Help about Shounen Jump edition meaning?

This is more of a semantics question I think, instead of a translation one, but do you know what does the top left numbering system of magazines like "Weekly Shounen Jump" actually mean? For example:

"2025年4月21日発行4月7日(月)発売第58券第17号通券2788号"

I can understand the publishing date and the selling date, but I don't get why they are different? Also the numbering system after that doesn't match the issue which is #19.

From my understanding, there are 2788 Weekly Shounen Jumps ever printed, but the designations 券 and 通券 for numbers 58 and 17 are beyond me. Mainly because in my mind both 券 and 通券 are synonyms of "ticket" most of the times I've encountered them.

by Kaizokugari

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