World Postcard Day is celebrated each year on October 1.
In Austria-Hungary, Dr. Emanuel Herrmann (a professor of Economics from Vienna) wrote an article in the Neue Freie Presse pointing out that the time and effort involved in writing a letter were out of proportion to the size of the message sent. He suggested that a more practical and cheaper method should be implemented for shorter, more efficient communications.
His recommendations impressed the Austrian Post, who put them to practice on October 1st, 1869, resulting in the Correspondenz-Karte (Correspondence Card), a light-brown 8.5x12cm rectangle with space for the address on the front, and room for a short message on the back. The postcard featured an imprinted 2 Kreuzer stamp on the top right corner, costing half the price of a normal letter.
The postcard was born!
This is my collection of Postcards. There are many countries in this picture i.e
Austria
Belgium
China
Czech
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungry
Japan
Jordan
Malaysia
Netherlands
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
and
United States of America.
