A French law dated November 18, 1903 required that the address side of the postcard be divided into two parts, one for writing a message. The two parts needed to be separated by two vertical lines. In 1904 a new regulation required the phrase "tous les pays étranger n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto" to be printed on all cards. from 1904-1907 the address side was larger, and some of the message was often written on the front of the card.

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first posted 9/5/2009