tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51477370561577784312024-02-20T20:38:26.942-05:00Every Householder MailEveryhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-12445812581249507712017-05-09T12:20:00.001-04:002017-05-09T12:24:28.235-04:00Householder Bulk Mailing Form Numbers<em>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.</em><br />
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<em>7P - Letter Carriers Walk</em><br />
<em>8P - Rural Routes</em><br />
<em>9P - Post Office Box Holders</em><br />
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<em>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) </em><br />
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<em>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. </em><br />
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<em>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.</em><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong><em>7P Letter Carriers Walk</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.-100,000 – 17-5-24<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.- 50,000 – 24-10-24<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.- 50,000 -1-12-25<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.- 50,000 – 3-3-26<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.-50,000 -11-11-26<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.-150,000-3-9-27<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong><em>7 ½ P Letter Carriers Walk – Bilingual</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7 ½ P.100,000 – 17-5-24<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7 ½ P.-50,000 -12-1-26 <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>8P Rural Route</em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>8P. -100,000 – 24-10-24<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>8P. – 150,000 -10-7-25<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.- 100,000 -24-10-24<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P. - 100,000 – 3-3-26<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P. - 150,000 - 11-11-26<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P. - 200,000 -21-3-27<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.- 200,000 – 26-9-27<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 119.7pt;" valign="top" width="160"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.-250,000 – 6-7-28<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.- 300,000 – 7-3-29<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.- 200,000 – 3-11-32?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 218.85pt;" valign="top" width="292"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>9P.- xxxxxxxx – 6-3-32?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong><em>7P Combined Form</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P. -750,000 - 4-7-35<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.15pt;" valign="top" width="276"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P. -750,000 - 20-2-36<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.15pt;" valign="top" width="276"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.- 1,000,000 -14-6-38<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 207.15pt;" valign="top" width="276"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P.- 700,000 -3- 3-45?<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 131.4pt;" valign="top" width="175"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P. -1000M -4-7-50<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P (Bil.) 2,000M – 27-9-54<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><em>7P – 15-1-64<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<em>Eveyhouseholder</em>Everyhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-79667989036539208482017-05-04T13:23:00.001-04:002017-05-04T13:23:58.457-04:00<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">War Issue Every Householder Mail –
Bulk Payment without an Official Form</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">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. </i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWt0KNdvqd4iSRCqdcbxyhLfM5IHDNbO1aZmdVq8JWZRmlYa8esRQN7FAXbGiSZxzgtW0dwxJtihgHrRXN0u_gFZOAG4q7xCgxVWO_QnparGrHaDmi0nyehTAHlcqrcsxft2TvQs7c0c/s1600/Stoney+Creek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWt0KNdvqd4iSRCqdcbxyhLfM5IHDNbO1aZmdVq8JWZRmlYa8esRQN7FAXbGiSZxzgtW0dwxJtihgHrRXN0u_gFZOAG4q7xCgxVWO_QnparGrHaDmi0nyehTAHlcqrcsxft2TvQs7c0c/s640/Stoney+Creek.jpg" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="414" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">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 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Routes
and Hamilton Rural Route No. 5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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. </i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">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. </i></div>
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<img height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWt0KNdvqd4iSRCqdcbxyhLfM5IHDNbO1aZmdVq8JWZRmlYa8esRQN7FAXbGiSZxzgtW0dwxJtihgHrRXN0u_gFZOAG4q7xCgxVWO_QnparGrHaDmi0nyehTAHlcqrcsxft2TvQs7c0c/s640/Stoney+Creek.jpg" style="left: 558px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 449px;" width="62" />Everyhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-52510702557115018852012-03-04T17:06:00.000-05:002012-03-04T18:23:05.043-05:00Rural Route Notices 1921 to 1931<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Beginning in the August 1921 periodic notices began to
appear in the monthly Postal Guide Supplements to address a problem with the
Rural Route delivery of unaddressed circulars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The August 1921 notice read:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Notice
to Postmasters of Distributing Offices for Rural Routes.-</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It has been brought to the attention of
the Department that in certain instances, Rural Mail Couriers have accepted
Advertising Literature for distribution direct from the advertisers or agents,
this literature bearing no postage.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Postmasters
of distributing offices for Rural Routes are accordingly to warn Royal Mail
Couriers that it is a violation of Postal Regulations to accept for
distribution any matter not mailed in the regular manner, and which does not
comply with regulations in regard to postage.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The wording of a notice was changed slightly in the
November 1925 supplement to further clarify the term advertising literature. It
read:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Notice
to Postmasters of Distributing Offices for Rural Routes.-</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It has been brought to the attention of
the Department that in certain instances, Rural Mail Couriers have accepted hand
bills, notice of meetings, etc., for distribution direct from the advertisers
or agents, these items bearing no postage.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Postmasters
of distributing offices for Rural Routes are accordingly to warn Royal Mail
