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<DIV>as I mentioned earlier in this thread, for those of you trying to make
sense of the post office regulations - It was the individual postmasters of the
postoffice who made the determination as to what was acceptable and what
wasnt. </DIV>
<DIV>thus as larry Giver states: " My understanding of the postal
regulations in 1956 is Disney <BR>and/or the publisher wanted to make the other
titles eligible for <BR>subscriptions too. It seems by then a text story
was not required, but no <BR>longer could a single 32 page story like US #1 take
up an entire issue, and <BR>a short second story was required."</DIV>
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<DIV>was true for Western, but not true for DC who started doing MORE
full length (with ad pages) stories with text page (or letter page) around 1956.
and wasn't true fr Marvel starting in 1960 (although it might be true for them
too- as both DC and Marvel used chapters in their stories up till around 1962 or
so). </DIV>
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<DIV>this also explains why some crossword puzzle books had 2nd class postage,
while some where rejected for 2nd class postage.</DIV>
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<DIV>steven rowe<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>