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4 .1 REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES –GENERAL UPU REGULATIONS

Many general UPU regulations address international mail in general or the use of postcards
specifically. These rules also all applied to double cards with prepaid reply parts. The most important
regulations are introduced.

UPU IDENTIFICATION
In 1878 it was made it mandatory, that all postcards in international mail had to show the inscription «Union
Postale Universelle» in French language. This rule only applied to postcards since postcards were a new and
therefor not well known product in international mail. The rule was dropped later.

Turkish reply card, first issued 1901 artfully showing the UPU identification

Reply card issued 1905 in the French colony of Tunisia. The card does not show the required UPU
identification. This lack of identification is typical for all cards issued by the French but also occurred in other
countries.

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