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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68260| Title: | The pneumatic post of Paris : part 2 |
| Authors: | Hayhurst, J. D. |
| Keywords: | Pneumatic-tube transportation -- France -- History Postal service -- France -- Paris -- History Postal stationery -- France -- Paris -- History Postmarks -- France -- Paris -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2013-08 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Hayhurst, J. D. (2013). The pneumatic post of Paris : part 2. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 42(2), 40-47. |
| Abstract: | Until 1898 when private cards and envelopes were admitted, the use of the official postal stationery was obligatory for pneumatic mail. The decree which opened the tubes to the public was signed on 25 January 1879 by MacMahon in the last days of his presidency and came into effect on 1 May 1879. It prescribed two franked forms: one, open, at 50 centimes, and one, closed, at 75 centimes, in modern parlance respectively a card and a letter-card although the latter was on thin paper. [excerpt] |
| Description: | Continued from April 2013 Edition. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68260 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2013 - 42(2) |
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