Postage stamp

In in 1889, postage stamps ( “Postage” - “ Postage ”) were stamped for internal stamp duty ( “Inland revenue” , left), but new stamps were made on them in 1890 red color indicating the amount of the postage (right) - for use as postage ( Mi # 67 and 97) ^{[^]}

Postal stamp ( eng. Postal fiscal stamp ) - fiscal stamp , which was allowed for postal circulation ^[1] .

Content

Terminology

Postage stamps should be distinguished from stamps with the inscription "Postage & Revenue" (" Postage and stamp duty "), which were always intended for use for both purposes, or from fiscal stamps used for postal purposes accidentally or for the reason that local postal rules do not prohibit such use.

An example of a stamp with the inscription “Postage & Revenue” (“ Postage and stamp duty ”). Principality of Bhopal , British India (1908)

In Russian-language philatelic literature , a somewhat more generalized concept of postage-stamps can be found. So, in the “Great Philatelic Dictionary” (1988) the following assumption is made regarding stamps with the inscription “Postage & Revenue” ^[2] :

“To some extent, a number of stamps of Great Britain issued as both postage and stamps can be attributed to postage stamps , which was confirmed by the corresponding inscription on them.”

V. A. Novosyolov (2008) ^[3] considers postage-stamps exclusively stamps of the “Postage & Revenue” type .

At the same time, the Philatelic Dictionary (1968) ^[4] distinguishes another term - stamp-stamps , used both for stamp duty and for franking postal items , and also refers to the stamps “Postage & Revenue” .

Description

In some countries, postal agencies may resort to issuing special stamps designed to pay any fees and not related to postal rates . Sometimes such stamps may also be used to pay for the forwarding of postal correspondence. In these cases, postage stamps may be included in catalogs of postage stamps in a special section ^[2] .

Postage stamps may appear due to a lack of postage stamps for any country or for economic reasons in order to use obsolete fiscal stamps or excess stocks of fiscal stamps.

Postage stamps can usually be determined only by impressions of the postmark on redeemed stamps or in the case when such a stamp is found glued on an envelope .

Country Examples

UK

Postage stamps have been permitted in the United Kingdom since June 1, 1881 ^[5] ^[6] .

Past mail envelope with a fiscal stamp of the UK internal stamp of 6 denomination , redeemed in Bradford (1892)

Such stamps were also suitable for postal circulation in British colonies such as Malta , where Great Britain stamps were used at that time, as well as in British post offices abroad in places such as Beirut .

New Zealand

From April 1, 1882, fiscal stamps became valid for postal use and vice versa. This practice in the history of New Zealand mail continued until the 1960s ^[7] .

Letter franked with the fiscal stamp of New Zealand , which was used in postal circulation in Christchurch (1894)

with prints for various Pacific islands were just as good for paying for postage. However, on islands such as and Tokelau, they were used only by mail and were not suitable for fiscal purposes.

Other countries

Postage-stamps and similar stamps were used by a number of other postal administrations , including in such states and territorial entities as:

Austria
Bechuanaland
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British Honduras ,
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Bhutan
Bukhara People's Soviet Republic ,
Venezuela
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Dominica
India
Iran ( Pahlavi government , airmail stamps ),
Spain ( Asturias ),
Italy ( Austro-Hungarian occupation ),
China ( imperial issues and post-war time ),
Colombia
Costa Rica , as well as the province of Guanacaste ,
Latvia ( Elea ),
The Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom
Long Island
Macau
Mongolia
Peru ( local brands ),
Russia (after the October Revolution ) ^[8] ,
Saudi Arabia ( Hijaz , Hijaz Occupation ),
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ,
Saint Kitts and Nevis ,
Saint Lucia
Syria
Tobago
Tuva
Turkey
Chile
Sri Lanka
Ecuador

Notes

↑ Mackay J. Stamp Collecting: Philatelic Terms Illustrated. - 4th edn. - L .: Stanley Gibbons , 2003. - P. 109. - ISBN 0-85259-557-3 . (eng.)
↑ ¹ ² Postage stamps // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - P. 182. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved January 28, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment November 6, 2018. Archived January 28, 2016.
↑ Novosyolov V. A. Chapter 11. Different mails are needed, different stamps are important. Stamps and postal stamps (neopr.) . Acquaintance with philately: The world of philately . Smolensk : World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (November 3, 2008). - EBook. Date of treatment June 6, 2017. Archived June 5, 2017.
↑ Post stamps // Philatelic dictionary / Comp. O. Ya. Basin. - M .: Communication, 1968 .-- 164 p. (Retrieved January 28, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment June 5, 2017. Archived January 28, 2016.
↑ Patrick D., Patrick M. The Hodder Stamp Dictionary. - L .: , 1973. - P. 189. - ISBN 0-340-17183-9 . (eng.)
↑ According to other sources - from June 1, 1883; cm.:
Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) // Philatelic geography. European foreign countries / N. I. Vladinets. - M .: Radio and communications, 1981. - 160 p.
(Retrieved June 24, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment June 6, 2017. Archived June 24, 2016.
↑ Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalog : Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. - 112th edn. - L .: Stanley Gibbons, 2010 .-- P. 445-447. - ISBN 0-85259-731-2 . (eng.)
↑ The use of fiscal stamps as postage in the early years of Soviet power is disputed in:
Devyatin A. N. Post stamps // Philately . - 2011. - No. 5. - P. 78—80. (Retrieved June 5, 2017)

[1] Mackay J. Stamp Collecting: Philatelic Terms Illustrated. - 4th edn. - L .: Stanley Gibbons , 2003. - P. 109. - ISBN 0-85259-557-3 . (eng.)

[BFS-2] ¹ ² Postage stamps // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas ... [and others ] ; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988. - P. 182. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved January 28, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment November 6, 2018. Archived January 28, 2016.

[3] Novosyolov V. A. Chapter 11. Different mails are needed, different stamps are important. Stamps and postal stamps (neopr.) . Acquaintance with philately: The world of philately . Smolensk : World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (November 3, 2008). - EBook. Date of treatment June 6, 2017. Archived June 5, 2017.

[4] Post stamps // Philatelic dictionary / Comp. O. Ya. Basin. - M .: Communication, 1968 .-- 164 p. (Retrieved January 28, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment June 5, 2017. Archived January 28, 2016.

[5] Patrick D., Patrick M. The Hodder Stamp Dictionary. - L .: , 1973. - P. 189. - ISBN 0-340-17183-9 . (eng.)

[6] According to other sources - from June 1, 1883; cm.:
Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) // Philatelic geography. European foreign countries / N. I. Vladinets. - M .: Radio and communications, 1981. - 160 p.
(Retrieved June 24, 2016) {title} (unopened) . Date of treatment June 6, 2017. Archived June 24, 2016.

[7] Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalog : Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970. - 112th edn. - L .: Stanley Gibbons, 2010 .-- P. 445-447. - ISBN 0-85259-731-2 . (eng.)

[8] The use of fiscal stamps as postage in the early years of Soviet power is disputed in:
Devyatin A. N. Post stamps // Philately . - 2011. - No. 5. - P. 78—80. (Retrieved June 5, 2017)