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2.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT: FIRST «REPLY CARDS» AND «THE GERMAN AGREEMENT»
1872: THE «GERMAN AGREEMENT» MANIFESTS THE 1 ST USE ACROSS DIFFERENT POSTAL TERRITORIES
With the introduction of double cards with paid reply in the three postal territories of the German Empire, all
administrations concerned mutually agreed to accept reply cards originating from another region as valid if
franked with the regular domestic postage rate. Thus the introduction of reply cards in the German Empire also
was the birth hour of the «international reply card», since under general regulations the postage stamps of one
German postal territory were not valid in another.
Domestic reply card issued by the Kingdom of Württemberg,
used back from Berlin on Imperial German Post territory in 1874
Domestic reply card issued by the Kingdom of Bavaria,
used back from Leipzig 1874, at Imperial German Post territory.
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