Cover of the Month

Wilding Rate Cover.

This is the second cover of a series of Wilding covers provided by Ingo.

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Front of Cover

Here's an illustartion of a 2c rate in effect from April 2, 1951 through October 31, 1968. It is the 2 oz. - 4 oz. rate paying Second Class Surface Mail for Newspapers and Periodicals to the USA. The cover is a open-ended wrapper, addressed from a wholesaler in Montreal to a customer in Jersey City, NJ. Franking with the pre-cancelled 2c green Wilding definitive means that there are no post office markings; thus we cannot know the date of this cover. Note the imprint at bottom authorizing second class mail from the Post Office Department in Ottawa. There were very specific regulations governing reduced postage rates for newspapers and periodicals. Application had to be made to the department and authorization was not automatic. An example of baby boomer era commercial postal history. To see the first Wilding rate cover, go to the May, 2006 Cover of the Month. A great cover from Ingo Nessel.

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