Rural Free Delivery (RFD): System for free home delivery of mail in rural areas of the United States, begun just prior to the turn of the 20th century.
*Rural Free Delivery - service of the post office, begun October 1, 1896, that provides mail delivery to rural customers. In the early years mail was postmarked on the route by the carrier.
Rural Free Delivery (RFD) - mail service that provides delivery to rural customers. The service was established in 1896.
Rural free delivery service began in 1896. Prior to this time, people living in the country had to pick up their mail at the post office in town. The RFD system was made permanent in 1902.
Sc #3090
32¢ Rural Free Delivery - horse-drawn mail wagon
0.45
Sc #3209e
8¢ Trans-Mississippi, "Troops Guarding Train"
0.30 ...
RFD - See "Rural Free Delivery."
Ribbed - Paper which shows parallel ridges on at least one side of a stamp.
Ribbed Frame - Varieties of encased postage with fine parallel lines on the silver side of the metal case.
: Rural Free Delivery
RFV: Scott Catalog number prefix for Playing Card (D.W.I.).
RFW: Ralph F. Wurtz, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
RG: 1: Scott Catalog number prefix for U.S. Revenue Silver Tax.
Winnipesaukee had marked other postal milestones years earlier, but these had nothing to do with either boat or rail. In 1928 the first RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Airmail Star Route services were completed by aviator Lt. Robert S.
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