The Edo bakufu's official rate applied to the baggage with efu when human resources and horses were needed at shukueki (relay stations) (Tokugawa Shogunate Family's baggage [the Shogun Family's official baggage] had to be transported for free).
会符の付いた荷物は宿駅の人馬を利用する際に幕府が定めた御定賃銭（おさだめちんせん）で輸送を受けられる特権を有した（なお、徳川将軍家の荷物（将軍家御用物）は無賃での輸送が義務付けられていた）。