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| Exploring the World of Postal
Rates |
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| Worldwide-Postal-Rates.com Sells
Covers |
This aspect of the site is just
getting started. We welcome your suggestions and comments.
NO COVERS
TODAY: At this moment, the cover listing descriptions are still being written,
but it won't be long before there are lots of covers listed here. Please come
back soon and regularly. New covers will be added often; we have
thousands waiting to be put on. Thank you for your patience. Look through the
site, send in your comments, and take a look at the postal rate books. Come
back soon. |
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| Covers Wanted: |
| Worldwide-Postal-Rates.com is always
interested in buying "postal rate covers." U.S., Canada, GB, and the rest of
the world, we buy it all. We are especially interested in buying
Scandinavian covers. We buy covers right up to "yesterday's mail," from all
countries, including large covers, parcel fronts, you name it! If you have
postally used covers for sale,
let
us know. The larger the lot the better. No FDCs or philatelic-made covers,
please. |
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| About Postal Rate Covers |
"Postal rate covers" focus on the
postal rate aspect of the usage, but can still have different meanings for
different collectors. One person may collect only one example of each service,
weight class, and destination within a rate period, regardless of which stamp
or stamps are used to frank the covers. Another collector will be interested in
examples of many different rates and frankings or combinations of stamps for a
particular (usually definitive) stamp issue. Yet another person will seek solo
usage examples of every different stamp, effectively collecting stamps on
cover, instead of mint or used. Still another philatelist will seek only covers
representing a particular service (such as registered mail) or covers to
particular destinations.
To accommodate all types of collectors and
collections, the rate covers we offer are of all types. They are organized
according to postal service, destination, etc. per the postal rate charts most
often used for the covers of that country. However, where it seems
significant, we have indicated the postmarks, destinations, censorship,
thematic interest, etc. of all covers listed. For this reason, regardless
of your particular interest in covers, you will do well to browse all the
offerings. (In time we will be adding enhanced search functions to make this
easier.)
| Cover &
Franking Definitions |
| Solo Franking |
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Single stamp paying the
entire amount of postage rate(s) and fee(s). Sometimes also referred to as
"rate usage". |
| Component
Franking |
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Multiple stamps, each of
which exactly pays the specific portions of the rate(s) and fee(s). Example: 14
cent total paid by 4 and 10 cent stamps, representing a 4 cent postal rate and
a 10 registry fee. |
| Mixed
Franking |
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Meaning varies. Among
collectors of specific definitive issues, refers to a mix of values within that
definitive issue. However, to many others it means a mix of stamps from
different issues. It is also commonly used to refer to covers bearing stamps of
more than one country, an uncommon situation. |
| Subsequent Solo
Usage |
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Solo (or "rate") usage of a
stamp, but in a time period later than that of the original intended use of the
stamp. Example: When first issued a 5 penny stamp was intended for the first
class domestic letter rate. However, as rates rose, the stamp later became
useful for the printed papers overseas rate. In cases of definitive stamps,
which often continue in distribution for many years, there can be many such
perfectly legitimate rates. If a stamp (such as a commemorative issue) has not
continued in distribution, then such subsequent usage is still legitimate, but
less well regarded. |
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