One of the most important innovations was the introduction of Uniform Penny Post in Great Britain in 1840.
Before that, it was the distance the mailman had to travel that determined the price for shipping a letter.
And what's worse, the recipient had to pay for receiving the letter.
Of course this led to many letters that were refused by the recipients, at the cost of the Postal Office.
Rownload Hill came up with the solution, that letters should be charged based on their weight, and not the distance the mailman had to travel.
And the fee was to be collected in advance from the sender.
Dr.
Heinrich von Stephan was the inventor of the postcard.
Dr.
Heinrich von Stephan was a German postal official.
Although the invention appeared in Germany, they were not the first ones to introduce the postcards on the market.
Austria was the pioneer, they introduced the first commercial postcards in 1869, and only a year later, in July 1870, would Germany follow.
The postcards was an instant success, and it rapidly spread across both Europe and North America.
Printing technology was responsible for the great artistic innovations in the postcard's design.
The postcard became a quick way to send your family or friends a snapshot of the surroundings.
The initial appearance of picture postcards raised a bunch of legal issues.
Copyright issues that resemble the ones we have on the Internet.
Technology innovation lead to reduction of costs.
Postcards are the most popular and economical means of personal communication.
You can find cheap postcards virtually anywhere in the world today.