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Wish you were here?’ We tend to think postcards go hand in hand with a traditional seaside holiday, along with fish and chips, sandcastles, and disappointing weather. But Georgina Tomlinson, a deputy curator at London’s Postal Museum, explains that in their early days, postcards were used more like emails or text messages: ‘When we go back to the first postcards, they were very plain, with a pre-printed stamp. They were designed to be a functional communication tool – and very quick and