1879 - 1899 POSTAL CARD ISSUES

1879 FORMULA CARDS

Forerunner of the First Regular Postal Card Issue of 1882-1883.
Prepared following El Salvador entry to the Universal Postal Union in April 1879.

Locally printed on white paper stock, measuring 138 x 91 mm.

Lilac blue on white, issued without face value.

UNLISTED and UNREPORTED

ONLY KNOWN

1879 SAN SALVADOR to SWITZERLAND    JULY 15
Yellow brown on white card  with 1c and 2c Volcano issues for
proper 3c Outbound Postal Card Rate. Via London, August 13.

ONLY USED OF TWO KNOWN


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