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GLOSSARY - F
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| Term |
Meaning |
| FPO |
Field Post Office. A
military postal service operating in the field, either
on land or at sea. Also Fleet Post Office. An official
United States post office for use by U.S. military
naval units abroad. |
| Frama |
A general name used for an
automatic stamp, derived from the name of the Swiss
firm, Frama AG, an early producer of such issues.
Automatic stamps are produced individually by a
machine on demand in a denomination selected by the
customer. There normally is no date on the stamp, as
there is on a meter stamp. Also called ATM, from the
German word Automatenmarken. |
| Frame |
The outer portion of a stamp
design, often consisting of a line or a group of
panels. |
| Frank |
An indication on a cover
that postage is prepaid, partially prepaid or that the
letter is to be carried free of postage. Franks may be
written, hand-stamped, imprinted or affixed. Free
franking is usually limited to soldiers' mail or
selected government correspondence. Postage stamp and
postage meter stamps are modern methods of franking a
letter.
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