Inland Postage - Paid Or Not Paid..?

Hi..Take a look at this 1919 postcard of the ship H.M.S. Olympic...Look at the back of the postcard..On left side it reads ""for inland postage only""..then look when the stamp normally goes..it looks to me if you mailed it within Prince Edward Island, there is no need to affix a stamp...It reads ""Inland postage 1 and 1/2d""..Am I reading this right..if so, wow, never seen this before...Any thoughts guys..??






Here is another postcard that you have to affix a stamp to.

I think the message on your first example is telling you how much postage to affix, not indicating that postage is not necessary.

Donald

Thanks dlambert1 for your input..But, I can't for the life of me understand why they would tell you how much to put on..Usually they live it blank just in case the price of stamps goes up..wouldn't you think..??

It is not at all unusual for post card makers to provide rate information.

Here are the British post card rates for 1870 - 1968:

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Source : The Great Britain Philatelic Society

http://www.gbps.org.uk/information/...ostcards.php

The 1 1/2d. rate was introduced in 1921.

Thanks lorddenning for the information and link...Hey, at least there are not millions of stamp collectors with this type of post card...OR IS THERE..HAHA

Olympic - sister ship to the Titanic - nice card.

The other card is nice also as it refers to the Canadian Expeditionary Force (too bad it wasn't used - would be even better!)

WOW dlambert1...Didn't realize it was the sister ship to the Titanic ship..good info..thanks.

This GB postcard has a similar Inland Postage message. The left half of the postcard could only be written on if sent within the country so a warning "for inland use only was printed". If sent out of the country it could attract a postage due penalty as not every country had the same regulations yet.

Correct. But the Universal Postal Union Rome Convention approved the use of divided back postcards effective October 1, 1907.

Ok..I am getting confused..My postcard requires a stamp to be placed..YES or NO..??

Postage was required.

Wert

When post cards were first introduced in the 1870s, the front of the card was for the address and the back was for the message. At first there were no images on the cards. Then they started to put pictures on the cards but the address and message could not be on the same side.

Divided-back postcards were introduced where the image was on one side and the address and message were to be written on the other side. A great idea because there did not have to be any writing on the side that had the image. Today's post cards have divided backs.


The problem was that in the early 1900s not all countries accepted divided-back covers. Some countries such as the United States only accepted them in early 1906. These cards were treated as if they were letters and if there wasn't enough postage to pay the letter rate then they were charged postage due.

That came to an end on October 1, 1907. The Universal Postal Union, the world body that regulates how mail is handled internationally, passed a regulation that made divided-back post cards legal all over the world-no more postage due.

Your card was printed in 1921. By that time divided-back post cards had been legal globally for 15 years. Why the post card says that it is for internal use is beyond me.

To repeat : A stamp WAS REQUIRED to mail your post card, whether sent to an inland address (Great Britain) or to any other destination on the planet.

wert: I believe I have seen examples of US postcards that also showed the amount of postage to be applied and I will examine my small collection to see if I have an example.

Also, I would like to take credit for identifying the Olympic, but that was 3Dadeo who made the ID.

Donald