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Franchise stamp
In philately a franchise stamp or frank stamp is a stamp given to an individual or organisation to enable them to send mail without charge.〔(''Franchise stamps removed burden of postage'' by Rick Miller. ) Retrieved 6 April 2010.〕 Typical recipients include charities, refugees and soldiers on active service (military franchise stamps).
France overprinted a 90c stamp with an olive branch design for refugees from the Spanish Civil War (Scott No. S1)〔(Linns.com Refresher Course ''Collecting stamps from the front to the back of the book'' by Janet Klug. )〕 and Brazil issued a franchise stamp between 1865 and 1870 for use by soldiers during the war with Paraguay.〔(''War Stamps'' by James Mackay, sandafayre.com. )〕 In Portugal franchise stamps were issued to members of the military commission in charge of prisoners of war and to a number of other organisations, including the ''Red Cross Society'', civilian rifle clubs and the ''Geographical Society of Lisbon''.〔"New Collector" by John Holman in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol.40, No.10, March 2010, p.31.〕
Franchise stamps have also been issued by Switzerland and Spain.〔
In 1948, franchise stamps were issued by the Allied Military Government to permit exemption from the travel permit fee when crossing borders.〔"Germany: Allied Military Government Travel Permits 1947-51" by Theo J.F. Schalke in The Revenue Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 3, December 2011, pp. 129-139.〕
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