This insured fourth-class label has a notation of 17 plus 3 adding to 20, where presumably the 3 is for the three-cent minimum insurance fee in effect from November 1, 1944 to January 1, 1949. Wilbur Visual Services was likely to have been mailing film rather than books, and there is no indication that either the library or book rate were being used. Film was not covered by either of the special rates until 1953, so regular fourth class postage would have applied.

The shipment was within zone 2, and a one-cent surcharge would have applied, making the weight of the package between seven and eight pounds.

This label was used on a package mailed from Camp Richardson, California in 1941, but there is no address on it. The special handling fee was ten cents for a package up to and including two pounds. The only logical candidates for distance and weight, assuming the postage was not overpaid, are to zones one and two for a package over one but not over two pounds, or to zone four, for a package up to one pound.

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