Free Frank

Free Frank
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Free Frank - the right to send mail without payment of postage. Usually indicated by a signature where a stamp is usually affixed.

Free Frank
The term "free frank" is often used today to describe the privilege granted to all Congressmen, to send their mail free of postage. They simply sign the cover where the stamp would go, or stamp their signature there.

Free franking is usually limited to soldiers' mail during wartime or selected government officials.
Postage stamps, postage meter stamps and computer-generated postage are modern methods of franking a letter.

" France military overprint/inscription, permits free franking, 1901.
F M O: see Fleet Mail Office.
F.N.: watermark, Federation of Nigeria on Nigerian issues after independence.
FNC: Fairfax N.

The USPS even has the historic B Free Franklin post office in Old City, Philadelphia on the chopping block.

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.

A stamp, mark or signature that shows payment of postage on a piece of mail. (A signature, with no stamp or paid marking, is called a free frank. Free franks are available to congress and the President.) [Back to top]
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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.

Frank, 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, handstamped, imprinted or affixed. Free franking is usually limited to government ...

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, handstamped, imprinted or affixed. Free franking is usually limited to government correspondence or ...

Free Frank - A handstamp applied under the Franking System (until 1840, free postage was enjoyed by Members of Parliament) to indicate that the item is to be carried free of charge.

See also: Frank, Stamp, Postmark, Cover, Used