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5 . 7 POST WAR RECO(/£RV AND GRANT ISM 7 8 6 6 - 7 8 7 7
7872-7876 C O h M J N l 1ON IMPROVE

7873 in tr o d u c tio n o f th e 7 c P o sta l Card produced an e x p lo sio n in
o f 37 m illio n in f i r s t yea r r o se to 757 m illio n by 7876, & 4-6 ode -6 in c lu d e d
a d v e r tisin g & in v o ic in g . A c a n c e llin g machine was needed & Thomas L e a v itt experim ented
w ith th e h elp o f th e p o sta l a u t h o r it ie s . F ir s t machine in s t a lle d in Boston in 7876.

7c Poi tat Card with Leavitt m/c cancel: BOSTON/ MASS./ JUNE 30.11/ 6 P.M.
L e a v i t t Type A -2 DTe 11 Jin uAe FebsiuaSiy 7 876 t o A p*itt I S I S .

In 7872 Montgom ery Hard in tro d u ced th e Mail Order b u sin e ss in C h ica g o , 111. That same
yea r th e PMG s ta r te d th e use o f a d h esiv e SEALS to in c r e a se th e s e c u r it y 07$ R e g iste re d
M a il. In d iv id u a l R e g iste re d le t t e r s moved between POs in s id e la r g e en velo p es w hich were
now o f f i c i a l l y s e a le d . In 7 876 A lexan der Graham B e ll was granted a pa ten t th e
Telephone, w hich he s u c c e s s fu lly dem onstrated b e fo re & at th e C en te n n ia l E x h ib it io n .

In 1874 a P o sta l Congress was c a lle d to tu rn th e l o f t y sen tim en ts o f th e 7 863 P a ris
P o sta l Con feren ce (qv 3. 1) in t o r e a l i t y . A T reaty sig n e d to form th e U .P .U . too k e f f e c t
from 1 .J U L .75 when a ll s ig n a to r ie s adopted a r a te e q u iv a le n t to 25 centim es fo r 75 grams.

U.S.A. 5c Stamp
|oa uie f,rom 7.Jill.75
U.P.U international rate.

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