responded to a contest by editor Bob Hendricks in Post Card Collectors Magazine to create a more scholarly name for the hobby of postcard collecting. 'Philocartist' was a term used in the early 1900s, possibly coined by the noted early philatelist Fred Melville in his 1903 publication The A.B.C. of Stamp Collecting.