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(2) Cover envelopes should be of ordinary letter size and each must be properly addressed. Place an enclosure of postal-card thickness in each envelope, and either turn in the flap or seal it. Endorse the envelope, enclosing the covers to the postmaster, "First-Day Covers." Put a pencil notation in the upper right corner of each cover to show the number of postage stamps to be stuck there.

(3) With orders for first-day covers, do not include requests for uncanceled stamps.

(4) The Philatelic Sales Unit does not service first-day covers.

§ 145.4 Cancellations for philatelic pur

poses.

(a) How stamps are canceled. Postmasters will cooperate with stamp collectors by furnishing clean and legible postmarks. They will give special atten

tion to mail bearing an endorsement that it is of philatelic value or to a request for a light cancellation. Stamps must be canceled sufficiently to protect the postal revenue, but this should be accomplished without excessive defacement and with a minimum number of impressions.

(b) Plain cards or slips of paper. Postmarks will not be placed on plain slips of paper or plain cards submitted for philatelic or other purposes.

(c) Picture post cards (maximum cards). Picture post cards with the stamp stuck on the face of the card rather than on the address side are known as maximum cards. Postmasters may cancel these cards and hand them back to the person presenting them. Maximum cards are considered to be collectors' items and must be given special care in canceling.

(d) Preparation requirements. Post cards, postal cards, and envelopes sub

mitted for philatelic or other purposes must bear complete addresses, and postage at the applicable rate, to be postmarked. (See § 146.5(a) of this chapter for postage on mail to be canceled with a special cancellation.) After they are postmarked they may be either dispatched or handed back to the person presenting them. This paragraph (d) does not apply to any arrangements made by the Department under §§ 145.3 and 145.5.

(e) Holding the mail. Postmasters will not hold mail to comply with patron's requests that the mail be postmarked on a particular date, except as provided for under §§ 145.3 and 145.5.

§ 145.5 Inaugural covers.

(a) First flights-(1) Cachets authorized. (1) The Post Office Department recognizes events such as new air service by applying cachets on inaugural covers. Official cachets of distinctive commemorative design are authorized, by publication of a notice in the Postal Bulletin, if notification is received from the carrier at least 20 days before the scheduled date of the new service.

(ii) Cachets are authorized for:

(a) All stop points on a new airmail route.

(b) New stop points on an existing route or on an additional segment.

(c) Events of national aviation interest.

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(2) Where cachets may be used. Official cachets are authorized for use at post offices and airport mail facilities on covers actually dispatched on the inaugural flights.

(ii) One or more of the following points may be authorized to use official cachets:

(a) Terminal points. Cachets will be applied to covers dispatched on the actual inaugural flight.

(b) Intermediate points. Cachet will be applied to covers dispatched to the actual inaugural flights in each direction. Directional service is not applicable to events of national aviation interest. If service is inaugurated in only one direction, cachet will not be used when service is established in the other direction at a later date.

(3) Preparation of covers. (i) Covers must be individually addressed to a post office.

(11) Covers must bear postage at the airmail letter rate.

(iii) Each envelope should contain a uniform enclosure of the approximate weight of a postal card to assure a good impression.

(iv) A space should be provided on the address side, at least 4 inches to the left of the right end of the envelope and 11⁄2 inches to the left of the innermost stamp to permit a clear impression of the postmark.

(v) A clear space 22 by 21⁄2 inches must appear to the left of the postmark and address area for application of the cachet. If this clear space is not provided, the cachet will not be applied.

(vi) Aerogrammes and postal cards will not be accepted for inaugural international flights.

(4) Submission of covers. (i) Send the items for inaugural cachets under cover to the postmaster or superintendent, airport mail facility, at the point where service is to be inaugurated. Envelope enclosing items for cachet should bear endorsement "First Flight Covers or Philatelic Mail."

(ii) Include a letter requesting the holding of the covers for the inaugural service and stating the cachet desired.

(iii) Indicate directional service desired, if applicable. (See subparagraph (5) (i) of this paragraph.)

