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Special stamps proliferate in stamp programs
By Rick Miller
Broadly speaking, regular postage stamps can be divided into three categories: definitives, commemoratives and special stamps.
Special Stamp Albums
In addition to the ordinary albums and stock books mentioned, there are various albums designed for a special purpose.
Special stamps are the extra stamps the post office prints each year. The Love stamps and the Christmas stamps are special stamps.
Special stamp sheets:
Are produced for a variety of reasons and events: charities, football teams, concerts and even movies.
Stamp and coin cover (postal and numismatic cover): ...
Special stamps: Non-regular stamps issued on special occasions.
Specimen: Material which is used to identify philatelic material which is approved by the government.
Speculative issue: A stamp issued solely for collective purposes.
Special Stamps: Regular postage stamp issues that fall outside the traditional definitions of commemorative and definitive stamps.
Special stamps
Special stamps are ones that fit into none of the other categories(!) They aren't quite definitives, they're not commemoratives, and they are not service-specific stamps.
Special stamps
Holiday stamps are postage stamps that are made during special occasions every year. Examples of these stamps are Love stamps during Valentines and the Christmas stamps every Yuletide season.
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Special stamps used by duck hunters
Envelopes saved with their stamps are called covers?
Special stamps for payment of parcel post fees.
Part-Perforate:
A stamp imperforate on one or more sides, but with at least one side perforated.
Our Special StampShow section will appear in the August issue of The AP. The following special rates apply to ads placed in either the July and/or August issues.
Railway Letter Fee Stamp: a special stamp was available between 1891 and 1922 for railway firms in Great Britain and Ireland for letters handed in at stations to be collected on arrival or put into regular postal delivery at the station nearest ...
Postage due stamps are special stamps applied by a post office to mail with insufficient postage.
Revenue stamps - stamps issued to pay taxes.
The so-called straight postage stamp, in addition to its use for regular mail, will carry a letter as well via airmail, or by special delivery, or parcel post, even though special stamps may have been produced for these purposes.
PARCEL POST STAMP: Special stamps issued for use only on parcels weighing more than 16 ounces. Cat. Designation: "Q"
PASTE-UP PAIR: A pair of coil stamps which shows the joint where two sheets were pasted together.
Parcel Post Stamps: Special stamps for payment of parcel post fees.
Part-Perforate: A stamp imperforate on one or more sides, but with at least one side perforated.
Greetings Stamps Special stamps conveying Christmas, New Year or Birthday Greetings.
provides for air transportation, on a space available basis for mail on which the normal postage is paid, to or from military post offices outside the contiguous 48 states. This service was popular during the Viet Nam conflict. One special stamp was ...
you should first find out if its a bunch of fun stamps that you can go crazy with, or if it includes some stamps that are very valuable. You will have to ask for some help to find that out. When you know for sure that there are some special stamps, ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Philatelic, Special stamps, Cover
  
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