Postcard Cancelled on the First Day of the War Rate
The United States increased postage rates on November 2, 1917 to cover costs of WWI.
This postcard has the correct franking on the first day of usage. It is from a soldier who is, or is soon to arrive, at Camp Taylor, Lousiville, Kentucky.
The card is cancelled by a Universal machine of the main post office of Louisville.
(Some postal history dealers charge a premium for ‘first day’ usages of War Rates, but I believe that these items are not particularly uncommon.)
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