Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage. They are sold by postal authorities. On January 26, 1869, Dr. Emanuel Herrmann of Austria d
United States postal card of 1881.
Bavarian postal card of 1892.
United Kingdom postal card of 1895.
A message reply card, still attached, sent from Cuba to Germany, 1894.
In philately, an imprinted stamp is a stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery such as a stamped envelope, postal card, letter sheet, letter card, aerogram or wrapper. The printing may be flat
Postal card
…Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage. They are sold by postal authorities. On January 26, 1869, Dr. Emanuel Herrmann of Austria described…
An imprinted stamp on an Irish pre-paid envelope, used 1970.
An example of an embossed postage stamp, called an indicium, on an 1861 U.S. letter sheet. Note the raised portions.
A Hungarian telegram form with an imprinted stamp from the later part of the nineteenth century.
An imprinted stamp on an 1898 Cuba postal card.