(5) Compliance with collectors' requests-(i) Directional covers. Requests of collectors for dispatch in a particular direction will be complied with to the greatest extent practicable. No directional service will be accorded for events of national aviation interest.

(ii) Point-to-point covers. Requests of collectors for point-to-point covers will not be observed. Request that a dispatching office send one each of several covers to each stop point will not be honored.

(iii) Direction not specified. In the absence of specific requests, covers will be dispatched on the actual first flight, regardless of direction.

(iv) Incomplete instructions. If the collector's request is not clear, covers will be dispatched in accordance with the judgment of the dispatching office.

(v) Color of ink. Requests for the use of a color of ink other than that authorized by the Post Office Department can not be complied with. The authorized color of ink will be used in applying the cachet to all covers.

(vi) Position of cachet. Cachets will be applied legibly and neatly to left por

tion of address side of cover. Cachets will not be applied to:

(a) Covers for immediate return to sender; covers must receive dispatch on first flight.

(b) Covers bearing a previous official or unofficial cachet.

(c) Covers lacking sufficient clear space for application of cachet without obscuring the address.

(d) Double postal or post cards intended for return reply purposes.

(e) Covers received after first flight. (f) Covers on which postage is not fully prepaid.

(g) Anything other than an inaugural cover.

(vii) Backstamping. All inaugural covers will be backstamped at a designated post office and forwarded to address destination. Requests for additional or special backstamping will not be honored.

(b) First highway post office trips— (1) Announcement of service. The Post Office Department recognizes events such as new HPO service by applying special postmarks to inaugural covers. A notice that new service will be established is published in the Postal Bulletin when the decision to establish service is made, far enough in advance of the beginning date so that the notice will reach most subscribers in time to permit them to send covers for dispatch on first trips.

(2) Special postmark. No official cachets are applied to first-trip covers, but when time permits procuring distinctive first-trip postmarking stamps for each trip, impressions of them are used to postmark all covers carried on the first trips.

(3) Preparing covers. Prepare covers as described in paragraph (a) (3) of this section except postage will be at the firstclass rate.

(4) Submitting covers. Patrons should send first-trip covers to the postmaster at the initial terminal of the trip on which the covers are to be carried, with a letter or note instructing the postmaster to dispatch covers on the desired trip.

(5) Complying with collectors' requests. (1) All covers received at the initial post office or by the crew en route will be carried to the end of the run and dispatched to addressees from that point. Requests for different dispatch will not be honored. No backstamps will be applied to first-trip HPO covers.

(ii) The first-trip stamp is evidence that the cover was carried on the trip indicated.

[31 F.R. 13857, Oct. 28, 1966, as amended at 33 F.R. 11598, Aug. 15, 1968. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

§ 145.6 Stamp exhibits.

(a) Loan exhibits. The Post Office Department has a set of valuable stamp exhibit frames which are available for display at stamp exhibitions and conventions. These are sent upon request to national and international exhibits as well as to the conventions of the larger stamp societies. Requests should be addressed to the Director, Division of Philately, Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. 20260.

(b) Philatelic exhibit. The Office of the Special Assistant to the Postmaster General maintains a comprehensive exhibit of U.S. postage stamps, containing die proofs of all domestic stamps since 1847. There are also approximately 40,000 stamps of other countries in this exhibit, from every postal administration in the world. Equipment used in the production of postage stamps, such as a plate and transfer roll, is shown to illustrate methods of manufacture. Philatelic publications are on file for the benefit of students and collectors.

§ 145.7 Stamp publication.

The Department issues a publication (POD-9 Rev.) entitled "United States Postage Stamps, 1817-1967," containing reproductions and information of interest to collectors on all U.S. stamps issued from 1847 through the Franklin D. Roosevelt stamp in coil and booklet form, issued December 28, 1967. [33 F.R. 11598, Aug. 15, 1968]

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(a) Where the event to be advertised is for some national purpose for which Congress has made an appropriation; or (b) Where the event to be advertised is of general public interest and importance, to endure for a definite period of time, and is not to be conducted for private gain or profit.

