Question About 6 Cent Airmail Concession Rate During WWII: (Topic Locked)

Good info in above topic now locked.

Was looking for when the "free" military surface rate was discontinued after WWII.
I have one dated OCT 28, 1946. (Sorry, don't have scanner access right now.
Thanks,
pat

Dec 31, 1947, a philatelic example here:


Any 1947 use is fairly uncommon

Thanks John. Any sense if there was an official P.O. cutoff. I've tried looking but can fine no information.

I know it was resumed at some point for the Korean war. (Then again at times for others)
pat

PS - John, just noticed it was sent to his self; inner-post mail?

I assume that this link will work:
https://uscode.house.gov/statviewer...=59&page=542

It states that the free franking will cease to be in effect after 12/31/1947

Thanks John Cjd sorry. I was editing when you posted. Need to slow down.
So captured last day of free service.

The chapter on "Free Mail" in Beecher & Wawrukiewicz's "U.S. Domestic Postal Rates, 1872 -xxxx" has a nice listing of the dates and references to the various Statutes and Postal Bulletin announcement dates.


Add: I admit confusion between your title (airmail) and the question asked in your first post (surface).

Sorry John. I was pointing back to the locked post as having other useful information. (again, I need to slow down)
pat

It would not surprise me to learn that the base post office closed at 4pm on New Year's Eve, 1947, and our intrepid mailer was hanging around, to be the absolute last postmark of the day/year/free franking period. Guessing, obviously.

After all that thought I should add something for real : pic from an IPAD.

(Some history)
USS Chopper sailed from New London 4 July 1945 for Pearl Harbor, where she lay from 21 September until 24 October. On 30 October she arrived at San Diego, her assigned home port. She sailed 2 January 1946 for the Philippines, where she trained and offered local services until 11 May when she returned to San Diego and began local operations. Her next deployment, a simulated war patrol to China, took place from 28 July 1947 to 9 November.

My dad served on the Chopper in Key West Florida in 1952.

(any guess as to the last name: Lt. Cmdr. W.R. ???)



Thanks all,
pat

I agree with what "they" said above. I too have examples of the last day of "free-franking military mail."

Edited to add this link: https://www.stampcommunity.org/topi...PIC_ID=42262 to the thread mentioned in the OP and title.

patg23, my guess for the last name would be "Gibson."

Thanks.
Checked Lt. Cmdr. Gibson. One tool old / one two young.

I know a couple Gilsons. You could check that, also.