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Business reply card to Penn Mutual, Philadelphia, circa 1897

Subject
Mail & Correspondence
Card type
Government postal card
Date
c. 1897 (Pioneer Era)
Front of Business reply card to Penn Mutual, Philadelphia, circa 1897, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, PA, USA, c. 1897 postal card postcard
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Back of Business reply card to Penn Mutual, Philadelphia, circa 1897, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, PA, USA, c. 1897 postal card postcard
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About this postcard

A business reply card from P. K. Hebel to the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company in Philadelphia asks the company to furnish information about a proposition mentioned in an earlier letter. The form states that no signature is necessary, but Wm Boyle signed it at the lower left. The exchange shows how insurance offices and their correspondents used postal cards for quick, routine follow-ups rather than full letters. Penn Mutual was founded in 1847 and was one of Philadelphia's established life insurers. Its Independence Square address placed it in the city's historic civic center, near Independence Hall. The card's practical tone fits the everyday paperwork of late nineteenth-century business correspondence.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Please furnish information regarding the proposition mentioned in your letter. NO SIGNATURE NECESSARY Wm Boyle

Please furnish information regarding the proposition mentioned in your letter. NO SIGNATURE NECESSARY --- THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS U.S. POSTAL CARD / ONE CENT / JEFFERSON
Stamp
Addressed to
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company

Independence Square Philadelphia, PA

FromP. K. Hebel

Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place addressedThe Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Independence Square, Philadelphia, PA
Stamp1c Thomas Jefferson, green, perforated on all sides
NotesNo picture; typewritten text on plain cream stock. Handwritten signature "Wm Boyle" at lower left despite the printed "NO SIGNATURE NECESSARY." Light age toning and a small ink spot near the upper right; faint offset marks lower right, plus a faint pencil notation (unreadable). No postmark. Undivided government-issue 1¢ Jefferson postal card (pencil "UX27" at upper left), typewritten address to Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., Philadelphia. Light soiling/creasing; plain tan stock, no picture.

Cite this card

Business reply card to Penn Mutual, Philadelphia, circa 1897, postcard, c. 1897. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/business-reply-card-to-penn-mutual-philadelphia-circa-1897. Accessed November 2, 2026.