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Exhaustion Franking: postal shipment franked e.g. with many postage stamps with a small face value

Non-philatelic Franking: franking of a postal shipment based on a genuine need for communication from a sender to a adressee

Imbricate Franking: postal shipment franked with overlapping postage stamps e. g. in times of inflation to use up postage stamp with a low face value

Dealer Franking: franking of a postal ship-ment that were posted (often in large quanti-ties) by a stamp dealer (e.g. production of canceled postage stamps)

Mass Franking: postal shipment franked with plenty of postage stamps due to a lack of suitable high value stamps or as a philatelic gimmick

Forwarding Franking: postal shipment with 2 frankings that was sent through the post office twice, e. g. if it was sent to the actual addressee by a private person

Remailing: postal shipment that is not sent directly from the sender to the addressee but rather goes through an intermediary agent (forwarded letter)

Collector's Franking: franking that primarily serves philatelic purposes (e.g. sending canceled postage stamps)

Complete Issue Franking: postal shipment franked with all values of an issue

double complete issue franking franked with two complete issues

triple complete issue franking franked with three complete issues

Overfranking: franking of a postal shipment that exceeds the required fee (e.g. 5 Mark instead of 4 Mark)

Underfranking: franking of a postal shipment that is below the required fee

Four-Times-Value Franking: postal ship-ment from the German Empire between November 26th and 30th 1923 in which the postage stamps were used at four times the face value (e. g. postcard 40 billion mark)

Mixed Currency Franking: postal shipment that was franked after a currency reform or conversion with postage stamps with a face value in different currencies

Ten-Times-Value Franking: postal ship-ment from Germany in which the postage stamps were used at one tenth of its face value (e. g. cover 24 Pfennig)

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