But the first person to issue postcards was Steven (Heinn? ChVonStephan, 183 1 ~ 1897), the source of the suggestion was inspired by the German painter Leites. Once, the painter drew a beautiful picture on a piece of hard paper and wrote a few words on the back to congratulate his friend on his wedding, but he couldn't find the big envelope at the moment. The post office staff suggested that he write the recipient's name and address on the back instead of sending it directly in the envelope. When Stephen knew about it, he suggested 1863 to issue postcards to the German government. He thinks this can simplify communication means and reduce mailing costs, but unfortunately his suggestion has not been adopted. However, it was the Austrian government that took the advice of Professor China Hanmen and took the lead in issuing postcards.
Postage postcards were originally thought to be the earliest postcards in the world, but recent discoveries have rewritten history. On February 9th, 2002, Edward Proud, a British postal historian, announced that the world's first postcard was used by a man named Hook on February 9th, 2002. He drew a cartoon on the back of the postcard and put a black penny stamp on the front. This postcard was sent to him by hook. According to the expert's appraisal, this stamp is genuine. On March 18, the world's "first postcard" was auctioned at the London Stamp Exchange Center. A Latvian stamp collector bought this postcard for 3 1 000 (US$ 44,300) by phone. Because postcards are easy to use and popular, Austria sold 50 million postcards in the first year of publication. After that, countries followed suit, and now it has become one of the widely used communication methods in the world.