Local Rate on Cover Sent to an RFD Address
This item is franked with two cents postage, because it was addressed ’locally'.
In this case, RFD mail was handled by the same Post Office. ‘RFD’ in the United States meant ‘Rural Free Delivery’, a system of providing mail service for people on farms away from cities.
Rural (RFD) carriers picked up the mail at the Post Office, and then drove around the rural area, often by horse and wagon, delivering the mail and packages.
Ultimately this letter was returned to the writer, as the addressee could not be found. So there is a ‘pointing hand’ rubber stamp.
Of additional interest to the collector, the cover is cancelled by a Columbia machine cancellation. This item was sent in 1919. While the War officially terminated on 11/11/1918, the war rates stayed in effect in the U.S. until mid-1919.
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