Postal Cards are made in two ways, as a regular card, having a stamp printed in the upper right hand corner, and with or without the admonition that the stamped side of the card is for the address only and as a message reply-card. In the latter case the card is double, folded on a roulette line so the two parts can be easily separated Each card has a stamp printed on it, and one card is for your message; the other card is for the recipient’s reply to you, the postage already having been paid by you when you purchased the reply card. Such message reply-cards should be preserved intact. They have more value than if the two parts are separated.
Postal Cards are now made in both regular mail and air mail types. Usually, but not always, the air mail types have red and blue border of diagonal bars to attract attention to the fact that it is being sent via air.
- Mrs. Nagalakshmi Tadakaluri, Philatelist.
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