It does seem like a missed opportunity not to include some institution-themed art on the cards. I can imagine 1990's era scientists proudly displaying their collection of colorful reprint requests.
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Printing wasn't so easy or cheap in the dinosaur era. 🦕
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Some ILL departments do have custom thank yous, a related kind of art! Once got a very memorable corn mascot card 🌽
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i found a pile of them once when i was cleaning an old lab closet that clearly hadn't been organized for a few PIs' tenures. they had separated out the ones with cool stamps and postmarks into a different pile than the plain ones!
sep 2, 2025, 5:20 pm • 11 2 • view
A great way to build a stamp collection before the turn of the century
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