(ii) Special cancellations are not authorized for:

(a) Events of interest primarily to a particular local group.

(b) Fraternal, political, religious, commercial, or trade organizations.

(c) Campaigns or events promoting the sale or use of private products or services.

(d) Idea or slogan promotion not directly connected with an event of general public interest and importance.

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not be used because of the limited space available on the die hub.

(c) Application (1) Where to apply. If the event to be advertised meets the conditions in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, submit the application in writing to the postmaster at the post office where the cancellation die hub is to be used, so that the postmaster can furnish the Department certain necessary information.

(e) Events which occur during a period when all canceling machines in the post office have already been scheduled for the use of other special cancellation die hubs.

(2) Where. The cancellation may be used only in a first- or second-class post office.

(2) When to apply. The application should be submitted to the postmaster at least 2 months before the date the cancellation die hub is to be placed in operation.

(3) Information needed. The application must provide the following information:

(1) Complete description and schedule of the event to be advertised, including evidence that it is not being conducted for private profit.

(ii) Wording of the proposed cancellation. (iii) Name of the post office where the cancellation is to be used.

(iv) Period of use desired. (v) Number of die hubs desired. (vi) Name and address of the sponsor who will be billed for the cost.

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(3) Period of time. The special cancellation may not be used longer than 6 months, plus the duration of the event.

machine that is to use the special cancellation die and the name of the manufacturer and model of the canceling machine on which the special die hub will be used, and must specify whether the machine is new or old (square or round type ring die). If the canceling machine is a Model Flier, M, or G, the postmaster must state the correct die hub part number from the Operating Instruction Book (1207 or 1207-G for Flier and M Machines, and 218 or 218-A for G Machines). No die hub part number is required for Models D, K, H.D.2, and Mark II. The postmaster must also state the effect the approval would have on the use of special cancellations already approved for his office.

(e) Authorization. The sponsor will be informed through the postmaster of the approval or denial of the application. If the application is approved, the Department will arrange for the manufacture of the die hub, and instruct the postmaster as to its use.

[26 F.R. 11569, Dec. 6, 1961, as amended at 30 F.R. 6436, May 8, 1965; 31 F.R. 11101, Aug. 20, 1966. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

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(b) Unserviceable die hubs. placement parts for a die hub retained for use during an event which recurs each year may be requisitioned from the Procurement Parts Unit, Mail Equipment Shops, if the die hub can be repaired by the postmaster. Die hubs that cannot be repaired by the postmaster should be sent to the Procurement Parts Unit, Mail Equipment Shops, 2135 Fifth Street NE., Washington, D.C., 20260, together with a memorandum requesting their disposal. No facilities are available at the Shops for the repair of these die hubs.

(2) When the special cancellation die hub must be replaced, the postmaster will immediately notify the local sponsor so that the sponsor may, if he desires,

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Authorization to use any special canIcellation die hub may be curtailed or revoked when necessary to use special postmarking dies for Government purposes.

[26 F.R. 11570, Dec. 6, 1961. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

§ 146.5 Mail submitted for special cancellations.

(a) Postage. Mailers requesting that their mail be canceled with a special cancellation must affix first-class postage to the mail. The mail must bear a complete address. Stamps issued by foreign countries must not be placed on the mail.

(b) Holding the mail. Postmasters will not hold mail to comply with requests of patrons that the mail be postmarked with the special cancellation on a particular date.

[26 F.R. 11570, Dec. 6, 1961, as amended at 27 F.R. 2687, Mar. 22, 1962. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

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(a) Prepayment required. Postage on all mail must be fully prepaid at the time of mailing, with the following exceptions:

(1) Business reply mail, see § 131.2(c) of this chapter.

(2) Federal Government and free mail, see Part 137 of this chapter.

(3) Certain mail for the blind, see Part 138 of this chapter.

(4) Mail sent by members of the Armed Forces, see § 131.5 of this chapter.

(5) Letters and printed matter carried or delivered by vessels not regularly employed in carrying mail, see § 131.6 of this chapter.

(6) Keys and identification devices returned to owners, see § 134.1 of this chapter.

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