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Air mail or Air Post stamps were used for the prepayment of postage for the premium service on all mailable matter sent by airmail. Inaugurated in 1918 U.S. airmail stamps documented the early history of aviation commerce, from biplanes to zeppelins to flying boats. The very first United States airm...

Special delivery stamps indicated that the person had paid an extra fee to make sure that once the mail arrived at the post office, it would be immediately delivered to the addressee between 7am and midnight. United States Special Delivery stamps alwaysbegin with the letter "E".

A registration stamp was not for postal use. It was affixed to an envelope to show that a person had paid the fee to have their mail registered. Registering your mail guaranteed special handling of what you were sending. This US stamp (Scott# F1) was eventually discontinued due to confusion over how...

Introduced in the United States in 1879, postage due (Scott #J--) stamps were affixed by a mail clerk to an envelope in order to indicate insufficient postage and how much money the addressee had to pay to receive the mail. The large numeral on the stamp indicated the amount due by the individual.

United States Offices in China were issued for sale by the postal agency at Shanghai, at their surcharged value in local currency. Valid to the amount of their original values for the prepayment of postage on mail dispatched from the US postal agency inShanghai to addresses in the United States. U.S...

These stamps were in use for seven years in the US. They were only used by different government departments for official government mail. Some departments which used Officials were the Executive Branch, the department of Agriculture, the Navy, and the War department. Now there is only one universal ...

If you needed to send a parcel by US mail, starting in 1912 you could use parcel post stamps. They indicated the pre-payment of postage on parcel post and ensured its handling as such. Parcel post was an economical way to send packages too heavy to go through the regular mail service. In all, twelve...

This stamp indicated that the fee had been paid to give 4th class parcel mail the same speed and handling as a 1st class letter. Fourth class mail is categorized as such because of its weight. However, some parcels needed speedier and more careful handling than regular parcel post. This was importan...

These are USA printed and stamped envelopes or cards sold to the public for the cost of the postage and making of the envelope. The United States printed its first postal card in 1873.