US 1930 Postage Due Stamp $5 Scott. J78a


US 1930 Postage Due Stamp $5 Scott. J78a


Series: Postage Due

Issued date: 07-07-1930 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: $5

Emission: Postage Due
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): J78a
Stanley Gibbons (UK): D700a
Michel (Germany): P53Ab
Yvert et Tellier (France): T53

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Stamp Colors: Scarlet
Perforation: line 11

Themes: Numbers, Letters

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.