a card, usually one on which the postage is prepaid, that is sealed by being folded in half so that its gummed edges come into contact with each other
a long card consisting of a number of postcard views, with space for writing a letter on the backs, that is folded like a concertina for posting
First recorded in 1890–95
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At the post office he stopped and wrote a letter-card.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Postmasters must distinctly understand that the exchange of stamps herein permitted applies only to the 3c. letter-card, the 3c. stamped envelope and 3c postage stamp.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
But consideration for the feelings of anyone, even his own daughter, was to Billy the Bully quite incomprehensible, and he wrote back, on a letter-card, "Go on with the prosecution."
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
The pioneer letter-card emanated from the Kingdom of Belgium, and bore a red ten centimes stamp with the head of Leopold II.
From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie
Owing to the reduction in the Domestic letter rate of postage, the issue of the 3 c. letter-card, the 3c. stamped envelope and the 3 cent postage stamp from the Department has ceased.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
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