SendPaperCards.com is a directory of online resources available to send cards from the Internet. Everybody likes to receive a physical card in the mail. Take the time to send a card to someone by using one of the sites listed here.
- www.123greetings.com
- www.48HourPrint.com
- www.4YourSoul.com
- www.abbigails-greetings.com
- www.alaskacards.com
- www.AllFreeFunCards.com
- www.allusallthetime.com
- www.all-yours.net
- www.americancharitycards.com
- www.AmericanGreetings.com
- www.animal-art-gallery.com
- www.artversion.com
- www.audiocard.com
- www.Avery.com
- www.become.com
- www.Beliefnetgreetings.com
- www.BestCards.com
- www.bestholidaycards.com
- www.BeyondGreetings.com
The history of the paper greeting card goes back more than 200 years. The oldest known greeting card in existence, is a Valentine card made in the 1400's and can be admired at the British Museum (London). They gained real popularity in the mid 1800's, with the first cards now considered fine pieces of art. Before the 1860's, only the upper class could afford cards. As inexpensive color printing became available, cards began to sell in the thousands. Soon a new industry for artists and printers had begun.
By the 1900's the Post Office was managing an extra 11.5 million letters in Christmas week alone. Christmas cards were introduced and popularized by John Calcott Horsley, the artist of the first Christmas Card and Louis Prang, known as the Father of the Christmas Card. Today there are paper cards in all sizes, singing cards, digital postcards, card greeting, electronic postcards, e-cards, e-greetings.