The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-31
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4 The following interesting account of
4 the use of postal cards abroad, is from
the, JournaIFof the Franklin Institute:
ld ghsidea Of postal cards is attributed
to DIR. Emanuel Herman Professor In
! the Vienna, Military Academy. !, They
were introduced, into England in 1870,
4 at the price of one. yhalf-penny, Zone
| cent? the letter postage being one pen
I ny. Their average Calculation has
rised to a million and "a half a week!
More than seventy i've m iIliohs were
sent in 1871, and this nHnaBer was ex
4 ceeded in 1872. oThe number of letters
mailed, So far from diminishing in
consequence of the Introduction of the
! cheap postalrcard, as had beenpredict7
ed, has actually increased = in place of
1858, ,000sOO of letters carried lin 1870,
| j9l5, ,000, 900 were repOrteds in 18Th an
increase of 81, 900, COO. This enormous
| increase raises the mean percentage Of
the annual progressio on. which for Ave
! previous years, from 1865 to 1870, had
been. four, per cent: up to six per cent.
In Germany the Introduction Of card
correspondence was decreed in June,
1870, and it began practically a month
later. The advantages offered by 1t
caused. it TO be, rapid u extended, al
though the price had been fixed at that
time at one grosehen. t23 cents) the
same as letter POSTAGE On the first of
July, 1872, this price was reduced to-
one-half groschen II cents) letter post-
age remaining as before Here, also,
the introduetioh of the postal card has
not in terfeFeGi with the number Of LETT
sters mailed (which, lin place of 205, ,00Q,-
600 in 1870, became 240, 900 in 1871,
IA most valuable adtiitiongto to the postal
card systems morsover. has been adopt
n ind dxaI -
Holland, to Belgium, and to Switzer-
land. Besides the simple postal card,
a double one is also issued, having a
prepaid card attached for the answer.
The two cards correspond in size, each
bears the stamp, and they are sold at a
double price. ga1 9Ift DsYip
In Switzerland, the postal card sys-
tenn was introduced October l. 1870, |
the price being five eentin1es, lone
cent).f In 1871, 1 1,7I3, ,710 cards were
sent. The letters mailed increased
from 2O, AIS, ,S44 in 1870, to 25, ,56S, 1852 in
1871. ffsed zsw 81 5a4st ilsasti iii 30
. Belgium adopted postal cards July |
1871, the price being five centimes. At /
first the system was local, but it has
since become general The number of
letters sent has, as in other countries,
steadily increased. On the 1st of J Jans |
uary, 1873, the Minister of Public |
WOrkS, unQef whose tQlfecElOn are all I
postal and -telegraphic arrangements, |
ordered the issue of double postal cards |
having prepaid card for the answer.
Norway has had postal card cores
pondence since January 1, 1872, the !
price at first being that of ordinary,
letter postage, 8 shillings q. 8 centsl. It
has since been reduced to two shiIlings
within the same postal district. The /
results generally are regarded as satis-
factory. ssr9i ion eGl lo8 .b5lssi = /
In Sweden the. price of the postal |
card, at first fixed at II ore (5a .cents), /
has since been reduce to 10 ore (2.7l
cents). In Denmark the system was
adopted April l, 1871. The general
card costs shillings GA cents) and |
the district card 2 shillings, or 1.2
cents. s7as.srl-I Issrro3 IL
In Russia postal cards were intro
duced January l., 1874. The general
card is furnished at 8 ,kopecks GA cents)
and the district card at 4kOpecks, ga
cents. In Austria the postal card
costs 2 kreutzers, q cent?. TheIsystem1
was adopted in October, 1869, and the
first year s, ,OO0, 900. of cards were sold!
Spain has decided upon. postal cards;
Greece and Portugal are about to issue
them, and in Italy the same course has.
been resolved upon.v7 Turkey alone has
failed to see the advantages of the9 pos
tai system andlto adopt it.st7ss hae =