| Show History of the Postal Card A treatise on the history of the postal card has been published in Bir Ho The orginator of the idea is said to hove been a German State official Dr Stephan who wroo n essay upon it in 1865 Austria was the first t i adopt ibaginning in October 1869 The first three months wit DeEREd the passage of 2930000 cards through the mails Germany olio ol-io wed suit in 1S70 aid on the first day after the introduetion of the postal card 45468 were sent ofl in Berlin alcna and within two months over 2000000 wore used Other countries epos initiated the same step During the FroncoPrusaian war the postalcard system was a great boon to both armies Over 10000000 cams psasedjjjduring the campaign between the German soldiers sold-iers and their friends and homes The greatest proportional consump tion of postal cards unquestionably occurs in the United Btates The whole of Europe is estimated to use annually 350000000 while the eon gumption in the United States will probabalj not fall abort of 180000 000 Germany consumed in 1879 122747000 The use of the postal card is moreover constantly increas ing and to some extent at the expense ex-pense of the letter correspondence There are now said to be seventy three countries in which it is intro duced Ausrtia which has the honor of first putting the idea into practical execution is now said to have cards of the poorest material and moat inconvenient in-convenient form |
