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1886 usage of 1d Postal Card to Prussia uprated with DLR 2d orange x3 tied by 'HAWKER/MA12/86/SA' cds, 'RAILWAY/SA' squared-circle transit b/s, German 'T'-in-triangle h/s & mss "80" (pf) in blue, docketing on the face & reinforced corner bends. Pre-UPU, postcards could be sent overseas only at the letter rate, which was 8½d to Germany, so underpaid 1½d.