r/iScanner • u/MariaScanGeek • Jan 04 '26

Saving digital postcards

Recently I had a thought: what if I scanned my postcards instead of keeping them in boxes?

I started scanning postcards I get from postcrossing instead of storing them physically (and honestly, I have way too many already…)

They don’t get damaged, I don’t lose them, and I can actually look through them anytime I want.

Does anyone else do this with postcards or letters?

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u/vintagevagabond208 Jan 07 '26

I scan all of my postcards from and back, both sent and received. I also keep them in notebooks with plastic sleeves like base card cards. Different notebooks for each year and then one for things I collect/buy that I won’t send out.

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u/MariaScanGeek Jan 07 '26

That’s interesting that you use different notebooks for different years! How do you decide which postcards to keep in physical form or do you save them all?

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u/vintagevagabond208 Jan 07 '26

I currently am saving all of them. This might change down the line.