Antique Postcards

Not only do I find it charming to correspond by means of the illustrated card, but also interesting because if we know how to take advantage of it, it may become a very useful tool to reveal art to the masses.
– Leonetto Cappiello

“Correspondence cards”, as they were called then, were first introduced in Austria on October 1, 1869. In the years that followed they made their appearance in many other countries; July 1, 1870 in Germany; in 1871 in England, Belgium and Switzerland; then in Russia and in France in 1872; in the United States and Spain in 1873; in Italy in 1874, the year the Bern Postal Treaty admitted them in international service. Their success was considerable and instant.

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