andy66 ha scritto:Ritorniamo alla nostra mitica cartolina commemorativa, che creò una gran confusione nel periodo e che, oggettivamente, è stata una pessima realizzazione. Questa è stata spedita in Svizzera, però con un francobollo integrativo da 5 cent. Come mai? Paura di subire l'ennesima tassazione?
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if i remember right 15 centesimi is the letter rate. postcards with pictures on the address side were taxed as letters according to UPU rules.
to pay this additional porto was one way to avoid the tax.
the other way was to write the address on the side with the stamp - that way you have an quite early picture postcard.
btw not only this card get taxed in germany for this reason. i have a advertisal postcard from a hotel which got taxed in germany.
some railway post offices had printed special labels, which where attached to the postcards - they explain that the picture was against the rules and this causes the tax.
we have gathered some of these cards send to germany. cards to bavaria are rarely taxed, same for early ones to baden and wuerttemberg. later ones to baden are taxed, but no explanation is given. cards to saxonia and east germania normally are taxed - and a lot of them has a explanatory label.
if i remember right i have seen a card to Switzerland, which was taxed, but the tax was canceled.
the procedures to evade taxing must be "commen knowledge" among the tourists of that time - we have one of this stationary - not taxed - where the sender explains why he had written the adress on the other side.
thank you for reminding me, that writing on is topic is one of my points on the to-do list. the article in the vaccari magazin is nice, but he missessome details - some of the material is easier to get in Germany then in Italy.
cu stephan