Show POSTCARDS FIRST ISSUED FORTY YEARS YEARS' AGO The first post were I issued In Austria on October 1 1 1869 1569 The idea says saya tho Scientific American had alread already been en suggested ted but n not t adopted at the fifth German postal congress in 1865 Its Ita adoption In Austria appears to be duer due dee r J. to an article published In 1869 1569 b by y Prof Prot Emanuel Hermann of or Vienna who is s sometimes called the tho Inventor Inventor o of or f the tho post d car u. u In 1870 1 post cards were Issued by the North German Postal union Bavaria England and Switzerland Th The Gorman German cards were wera printed without the impression sion of or a stamp until 1812 1572 In which y year ar alto also tho first return post cards were Is- Is sued In Germany Gennon At the postal congress con- con gress which met at ut Berno Berne in 1874 1574 and at which two twenty countries were ere represented B the International post card caid of ot the va value of t ten n twelve and arid a n half halt centimes one penny or 01 two C tints was adopted do fled Teo Tho post pOtt card rd soon s became popular and Its use uso extended to other countries Post Postcards Postcards ca cards ds lore are now issued In great t numbers b by two twenty governments go In Germany Ocr Ger many alone alono mc more rc than po post postcards t cards cardie are uJ used d annually The iThe private picture post card which hits has attained such BUCU amazing popularity within the the last laRt decade is nearly as us old oldan an art 1 the government nl post card carYl It Is also of German invention and It owes its orlIn orl oil gin In to the Prussian Franco war nr On July 16 16 1870 the tho first illustrated ed pos post cart card tearing bearing tho the picture of or a gunner war pl placed ced on sale linIc by Schwartz in n Oldenburg Olden Olden- burg The Tho manufacture of picture cards card was cia att afterward taken token up by bv Brandt In hl Dresdon Dru on Tho The industry which is i sti still I Icia carried on chiefly In Germany has to g gig gigantic proportions |