Nelson, British Columbia

Wholesale vintage greeting cards for shops around the world

Cartolina is a bestselling greeting card company stocking museums, galleries, and independent shops around the world since 2005. Shipped free from Nelson, British Columbia, our vintage-inspired cards are printed on 100% recycled paper with vegetable-based inks.

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$3.50

Per greeting card

6

Minimum per design

$250 CAD

Order minimum, any currency

Free

Shipping, US & Canada

48 hrs

Typical turnaround

Where Cartolina cards are already stocked

Cartolina cards are stocked by the Royal Ontario Museum, the Metropolitan Opera, the Frick, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, alongside several hundred independent shops, galleries and museums worldwide.

Also stocked over the years

  • Harrods
  • Liberty London
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • The British Museum
  • Anthropologie
  • Highclere Castle

Our Signature Collection

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How our cards are made

Our cards are printed on recycled paper with vegetable based inks and carry our signature wrap-around imagery, where the artwork continues across the back of the card. Cards are blank inside with a cream envelope, packed in a clear sleeve. Boxed sets come in kraft paper boxes.

Everything is designed, packed and shipped from Nelson, British Columbia.

Paper
Recycled stock, vegetable based inks
Artwork
Signature wrap-around imagery
Inside
Blank, with a subtle pattern
Packed
Cream envelope, clear sleeve
The Tremont Hotel on Baker Street, Nelson, in an archive photograph
The Tremont, Baker Street
The general store of the Tremont Hotel, with its pressed tin ceiling and original woodwork
The general store, when it was the Tremont

Who you are buying from

A card company run out of an 1891 miner's hotel

The Tremont Hotel opened in 1891 on our beloved Baker Street. Originally a miners' hotel, the west wing of the building has been home to Cartolina since 2014.

Sitting amongst a variety of Nelson's heritage buildings, Cartolina is a fine example of restored 1890s architecture. The brick, stacked cornices, fine masonry, pressed tin ceilings, and original wood floors all stand beautifully intact to this day.

We are at 652 Baker Street, Nelson, British Columbia. If you are passing through, the retail shop is open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm, and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

Our Seaside Collection

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Before your first order

What is the minimum order?

$250 CAD, charged in your own currency at checkout. Greeting cards are six per design and postcards twelve. Boxed cards have no minimum, so you can try a single box.

Do you ship to the United States?

Yes, and shipping is free to the US and Canada both, with no threshold above the order minimum. US buyers are charged in US dollars at checkout.

Who pays customs and duties?

Greeting cards shipped from Canada to the US should be exempt. If a duty is charged, the buyer pays it. Paperwork is completed so nothing is held at the border.

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