Willard Parker's definitions

franking

Franking privilege, typically granted to certain elected officials by a government, including members of congress, is the privilege to send mail for free.

A franking privileged person adds his or her signature or a facsimile thereof to the upper right corner of a letter or parcel in lieu of a postage stamp.

The practice dates back to the seventeenth-century British House of Commons.

franking privilege, governmental franking, private franking

by Willard Parker August 22, 2007