What is meant by the Franking privilege?
"Studies in Civics"
James T. McCleary
Guided by these principles, Mr. Hill recommended a uniform rate of postage for all distances-a postage of a penny per half ounce, on letters, if prepaid, irrespective of the number of pieces, and two pence if not paid till delivered, the rate increasing as the weight advanced-a free delivery of prepaid letters in large towns-total abolition of the Franking privilege.
"Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland"
Henry B. Stanton
10. The Franking privilege ought to be abolished and the way prepared for a speedy reduction in the rates of postage.
"A History of the Republican Party"
George Washington Platt