Thirty cents was the minimum registry fee from January 1, 1952 until June 7, 1955. Penalty mail sent outside Washington, DC required payment for registration.

A cover sent free by the Navy Department Headquarters at Great Lakes, Illinois in 1954. The registry fee was paid by a thirty-cent Prexie.

The same rules applied for penalty mail sent from a territory. This registered cover was sent from the Marianas in 1954.

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