About Best Wishes - framed vintage postcards

Best Wishes framed vintage postcards is a new Irish company. We source collectible vintage postcards, many over 100 years old and none less than 50 years old.

They are professionally framed, with glass back and front to allow you to see both the picture and the original message and address. Each picture is unique and we do not sell reproductions. They make charming and unique pictures, the perfect gift for all occasions.


We have cards suitable for

• New Babies
• Christenings
• Birthdays
• Engagements
• Weddings
• House warming
• Anniversaries
• Valentines Day
• Mothers Day
• Fathers Day
• Graduations
• Christmas
• Corporate Gift
• Presentations
• or just for you

Choose from our extensive range of unique vintage postcards.

Return policy: Yes, you may return the picture within 10 days (full refund, excluding postage. Please contact us first for a reference number. Pictures must be returned in saleable condition and in original packaging.


Full refund – but not postage.


Gift wrapped: For a truly unique gift, choose Best Wishes framed vintage postcard. If you wish we will gift wrap it and send it with a personalised gift card on your behalf. There is no extra charge for this service.


Gift Certificate: Gift certificates are available and can be posted on your behalf.


As we are continually sourcing new cards, not all our stock is online. If you are looking for a card for a special occasion or of a particular place please contact vintage postcards Ireland

A brief history of Postcards

The world’s first postcard was issued in Austria in 1869. It was a simple design with a plain back and it was not until 1894 that regulations came into effect in Britain and Ireland allowing for a picture postcard to be used. At that time only the address was to be written on one side of the card and the picture and any message were to be on the other. The ‘divided back’ era began in 1902, but only applied to inland post at first. Gradually this evolved to include postcards for other destinations as well. So began what is referred to as the golden age of the pictorial postcard and this was to last until about 1914.


Postcard collecting boomed during this period and practically every home possessed a postcard album. Publishers encouraged the popular pastime by producing numbered series and themed collections. They became the standard medium for transmitting short messages – today’s emails! They were cheap and reliable with up to seven postal deliveries a day. Millions of postcards were posted every week and many of these ended up in an album, to be rediscovered years later.