Introduction

This article summarizes postcards produced for The Police. It's hard to tell when each individual postcard was sold. So here's a roughly chronological list (judging from the main picture) of The Police's postcards.

Summary of Postcards

Description	Production year	Original price	Additional info on backside
Postcard from Italy	YYYY	unknown	C 217 THE POLICE - Printed in Italy
Postcard from unknown origin	YYYY	unknown	Z.1052 Quadrophenia
Postcard from France - showing a picture from Surrey Sound Studios in 1979	YYYY	unknown	R 11 - POLICE - Printed in France
Postcard from France - probably showing a photo from 1979-04-23	YYYY	unknown	R 23 Collection TEXADO - Printed in France
Postcard from France - showing a photo from 1979-05-29	YYYY	unknown	R 49 - Police - Printed in France
Postcard probably from the USA - showing a photo from 1979-05-29	YYYY	unknown	no information on backside
Postcard probably from the USA - showing a photo from 1979-05-29	YYYY	unknown	no information on backside
Postcard probably from the USA	YYYY	unknown	no information on backside
Postcard from the UK - showing a photo from 1979-06-22	YYYY	unknown	PC 8041 The Police - Group Portrait
Postcard from France - showing the Reggatta de Blanc picture	YYYY	unknown	Les Affiches de Concert - THE POLICE
Postcard from Spain - showing a photo from 1979-11-28 (Lynn Goldsmith photo session)	YYYY	unknown	FC-235-50 The Police
Postcard from Italy - showing a photo from 1980-04-03	YYYY	unknown	20030 Sting dei Police - Photo by D'Alesio
Postcard from Italy - showing a photo from 1980-04-04	YYYY	unknown	20017 Police
Postcard from unknown origin	YYYY	unknown	self adhesive sticker postcard
Postcard from unknown origin - photo from summer 1981	YYYY	unknown	PC 8 - Sting of The Police - Photo by Lynn Goldsmith
Postcard from the UK	YYYY	unknown	>>Sting<< No.: 410
Postcard from Italy - photo probably from 1982-01-10 or 1982-01-11	YYYY	unknown	718 The Police - Photo by G. Beullac
Postcard from unknown origin - photo from January 1982	YYYY	unknown	PC 7 - The Police - Photo by Lynn Goldsmith
Postcard from the USA	1988	free	promotional postcard from photographer Lynn Goldsmith
Postcard from unknown origin - Lynn Goldsmith photo from 1983-01-17	YYYY	unknown	80 bis STING
Postcard from unknown origin - probably taken from a magazine	YYYY	unknown	no information - but labelled as a postcard
Postcard from the UK - probably taken on 1983-05-18	YYYY	unknown	STING PC 618
Postcard from France - probably taken on 1983-05-18	YYYY	unknown	STING ST-58
Postcard from the UK - photo taken on 1983-05-20	YYYY	unknown	STING b. 1951 - Photograph by Terry O'Neill
Postcard from France - photo taken on 1983-05-20	YYYY	unknown	RECORD-2 THE POLICE
Postcard from France	YYYY	unknown	No 623 - THE POLICE - Printed in France
Postcard from the USA - photo taken in mid-1983	YYYY	unknown	STING CL./Personality #131
Postcard from France or Canada - photo taken 1983-07-20	YYYY	unknown	RECORD 47 THE POLICE
Postcard from the USA - photo taken 1983-07-20	1984	unknown	STING - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-18
Postcard from the USA - photo taken 1983-07-20	1984	unknown	STEWART COPELAND - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-16
Postcard from the USA - photo taken 1983-07-20	1984	unknown	ANDY SUMMERS - 1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08024-17
Postcard from the USA	1984	unknown	HSC-08024-17
Postcard from France - showing a French tour poster	YYYY	unknown	THE POLICE A-C 294
Postcard from France - showing the poster for 1983-10-07	YYYY	unknown	CC571 - THE POLICE
Postcard from Italy - showing a Sting photo from 1984-01-30 or 1984-01-31	YYYY	unknown	20338 Sting - Photo by Gianni Basso
Postcard from the USA	1984	unknown	1984 ROXANNE MUSIC, LTD. - HSC-08026-07
set of 10 postcards from Italy	YYYY	L. 10.000 / 5,16 €	9 of those 10 postcards feature a Sting photo from The Police times
Postcard from the USA - showing The Very Best Of Sting & The Police picture	1997	probably free	promotional postcard from A&M for the November 25 release