The Four-and-one-half-cent Prexie

Multiple third-class use

A four-and-one-half-cent Prexie stamp used to pay three times the third-class rate for mailing printed matter in effect from April 15, 1925 through December 31, 1948.

Miscellaneous merchandise was rated the same as third-class mail up to eight ounces. The package that bore this label was sent third class because it weighed between four and six ounces.

Bacteriological specimens were granted first-class service at third-class rates. This example must have weighed between four and six ounces.

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