THE FIRST POSTCARDS.
Postcards were submitted to the notice of the British Government in 1 S<J9. On February 17, 1870, Dr. Lyon Plavfair presented a largely signed memorial in favour of the adoption of a "card post." Inquiries were immediately instituted in Austria as to the working of the postcard system in that country. The result of the inquiries appears to have been satisfactory, for wo find the Postmaster-General recommending to the Treasury the adoption of the "postcard. The consent of the Treasury being obtained, a clause authorising the sale of such cards was included in the Newspaper Postage Bill in 1870, and the system came into operation 011 October 1 of that year. On the very first day of their introduction to the English public 57"),000 cards passed through the office c>f St. Martins-le-Orand alone, while the weekly number of cards posted throughout the country averaged 1,500,000. In the first ye<ir of their use the number of cards dispatched wa« 75,000,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 13 (Supplement)
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162THE FIRST POSTCARDS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 13 (Supplement)
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