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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hochstrasse, post: 2037913, member: 380&quot;]Hi Richard,</p><p>Madison Brothers Inc. provided a national custom tailoring service.&nbsp; An interesting traveling salesman case on Ebay is being offered.</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/MADISON-BROTHERS-INC-1950s-CHICAGO-SALESMANS-MENS-FABRIC-SAMPLE-CASE-/124083578702" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/MADISON-BROTHERS-INC-1950s-CHICAGO-SALESMANS-MENS-FABRIC-SAMPLE-CASE-/124083578702" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/MADISON-BROTHERS-INC-1950s-CHICAGO-SALESMANS-MENS-FABRIC-SAMPLE-CASE-/124083578702</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the stamps are concerned you have a really good find.</p><p><font size="3"><b>&quot;But what about Sec. 435 ½ P.L.&amp;R.?</b></font></p><p>If you have Sec. 435 ½ P.L.&amp;R. marked on your envelope, you lucky devil, it’s pre- October 1, 1932. I don’t yet have a verifiable start date for this mandatory notation, but I’m working on it.&quot;&nbsp; It has to do with early bulk mailing rates for a specific number of mailings or specific weight of the mailings.&nbsp; Indeed 1c is the correct rate for this mailing.</p><p><a href="http://wesewretro.com/2011/11/how-to-date-vintage-mail-order-sewing-patterns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wesewretro.com/2011/11/how-to-date-vintage-mail-order-sewing-patterns/" rel="nofollow">http://wesewretro.com/2011/11/how-to-date-vintage-mail-order-sewing-patterns/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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