Mailing regulations for Disney comic subscriptions
Larry Giver
lgiver at pacbell.net
Thu Aug 17 19:31:57 CEST 2006
I recall subscribing to the monthly WDComics & Stories before 1956. The
fee was $1.00 for one year, or $4.00 for 5 years, compared to $0.10 per
month in stores. The problem for a collector was the comic was folded
lengthwise for mailing. The other titles Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and
Uncle Scrooge were bi-monthly issues and not available by subscription at
that time. Comics and Stories easily met postal requirement because each
issue had several stories with different characters plus a one or two page
text story. My understanding of the postal regulations in 1956 is Disney
and/or the publisher wanted to make the other titles eligible for
subscriptions too. It seems by then a text story was not required, but no
longer could a single 32 page story like US #1 take up an entire issue, and
a short second story was required.
Best wishes, Larry Giver.
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