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Do you consider yourself a postcard collector?

If you think you’re serious about collecting postcards, think again! Introducing… Mary L. Martin, Postcard Collector to the Extreme!

This amazing lady from Perryville, Maryland, USA has a postcard collection that numbers not only by the hundreds, definitely not by the thousands, but by the millions!

Started forty years ago, her huge collection features postcards from the past and present, from celebrities and ordinary people, from every city, every town, and every country, and just about anything you can think of.

Here’s a two-minute video of Mary and her Perryville postcard shop as featured in WBAL’s Rob’s Attic by Rob Roblin:


If you want to check out more about Mary L. Martin and her postcard collection, visit her official site at http://www.marylmartin.com. Millions of postcards are also for sale in this website.

Mary L. Martin Postcards is the largest postcard shop in the whole world. If you and your Postcrossing buddies live near or around Perryville, Maryland, this shop is a good place for a meetup. If you guys are from somewhere else, this destination is an interesting idea for a Postcrossing field-trip!


Posted by paulo Rose on 18 Apr, 2009
Tags: collecting, collectors, martin, mary, postcards




17 comments so far

kela79, Finland
So cool!!!:)))I think I will be like her when I getting older..:))Thanks a lot for this nice post!!
Posted by kela79 on 18 Apr, 2009


MarioGV, Spain
I'm 14 years old, if I'm still collecting, finally I think I'll be like her :D, I think I won't have enough space for it all...
Posted by MarioGV on 18 Apr, 2009


shui, Taiwan
It's totally amazing!!! :D
Posted by shui on 18 Apr, 2009


sailorH, United States of America
I would be all about attending a meet-up in Perrysville! This is about an hour from my house. Shoot me a messege if you, too, are interested in creating a get-together! Cheers,
Sailor
Posted by sailorH on 18 Apr, 2009


toucans, United Kingdom
Looks like THE ultimate postcard website! And I thought I had a big collection! Wonder how long it would take to scan all their cards?!
Posted by toucans Rose on 18 Apr, 2009


geminiscp, Portugal
AMAZING!!! 8)
Posted by geminiscp on 18 Apr, 2009


Acco-3, Japan
Wow! Great great job!!!
Posted by Acco-3 on 18 Apr, 2009


zaksmom, United States of America
Wow, she definitely has some $$ in those cards.
And I thought I was getting too many with under a thousand cards. Any time my husband complains I can just show him this website.
Posted by zaksmom Rose on 18 Apr, 2009


sonataca, United States of America
My collection is definately no where near her collection, I wish I lived in Maryland...maybe once I'm a little older, I'll open my own store! :D
Posted by sonataca on 19 Apr, 2009


9teen87, United States of America
I'm up for a road trip to Maryland!! ;-)

She has my dream job.

I love it when people's passions turn into their job. How fun
Posted by 9teen87 on 19 Apr, 2009


mydecemberht, United States of America
Holy cow!! Amazing!! I would love her job..I wonder how much business she actually gets though?
Posted by mydecemberht on 21 Apr, 2009


maryhassound, United States of America
i went there today!
Posted by maryhassound on 21 Apr, 2009


Dodd, Taiwan
I wonder how to send her a card to make it be stored forever.
Posted by Dodd on 22 Apr, 2009


kazinhabueno, Brazil
Great! Crazy! Oh, God... :D
Posted by kazinhabueno on 24 Apr, 2009


divxlena, Belarus
Amazing!!! This grandmother is real collector!!! =)
Posted by divxlena on 2 May, 2009


ammy, Singapore
O_____O Speechless!
Posted by ammy Rose on 9 May, 2009


butterflycard, Malaysia
I wonder if the lady has postcards from Bharat,Brunei, Czech, Indonesia, East Timor and Malaysia.
Posted by butterflycard on 21 May, 2009