Some information about postcards  in special, about portuguese postcards:

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Portuguese Key Words about postcards:

Postcard = Postal

Postcards = Postais

Postcard = Cartão Postal 

Postcard =  Postal Ilustrado

Postal Stationery  = Inteiro Postal

Maximum postcard = Postal Máximo

RPPC Real Photo Postcard = Postal fotográfico

Dating Guide :

• Year 1878 - First Portuguese postal stationery issued by Portuguese Post Office
• Year 1894 - First Portuguese Illustrated Postcard issued by Portuguese Post Office
• Year 1896 - First Portuguese Tophografic postcards

Postcard Undivided back (1895-1906):

One Side only  for adress  and writing in picture side .

Postcard Divided Back (1906-.....):

Postcards  printed with a vertical line on the back, with the area to the right of the line for the address and the area to the left for messages.

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