"c           VAR 0028      15006 POST RP 3R 897-942               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0028         LOC  213 WIDTH  9             DK   4 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              POSTAL RECEIPTS                                               "
"c              ---------------                                               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  15006                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1897-03/1942                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  ON NOVEMBER 3, 1917 POSTAL RATES WERE INCREASED FROM  "
"c              2 TO 3 CENTS FOR FIRST CLASS MAIL OTHER THAN DROP LETTERS     "
"c              WHICH INCREASED FROM 1 TO 2 CENTS ALONG WITH POST CARDS.  IN  "
"c              JULY 1919 RATES WERE REDUCED TO THOSE IN EFFECT BEFORE        "
"c              NOVEMBER 1917.  ON JULY 6, 1932 LETTER POSTAGE WAS INCREASED  "
"c              FROM 2 TO 3 CENTS.  THE RATE OF LOCAL DELIVERY LETTERS WAS    "
"c              REDUCED FROM 3 CENTS TO 2 CENTS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1933.       "
"c                   RECEIPTS FROM LOUISVILLE FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 24-31,   "
"c              1937 ARE NOT INCLUDED (SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS,        "
"c              ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT).                                           "
"c                   FOR REASONS OF DISCONTINUANCE SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT      "
"c              BUSINESS, JUNE 1942, PP. 5-6).                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 11/11/93.                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "