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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Questions:
What is the actual postage paid, and how is it so much less than the basic rate for domestic letters?
What is a "Mailer's Postmark Permit"?
What part of the markings on the stamps are "as issued" and what is the cancel and when and how is it applied?
Any insight would be welcomed in aiding my education.
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I don't have a handle on the current rates, but it is possible this is a valid non-profit rate (perhaps for printed matter?).
In the US, individuals and organizations can apply for and once approved, use their own private cancelling device. These are called a Mailer's Postmark. Every such postmark must include in the cancel the appropriate permit number that applies to them. This is why part of the cancel contains this information.
See also: http://stampencyclopedia.miraheze.org/wi ...
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In my experience nonprofit bulk mailers, with the proper permission and permits from USPS, are permitted to pay a "portion" of the 16.2 cent bulk mail rate with low denomination stamps, with the remining postage paid at the time of mailing.
The thinking is that addressees are more likely to open an envelope bearing a stamp(s) than one that does not. This thinking may well be on target, as the practice has been going of for several years.
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it is not the full bulk rate (and there are several types), but a portion of it, the remainder to be paid at the PO where this was dropped off. The full freight will be determined by the quantity mailed and the amount(s) properly pre-sorted.
The mailer is using regular postage, as opposed to discounted or service-inscribed postage, hence the need for the Mailer's Postmark to cancel the stamps.
Antonio and David have done a great job explaining what's going on
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My club is in the process of this rate, and it does cost 5c each.
I think St. Judes uses this rate too.
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Massive amounts of the lower denomination coils seem to turn up in the recent US mission kiloware I have been buying. So there must be plenty of mailings like that.
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Thank you for the explanations.
This is all quite insightful and helpful.
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A commercial enterprise in the USA sends regularly domestic letter mail with 5c in postage in the form of one 3c stamp and 2 - 1c stamps, one of which bears either an overprint or a cancel that says "Mailer's Postmark Permit 128". The stamps which bear a tiny printed date "2024" are usually cancelled with wavy black bars. An example is appended.
Questions:
What is the actual postage paid, and how is it so much less than the basic rate for domestic letters?
What is a "Mailer's Postmark Permit"?
What part of the markings on the stamps are "as issued" and what is the cancel and when and how is it applied?
Any insight would be welcomed in aiding my education.
JTH
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I don't have a handle on the current rates, but it is possible this is a valid non-profit rate (perhaps for printed matter?).
In the US, individuals and organizations can apply for and once approved, use their own private cancelling device. These are called a Mailer's Postmark. Every such postmark must include in the cancel the appropriate permit number that applies to them. This is why part of the cancel contains this information.
See also: http://stampencyclopedia.miraheze.org/wi ...
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re: Request for explanation of current postal usage and cancel
In my experience nonprofit bulk mailers, with the proper permission and permits from USPS, are permitted to pay a "portion" of the 16.2 cent bulk mail rate with low denomination stamps, with the remining postage paid at the time of mailing.
The thinking is that addressees are more likely to open an envelope bearing a stamp(s) than one that does not. This thinking may well be on target, as the practice has been going of for several years.
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re: Request for explanation of current postal usage and cancel
it is not the full bulk rate (and there are several types), but a portion of it, the remainder to be paid at the PO where this was dropped off. The full freight will be determined by the quantity mailed and the amount(s) properly pre-sorted.
The mailer is using regular postage, as opposed to discounted or service-inscribed postage, hence the need for the Mailer's Postmark to cancel the stamps.
Antonio and David have done a great job explaining what's going on
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re: Request for explanation of current postal usage and cancel
My club is in the process of this rate, and it does cost 5c each.
I think St. Judes uses this rate too.
-Ari
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re: Request for explanation of current postal usage and cancel
Massive amounts of the lower denomination coils seem to turn up in the recent US mission kiloware I have been buying. So there must be plenty of mailings like that.
Josh
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re: Request for explanation of current postal usage and cancel
Thank you for the explanations.
This is all quite insightful and helpful.
J. T. Hurd.
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