Knowledge / Postal Shipments / Frankings / Kinds

Franking kind: summary of the different intended styls of a franking

Cash franking: postal shipment prepaid in cash

Partly cash franking: postal shipment partly prepaid in cash and with postage stamps

Completely franking: postal shipment completely prepaid with postage stamps

Provisional franking: postal shipment franked with a provisional postage stamp

Monochrome franking: postal shipment franked with different postage stamps in one colour

Multicolour franking: postal shipment franked with different monochrome postage stamps

Front franking: postal shipment franked on front

Back franking: postal shipment franked on reverse

Franking on one side: postal shipment franked on one side

Franking on two sides: postal shipment franked on front and on reverse

Franking on picture side: postcard franked on the picture side instead of the address side

Single franking: postal shipment franked with one single stamp

Postage stamp single franking: postal shipment franked with one single postage stamp

Stamp impression single franking: postal shipment franked with one single stamp impression

Meter stamp single franking: postal shipment franked with one single meter stamp

ATM single franking: postal shipment franked with one single ATM

Sheet single franking: postal shipment franked with one single sheet

Booklet pane single franking: postal shipment franked with one single booklet pane

Virtual single franking: postal shipment franked with one single postage stamp on front and the other stamps on the (usually not visible) back. Such postal shipments are produced for thematic collectors

Multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same stamps

Postage stamp multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same postage stamps

Stamp impression multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same stamp impressions

Meter stamp multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same meter stamps

ATM multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same ATMs

Sheet multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same sheets

Booklet pane multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple the same booklet panes

Virtual multiple franking: postal shipment franked with multiple postage stamp on front and the other stamps on the (usually not visible) back. Such postal shipments are produced for thematic collectors

Mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different stamps

Denomination mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different stamps of one issue

Postage stamp denomination mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different postage stamps of one issue

Stamp impression denomination mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different stamp impressions of one issue

Meter stamp denomination mixed frank-ing: postal shipment franked with multiple different meter stamps of one issue

ATM denomination mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple dif-ferent ATMs of one issue

Sheet denomination mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple dif-ferent sheets of one issue

Issue mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different stamps of different issues but only long term or commemorative stamps

Postage stamp issue mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different postage stamps of different issues but only long term or commemorative postage stamps

Stamp impression issue mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple dif-
ferent stamp impressions of different issues but only long term or commemorative stamp impressions

Sheet issue mixed franking: postal ship-ment franked with multiple different sheets of different issues but only long term or commemorative postage stamps

Kind mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple different long term and commemorative stamps

Postage stamp kind mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple dif-ferent long term and commemorative postage stamps

Stamp impression kind mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple dif-ferent long term and commemorative stamp impressions

Category mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple categories of stamps

Category mixed franking with long term and commemorative postage stamp

Category mixed franking with long term and airmail postage stamp

Category mixed franking with definitive and official postage stamp

Stamp mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple kinds of postage stamps

Stamp mixed franking with postage stamp and stamp impression

Stamp mixed franking with postage stamp and meter stamp

Stamp mixed franking with registeration postage stamp and meter stamp

Stamp mixed franking with stamp impression and meter stamp

Stamp mixed franking with postage stamp, stamp impression and meter stamp

Revenue mixed franking: postal shipment franked with multiple categories of revenue stamps

Revenue mixed franking with definitive postage stamp and postage due stamp

Revenue mixed franking with definitive postage stamp and revenue stamp

Revenue mixed franking with definitive postage stamp and obligatory tax stamp