Postage due is the term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. A postage due stamp is a stamp added to an underpaid piece of mail to indicate the extra postage due.
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Postage due stamps kept postmasters honest
By Rick Miller
In the era of stampless letters, it was generally accepted that the recipient would pay the postage on a letter at the time that it was delivered.
Postage Due - When a piece of mail is sent that does not have the proper amount of postage affixed, the post office will require the addressee to pay the additional postage due.
Postage Due Stamps Used by the post office to frank postal articles for the sums to be collected on delivery of un-stamped letters, or those which are insufficiently prepaid.
Postal Fiscals Fiscal or revenue stamps authorized for postal use.
Postage Due Labels
Labels, sometimes loosely described as stamps but without postal validity in themselves, employed by many postal authorities to denote the charge to be raised from the addressee for unpaid or underpaid correspondence.
POSTAGE DUE STAMPS: Placed on mail to indicate insufficient postage, these stamps were discontinued by the Post Office, and are now obsolete. Cat. Designation: "J"
POSTMARK: Cancellation mark on mail shoiwng date and place of mailing.
Postage Dues: Stamps or markings indicating that insufficient postage has been affixed to the mailing piece. Postage dues are usually affixed at the office of delivery. The additional postage is collected from the addressee.
Postage Dues. Stamps or markings that indicate an underpayment of postage.
Postal History. The study of postal markings, routes and rates of mail. And anything to do with the history of the mails.
Postage dues: Stamps or markings used by authorities to convey that insufficient postage has been used.
Postal fiscal: Revenue Stamps
Postal history: The study of historical postal markings, rates and routes.
Postage Due Bill - a government generated form to which postage due stamps are attached. It represents the amount of money owed by a postal customer, and frequently represents many individual pieces of business reply mail.
Postage Due - Stamp or marking that indicate an underpayment of postage by the sender.
Postal Card - A government-produced postcard which includes a pre-paid postage imprint in its upper-right corner.
THE POSTAGE DUE PRESIDENT
Even after the introduction of postage stamps in the U.S., their use was not mandatory for eight more years.
Postage Dues, Ducks, Envelopes, Post Cards, EFOs
U.S. Covers
FDCs & Special Cancels ...
Postage due stamp - a fee paid by the recipient of mail for underpaid postal charges ...
At Betale. A postage due inscription of stamps of Norway.
Avis De Paiement. Translated this means "advice of payment" by Chile.
Aviso De Reception. An acknowledgement of Receipt marking on some Salvadorean stamps.
" When applied on a stamp, the stamp is used for payment of Postage Due; when stamped on an envelope, it signifies that Postage Due has been charged. 2: Scott Catalog number prefix for U.S. Telegraph.
The Australian Commonwealth issued postage due stamps in July 1902 - eleven years before it issued ordinary stamps. Britain did not adopt postage due stamps until 20 April 1914.
This might include air mail, special delivery, semi-official, official, postage due, local issues, stamped envelopes, post cards, hunting permit stamps, essays, and revenue stamps.
Bahnhof - Railway station
Bahnpost - Railway ...
This area includes, but is not limited to airmails, postage dues, revenues, postal stationary, late fee, registry, Christmas seals, locals, newspaper stamps and semi-postal's.
'' Handstamped on a stamp, the T indicates the stamp's use as a postage due. Handstamped on a cover, it indicates that postage due has been charged. Several countries have used regular stamps with a perforated initial T as postage dues." ...
stamps: Washington Bicentennials, National Parks, Defense issue, Postage Dues, etc. Others collect all precancels from towns with Indian names, religious names, boys' names, etc.
(French) To collect, Inscription on some Postage Due stamps.
Abnormal
Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production.
Back-Of-Book: Stamps that are normally listed in the back of the catalogue after the regular stamp issues. This might include air mail, special delivery, semi-official, official, postage due, local issues, stamped envelopes, post cards, ...
it could show the name of the boat that the letter travelled on to get out of the arctic, and it could show the date and place of the destination. If gramps messed up and didnt put enough stamps on the letter, the cover could also show "Postage Due" ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Official
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