United States 1-Cent Postal Card, Capitol Building, Type 2

United States · 1873 · 1 cent

This 1-cent postal card features a central vignette of the U.S. Capitol building. It was the second type of postal card issued by the United States Post Office Department.

Introduced in 1873, this postal card offered a cost-effective method for sending short messages, contributing to the expansion of postal services in the late 19th century.