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Reply Coupons -
Introduction |
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1RCs, were introduced from October 1st
1907. From
1879 it was possible to send (double) Postal Stationary Cards
with Reply Postage Paid to 13 Member Countries of the UPU (forerunners),
this lasted to 1969.
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At the end of the 19th Century there was an
increasing demand for sending letters with Reply Postage Paid as well.
This demand was fulfilled with the International Reply Coupons in 1907.
a
It was the UPU Rome Congress in 1906 that decided to
introduce International Reply Coupons from 01.10.1907. The Congress
had to choose between several Essays, introduced by some of the member
countries. None of the Essays were accepted, that was however the
british proposal of a prepaid coupon for return postage.
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The
imperial Nations of early 20th century issued coupons for single weight
letters between countries within their economic zones. Later on some countries
with multilaterale interests issued the same kind of coupons for their
regions. |
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