Couriers that it is a violation of Postal Regulations to accept for
distribution any matter not mailed in the regular manner, and which does not
comply with regulations in regard to postage.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
same notice was printed in the March 1929 Supplement this time adding the words
“circulars soliciting newspaper subscriptions” to the material descriptions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
March 1929 supplement notice was subsequently repeated in the March 1930, March
1931, November 1931 and December 1931 monthly supplements. The warnings may
have repeated in subsequent monthly supplements but I do not have access to
further supplements<em>.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">everyhouseholder<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>Everyhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-64085987270297961962012-03-02T22:15:00.000-05:002012-03-04T16:55:20.325-05:00Postal Guide Information 1904-1914In my last posting I indicated that I would provide some analysis of the 1889 to 1904 Postal Guide changes but I am going to delay that and continue with more information from the Postal Guide and supplements.<br />
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The 1906, 1908, 1911, 1912 and 1913 Postal Guides each repeated the exact wording from the 1904 guide so I assume that the guides for the intervening years also repeated the 1904 wording.<br />
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The January 1914 Quarterly supplement offered additional clarification as follows:<br />
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<em><strong>Circulars, etc., Addressed "The Householder".</strong> - Circulars and similar printed matter duly prepaid may be posted for any place in Canada, addressed simply "The Householder" without the name of any person or indication of street or number; and it will be the duty of Postmasters to see that, so far as the supply sent permits, the circulars or other articles thus addressed are delvered at every house, in places where there is a free carrier delivery service, or to every family, in places where the patrons of the Post Office call at the office for their mail.</em><br />
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Furtrher clarification was provided in the April 1914 Quarterly Supplement. It reads:<br />
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<strong><em>Circulars for Boxholders on Rural Mail Routes</em></strong>.- <em>Attention is drawn to paragraph 3 on page 13 of the January Quarterly Supplement whcih supercedes Section 82 on page 20 of the Postal Guide and reads as follows:-</em><br />
"<em>Circulars and similar printed matter duly prepaid may be posted for any place in Canada, addressed simply "The Householder" without the name of any person or indication of street or number; and it will be the duty of Postmasters to see that, so far as the supply sent permits, the circulars or other articles thus addressed are delvered at every house, in places where there is a free carrier delivery service, or to every family, in places where the patrons of the Post Office call at the office for their mail."</em><br />
<em>It has been decided that the arrangement indicated shall apply equally to circulars and similar printed matter intended for boxholders on the Rural Mail routes; and it will be the duty of the mail courier to see that, so far as the supply permits, circulars or other articles of printed matter addressed simply "The Householder" or "The Boxholder" are delivered into every box on his route.</em><br />
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Following the introduction of Rural Mail Delivery (RMD) in Canada a few years earlier this appears to be the first recognition of the extension of Every Householder mail to RMD customers<em>.</em> <br />
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<em>everyhouseholder</em>Everyhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-91570151550128637742012-02-25T20:52:00.000-05:002012-03-17T17:01:49.596-04:00Postal Guide Information 1889-1904The first Postal Guide information on the Every Householder rate the I have found is in the 1889 Guide, page xi, under the Third Class section. It states simply:<br />
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<em>Unaddressed circulars, hand-bills, &c., may be posted for letter box distribution at the rate of <span style="font-size: x-small;">1/2</span> c. each, to be prepaid by postage stamp</em>.<br />
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This wording was changed in the 1896 Postal Guide to read:<br />
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<em>Unaddressed circulars, hand-bills, &c., subject to the rate of 1 cent per 4 ounces, may when not exceeding two ounces in weight be posted for local letter box distribution at a rate of <span style="font-size: x-small;">1/2</span> c each to be paid by postage stamp: if exceeding two ounces in weight the general rate applicable to such matters must be prepaid.</em><br />
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This wording change remained in place in the 1897 to 1900 Postal Guides and probably through to 1903 although I do not have access to copies of the 1901-1903 guides to check. In the 1904 Postal Guide however, the wording was changed again to read:<br />
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<em>Circulars and similar articles of printed matter, duly prepaid may be posted addresssed simply to the householder without the name of any person or indication of street or number, and will be delivered at every house so far as the supply permits, in places where there is free delivery by letter carrier.</em><br />
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Well that is all for today. More on the analysis of these changes in the Postal Guide wording over the 1889-1904 period next time.<br />
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If anyone has access to the 1901-1903 Postal Guides I'd like to confim that the 1896 wording above remained unchanged through that period.<br />
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And here is another issue that I am curious about. Was the everyhouseholder rate a Canadian idea or was it copied from other countries?<br />
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<br />Everyhouseholderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798369266178094848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147737056157778431.post-32785212261236921062012-02-24T21:55:00.000-05:002012-03-17T16:59:54.520-04:00Every Householder MailFeb 24, 2012<br />
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I have been interested in the Canadian Every Householder mail rate for a number of years and have now accumulated 100+ pieces from 1898 to 1968. Now it is time to do the research and hopefully compile my accumulation into a collection and exhibit. The purpose of this blog is to share the research as it happens and hopefully get some inputs, comments and feedback from other collectors to make this a collaborative effort.<br />
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The journey begins. Where it will end I do not know for this is my first blogging effort.<br />
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