The Eighteen-cent Prexie

Third-class insured use

Without knowing when this insured third-class mail was sent, or how much it weighed, it is impossible to be certain what the rate breakdown was. However, if we assume that Harris did not make a half-cent convenience overpayment, which should not have been necessary by a stamp company, the most likely situation is that the package weighed between two and four ounces, was insured for a sum between $25 and $50, and was mailed between November 1, 1944 and January 1, 1949.

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