Franking (or "franks") are any and all devices or markings such as postage stamps (including printed and/or embossed on postal stationery), printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, ...
A method of franking that predates both "Paid" markings and adhesive stamps is the free frank.
Franking. The franking of a cover is the postage that is applied to pay for its delivery. Usually this is a postage stamp, stamps or a postage meter stamp imprint or meter strip, but even the word "free" written on some U.S.
Franking
The way in which the postage on a given piece of mail is prepaid.
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False Franking - use of a stamp, generally on bulk-rate mail, which pays only a portion of the actual cost of mailing the item.
FAM - see Foreign Air Mail Route.
Franking - a mark on a cover that postage has been paid or that the envelope is being carried free of postage. Modern forms of franking are postage stamps and metered stamps.
Franking: An indication on a cover that postage is prepaid, partially prepaid or that the letter is to be carried free of postage. Franks may be written, hand-stamped, imprinted or affixed.
Over-franking can be Fun!
Finally, I have to share the covers above, created by a friend simply to entertain and delight.
Permit: Franking by the imprint of a number and additional information that identifies a mailer's prepaid postage account, thereby eliminating the need to affix and cancel stamps on large mailings.
Mixed franking - A cover franked with adhesives of two different issues of adhesives (but usually applied to two different reigns or two different currencies).
Mixture - Assorted stamps from many countries in a loose condition.
Ablösung: (Ger.) franking privilege for Prussian local officials.
ABNC, ABNCo.: American Bank Note Company.
Back to index Franking machines A Franking machine is a postage payment machine that automatically applies the proper postage to letters, large envelopes and packets passing through it.
Above Privilege Number - A handstamp applied to a letter disallowed under the Franking system.
Accessories - Full range of stamp collecting tools and aids, e.g.
Franks may be written, hand-stamped, imprinted or affixed. Free franking is usually limited to soldiers' mail or selected government correspondence. Postage stamp and postage meter stamps are modern methods of franking a letter.
A frank is a marking on the face of an envelope indicating that postage has been paid or that the letter is to be carried free. Early presidents and postmasters often had the right to free franking.
meter, a device that automatically imprints the proper postal rate with a distinctive imprint in the upper right-hand area of the envelope. Meters were authorized by the UPU in 1920. They are used today by volume mailers to cut the cost of franking ...
 See also: Stamp, Frank, Used, Cover, Cancel
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