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Noun Concept

Categories: Postal markings, Postal system, Philatelic terminology

franking frank franked mail Franking Machine franking machines

Device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. Open English WordNet

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Franking comprises all devices, markings, or combinations thereof applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced. Wikipedia

Any postal marking for allowing mailing Wikidata

A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. Wiktionary

Prior to the establishment of the UPU in 1874, international mails sometimes bore mixed franking before the world's postal services universally agreed to deliver international mails bearing only the franking of the country of origin. Open English WordNet

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