which admins still issue postal ID cards?

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which countries issue postal ID cards?

[TC Blair]

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which countries issue postal ID cards?

I believe that I remember reading that India did so.

Blair

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Post by a***@yahoo.com
which countries issue postal ID cards?

I believe that I remember reading that India did so.

What is the function of the ID card? Something for
customers?

[Rodney]

What is the function of an Antipodean bucket farmer?

| What is the function of the ID card? Something for
| customers?

[PayneN.Diaz]

To raise Antipodean buckets?
The function of the postal ID in the US is to get into the building and to
ID yourself on the street if someone asks if you REALLY work for the USPS in
case they don't trust your uniform.

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What is the function of an Antipodean bucket farmer?
| What is the function of the ID card? Something for
| customers?

[bc92]

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Post by a***@yahoo.com
which countries issue postal ID cards?

I believe that I remember reading that India did so.

What is the function of the ID card? Something for
customers?

The principle of a postal ID document was decided by UPU in 1885, after
a proposal by Italy. Initially it was a booklet with vouchers (?)
allowing the holder to perform postal operations in UPU countries, such
as receiving registered mail. At that time, national ID documents were
not in common use, so a postal ID document made sense. Later on, member
countries adopted simplified postal ID cards.
(France: Livret d'identité: 1891 , postal ID card: 1920)
I guess Postal ID cards are no longer provided nor useful in countries
with compulsory ID cards.
There was most often a fee to be paid to hold an ID card, and it was
shown by a stamp, sometimes printed on the card, making it a (not very
common) postal stationnery item.
Source: The postal stationnery website in french (see "Livret
d'identité")
http://mapage.noos.fr/entiersfr

[TC Blair]

Post by a***@yahoo.com
which countries issue postal ID cards?

I assume that you mean ID cards for postal clients.

Sept. 15 - Oct. 9, 1874. Formation of the General Postal Union
(since 1878, the Universal Postal Union) at Bern.

The treaty went into effect July 1, 1875. Various goals of the
postal union included reduction and simplification of international
postal rates (typically 25 centimes for 15 grams), an international
registration system, and established rules for handling the mail,
including the cancellation of stamps.

The UPU convention consists of the main convention and several
agreements,with detailed regulations, which were ratified
separately by each member country (I give the year of introduction
of each part):
the main convention itself (1874),
insured letters (1878) and boxes (1891),
postal money orders (1878),
parcel post (1880),
collection orders (1885, revised 1947),
subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals (1891),
postal checking accounts (1920),
and an international savings bank service (1957).

The postal identity card agreement begun in 1885 was moved into
the main convention in 1920.

India is now confirmed. (Fee 9 Rupees - 3 years)

Nigeria has them. (Fee 350 Naira)

Norway appears to also have these, at present.

The Republic of the Philippines has these. (Cost 75 prsos - 5 years)
http://cjoint.com/?eAmr5BUE4P

Sri Lanka (introduced 1936)

Here is a scan of a postal ID card from the German Empire (1916)
(Fee 50 pf. - 3 years)
http://cjoint.com/?eAlXKeSItT

Germany continued the use of these, at least, until the end of WW2.
http://cjoint.com/?eAmcWIjPgu
http://cjoint.com/?eAl6trokRk

Blair (TC)