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 | | Post-cards first appeared in connection with the Franco-German War in 1870, and yet this statement requires a little modification, because Austria produced the first post-cards that were ever seen, and in 1869, a few months before war broke out. |
 | | They were printed in fl and white, they had all kinds of instructions upon them, and separate places for the insertion of details concerning the military rank of the writer, and they were accompanied by two kinds of envelopes, also introduced by Stephan for the use of longer communications. |
 | | They had already seen a considerable loss from the breaking down of their old monopoly, and they saw, by his intention to extend the use of postage, their emoluments were going to pass away altogether. |
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