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There is also no evidence to my knowledge, that "double rates" were charged at the Chicago Post Office for "Supplementary Mail", but it is entirely possible that in addition to the regular rate of postage, a cash fee equivalent to the regular rate may have been charged. Supplementary Mail of the New York P.0. may therefore be defined as first class foreign mail that pays a supplementary fee for transmission. March 19, 2021 Mekeel's & Stamps MAGAZINE 12 U.S. Stamp News 34 March 2021 USSN Sampler: The Supplementary Mail Service of The New York Post Office by Stanley B. Ashbrook From The Stamp Specialist Orange Book, #5, published in 1941, with new images Mr. Ashbrook has gathered an impressive file of data on early U. S. postal markings. Anyone who has made a special study of U.S. foreign rates and the meaning of the postal markings found on such mail, can well understand why double postage, prepaid by stamps, was not permitted on single rate Supplementary Mail, that is, prior to January 1, 1868. [Extracted from the article] |
