Luxembourg-Gare B
17 Sep 1907
[8:00-9:00 a.m.]
Metz
17 Sep 1907
[1:00-2:00 p.m.]
Why was the card, which was sent on 17 September 1907, taxed [hs ‘T’ and ms 10 in blue crayon]? I’m not sure.
Luxembourg’s postal card rate to Germany was not increased to 10 centimes until 1 October 1907. However, the German rate for foreign postal cards had already increased to 10 pf. on 1 July 1906, but I believe the 5pf rate to Luxembourg remained in effect for several years thereafter. So, perhaps the Luxembourg postal clerk , not realizing that the card was the reply-part [Antwort) of a 5pf+5pf German message-reply card, mistakenly treated it as an ordinary German postal card improperly posted from Luxembourg.
The card is Michel P71Y; it’s quite scarce used, particularly used internationally.
