Fourth-class mail that was not for local delivery and was mailed on a rural route was charged the normal fourth-class rate minus 3¢. Currently, the number of solo uses of the 11¢ sheet stamp paying the fourth-class rate on a non-local rural route is: 1.

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Description: Mailing tag for an up to 6 pound rural route mailing from Wellsburg, New York to Ithaca, New York was calculated at 8¢ for the first pound + (1.1¢ for each additional pound x 5) - 3¢ = 11¢.

Owner/Source: February 1996 The Prexie Era.

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