Join us at Other Trails Coffee to celebrate World Postcard Day!
I'm really excited to see everyone at the event! We will be partnering up with a group of cachers from Birmingham, Alabama. If you would like to receive a postcard please complete the following form. The only required information is your geocaching name and address.
Worldwide Postcard Day Participation Form
In Austria-Hungary, Dr. Emanuel Herrmann (a professor of Economics from Vienna) wrote an article in the Neue Freie Presse pointing out that the time and effort involved in writing a letter was out of proportion to the size of the message sent. He suggested that a more practical and cheaper method should be implemented for shorter, more efficient communications.
His recommendations impressed the Austrian Post, who put them to practice on October 1st 1869, resulting in the Correspondenz-Karte, a light-brown 8.5x12cm rectangle with space for the address on the front, and room for a short message on the back. The postcard featured an imprinted 2 Kreuzer stamp on top right corner, costing half the price of a normal letter.
The postcard was born!
There will be a build your own postcard station as part of the festivites. No purchase is nessessary to attend.