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Franks and Franking - March 20 1869 (The American Journal of Philately)
I didn't realize that franking was originally the process whereby Senators, Congressman, Department Heads etc. would write their name in the top right hand corner of the envelop/parcel, along with their title and that would suffice for it to be sent through the mail.
So that raised the question in my mind, do any of you collect those old, handwritten frankings from the 1800's ? If you do I'd love to see some of them. That would be an incredible area to collect.
Regards ... Tim
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Something similar to this. His name is at the bottom upside down. Read description.
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/1835-LAUDER-BERWICKS-PMK-LETTER-LORD-BELHAVEN-FREE-FRANK-TO-EDINBURGH/362958684092?hash=item548205ffbc:g:etoAAOSw4GVYReeN
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Yes Charlie, that is an example of what the article is talking about. I love researching the story behind letters like that.
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I was looking through the Historical Articles that Kelly(stamps4me) compiled a few years back and came across quite an interesting article:
Franks and Franking - March 20 1869 (The American Journal of Philately)
I didn't realize that franking was originally the process whereby Senators, Congressman, Department Heads etc. would write their name in the top right hand corner of the envelop/parcel, along with their title and that would suffice for it to be sent through the mail.
So that raised the question in my mind, do any of you collect those old, handwritten frankings from the 1800's ? If you do I'd love to see some of them. That would be an incredible area to collect.
Regards ... Tim
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re: Does anyone collect original Frankings?
Something similar to this. His name is at the bottom upside down. Read description.
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/1835-LAUDER-BERWICKS-PMK-LETTER-LORD-BELHAVEN-FREE-FRANK-TO-EDINBURGH/362958684092?hash=item548205ffbc:g:etoAAOSw4GVYReeN
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re: Does anyone collect original Frankings?
Yes Charlie, that is an example of what the article is talking about. I love researching the story behind letters like that.
Tim
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re: Does anyone collect original Frankings?
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