Householder Bulk Mailing Form Numbers

The Post Office began distributing forms for affixing stamps for bulk mailing of householder material in 1924. Since these bulk mailing forms were new the early versions referenced the specific section of the postal guide which covered householder bulk mailing. Three types of forms were produced depending on how the delivery was being made.

7P  - Letter Carriers Walk
8P  - Rural Routes
9P  - Post Office Box Holders

Bilingual forms were also produced which included the marking "1/2" before the letter P in the form number ( e.g. 7 1/2 P. -100,000 - 17-5-24)

At some point in the 1930s the three forms were combined into a multi-use 7P form with three check boxes and the 8P and 9P forms were discontinued.

The following list of forms is not complete and will be updated as new information becomes available. Reporting of new form numbers with a confirming scan would be very much appreciated.

7P Letter Carriers Walk

Form Number	Comments
7P.-100,000 – 17-5-24
7P.- 50,000 – 24-10-24
7P.- 50,000 -1-12-25
7P.- 50,000 – 3-3-26
7P.-50,000 -11-11-26
7P.-150,000-3-9-27

7 ½ P Letter Carriers Walk – Bilingual

7 ½ P.100,000 – 17-5-24
7 ½ P.-50,000 -12-1-26

8P Rural Route

8P. -100,000 – 24-10-24
8P. – 150,000 -10-7-25
8P. -300,000 – 30-1-26
8P. – 175,000 - 24-2-28

9P Post Office Box Holder & Householder Receiving mail at the Post Office

9P. - 25,000 – 20-6-24
9P.- 100,000 -24-10-24
9P.- 150,000 – 17-6-25
9P. - 100,000 – 3-3-26
9P. - 150,000 - 11-11-26
9P. - 200,000 -21-3-27
9P.- 200,000 – 26-9-27
9P.-250,000 – 6-7-28
9P.- 300,000 – 7-3-29
9P.- 200,000 – 3-11-32?
9P.- xxxxxxxx – 6-3-32?

7P Combined Form

7P. -750,000 - 4-7-35
7P. -750,000 - 20-2-36
7P.- 1,000,000 -14-6-38
7P.- 700,000 -3- 3-45?
7P. -1000M -4-7-50
7P (Bil.) 2,000M – 27-9-54
7P – 15-1-64

 Eveyhouseholder

War Issue Every Householder Mail – Bulk Payment without an Official Form

I purchased this item in an auction a few years back. I find it interesting because it represents the typical transactions between a business using the Every Householder mail service and the Postmaster at the time that the mail entered the postal system. Here is my explanation of the franking on this item.

A local businessman, Alex F. Smith, arrived at the Stoney Creek Post Office on April 27, 1946 with 10 packages of unaddressed advertizing circulars. He wished to have these delivered to all homes serviced by the Stoney Creek, Fruitland, Winnona, Vinemount and Vanwagners Beach Post Offices as well as the Stoney Creek, Fruitland, Vinemount and Bartonville Rural  Routes and Hamilton Rural Route No. 5.  Mr Smith had carefully counted each of the 10 packages to match the number of patrons of each Post Office and Rural Route and had listed the 10 destinations and the quantity in each package on a sheet of paper. The total was 1502 items requiring $15.02 postage at 1 cent per item. After Mr Smith paid the postage the Postmaster noted the total postage paid on Mr Smith’s list as a receipt.

The items being delivered for the Stoney Creek office (both local delivery and rural route totalled 335. The required $3.35 postage was placed on Mr. Smith’s list and cancelled. The postage for the remaining packages to be delivered from other offices was placed on those parcels as proof of postage paid for the receiving Postmasters.