US 1884 Postage Due Stamp 5c. Scott. J18
Series: 1884 Postage Due Printing
Issued date: 01-01-1884 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 5c.
Emission: Postage Due
Watermark: No Watermark
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): J18
Stanley Gibbons (UK): D224
Michel (Germany): P4b
Yvert et Tellier (France): T11
Stamp Colors: Red Brown
Perforation: line 12
Themes: Numbers
Issued date: 01-01-1884 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 5c.
Emission: Postage Due
Watermark: No Watermark
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): J18
Stanley Gibbons (UK): D224
Michel (Germany): P4b
Yvert et Tellier (France): T11
Stamp Colors: Red Brown
Perforation: line 12
Themes: Numbers
Description:- Beginning in 1879, Postage Due stamps were issued to be placed on packages to indicate insufficient postage. Understated elegance defines the 1879 Postage Due stamp. It features an ornate numeral and simple frame executed in finely crafted engraving. Its beauty was appreciated – Australia duplicated the same design for its first Postage Due stamp in 1902. On March 3, 1879, an Act of Congress authorized the use of Postage Due stamps. These stamps were unique, since they were the first US stamps that didn’t prepay for the delivery of mail. Instead, they denoted the amount of postage to be collected by the person receiving the mail because it was insufficiently prepaid.