The Ways U.S. Postage Due Stamps Were Used 1879 – 1986: The exhibit

This United States postal history stamp exhibit illustrates the many ways U.S. postage due stamps were used from July 1, 1879, to October 2, 1986, which is the only period when adhesive due stamps were permitted. It also shows whether their use indicated an actual due collection and where and when postage-due stamps were placed.Postage due stamps were a valuable resource for the U.S. Post Office Department because they were used to recover lost revenue on short-paid items or receipts and to collect revenue from fees.Rules regarding the use of postage due stamps are provided when they help clarify their purpose. Examples of fees paid with postage-due stamps and the forms used for postage-due collection are limited to after 1910, as they are known only from that time onward.The exhibit consists of five sections:Short-paid first-class domestic usesShort-paid second-, third-, and fourth-class domestic usesShort-paid international usesVarious fees paid on receipts and delivered itemsEpilogue: No adhesive postage due stamps are acceptable, but other types of stamps used as postage due are also acceptable.Tony was a prolific author, with articles in The United States Specialist, Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin, and Linn’s Stamp News, where he wrote a column on U.S. postal history. His major contributions to postal history include two books with Henry W. Beecher: U.S. Domestic Postal Rates 1872–2011 and U.S. International Postal Rates 1872–1996.Another noteworthy exhibit from Exhibitors Press Read more