tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 23, 2013 18:35:50 GMT
A 1912 Act of Congress created postage rates on 4th class mail weighing 4 ounces or less at 1 cent per ounce or fraction. Postage rates on mail over 4 ounces were charged by the pound. The Act required these rates to be prepaid by distinctive postage stamps; thus, the Post Office Department created 12 parcel post and 5 parcel post postage due stamps, usable only on parcel post packages beginning January 1, 1913; other stamps were not to be used on parcel post after that date. The stamps began shipping to post offices on November 27, 1912. There was no prohibition on selling these stamps prior to January 1st. 4th class mail was expanding by adding the former 2nd and 3rd class categories and was renamed "parcel post" effective January 1, 1913. 4th class (parcel post) mail normally didn't receive dated cancels unless a special service was involved. With Interstate Commerce Commission approval, the Postmaster General directed, effective July 1, 1913, that regular postage stamps should be valid on parcels. Parcel post stamps then became usable as regular stamps. Parcel Post and parcel post postage due stamps remained on sale but no further printings occured. For the philatelic trivia buff, the 20c parcel post stamp (Scott Q8) was the first government-issued postage stamp of any country to show an airplane. Both series of stamps were designed by Clair Aubrey Huston; the are engraved, have the single line watermark (WMK 190), and are perf 12. They were printed from plates of 180 subjects in four panes of 45. The parcel post stamps are Scott Q1 through Q12 and the parcel post postage dues are Scott JQ1 through JQ5.   |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 13, 2013 20:34:10 GMT
I still need a few yet but if you don't care I'd like to share my pics. You posted the history already. I enjoyed reading that. (Just ignore the Special Delivery and special handling stamps)  |
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Post by mark on May 27, 2014 18:49:48 GMT
Its a shame that these stamps are relegated to the Back of the Book. By making them valid for regular mail in July 1913, these stamps became front of the book material in my opinion. I collect them on cover. The once cent stamp is easy to find for a few dollars on EBAY. Usually on postcards but you can sometimes find a pair on a regular letter. The two cent, of course, is also very common. I try to find covers with July 1913 dates; the earlier the better. I haven't located one mailed on the first that I can afford. I have the three cent, the five cent, and the ten cent all on cover and all used as regular stamps (the 10 cent was probably used as a special delivery stamp). The higher denominations are nearly impossible to find on cover, except as philatelic mail.
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Post by lisag on Feb 6, 2016 16:00:21 GMT
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Post by lisag on Feb 7, 2016 16:36:28 GMT
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Post by lisag on Feb 7, 2016 17:03:46 GMT
1913 Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps Lisa's Collection Scott JQ1-JQ5 Designed by Claire Aubrey Huston  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 8, 2016 0:06:22 GMT
1913 Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps Lisa's Collection Scott JQ1-JQ5 Designed by Claire Aubrey Huston Lovely Page Lisa. I am surprised you follow the old regime? of placing duplicates underneath the preferred stamp. No criticism, but, does adhering concern you at all ? interested. The special Handling stamp, how do you identify the wet printing? (Havn't checked Scott as yet) |
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Post by lisag on Feb 8, 2016 0:18:25 GMT
Thank you, Rod. My pages that have extra stamps I don't particularly like. There's a bunch of homemade album pages that, upon revisiting, frankly I think are just ugly. I have a TON of stamps to sort, some to soak, a ton to rinse free of mold and all need to be put into albums. I have stopped adding stamps to pages where they don't fit, but until a brilliant idea strikes me, they'll stay there for a bit longer.
I generally look for whiter, firmer paper to distinguish wet vs. dry. I also assume that I have the cheapest version of a stamp unless I can absolutely prove otherwise.
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Post by lisag on Feb 8, 2016 0:31:03 GMT
I also found a full page of Postage Due stamps that are hinged and they look terrible! Apparently, I made the hinges too wet in my early days of collecting, so that page definitely needs to be redone. I only use mounts now. It's more expensive, but I think the finished product is far superior.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 8, 2016 0:39:37 GMT
I also found a full page of Postage Due stamps that are hinged and they look terrible! Apparently, I made the hinges too wet in my early days of collecting, so that page definitely needs to be redone. I only use mounts now. It's more expensive, but I think the finished product is far superior. Same experience here. Hinging is a real art, one should be able to lift a stamp off the page, and a hinge off the stamp, with the faintest of pressure, even with budget German Prinz hinges. I think I have it pretty well nailed now. My early stamp hinging was a nightmare, I dread having to remove / re-mount them. I was buying Dealers old stock, "open at the top" mounts for $6 a pack, but being a world wide collector, budget demands that hinging still has to occur. |
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:02:39 GMT
That's quite the sorting station shown on the 1 cent "Post office clerk" issue. I bet those guys were like basketball stars after a few months on the job, able to hit the correct pouch all day every day .... but for my first few days on the job, I'd be continually leaving my station to fix my mistakes (and to pick up the letters that flew off into the starry distance when trying to hit the back row).
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:12:51 GMT
These older back of the book stamps are nice to see, they're seldom to be found in the "pile of stuff" mixtures that I like to accumulate. The Special Handling issues, especially - I once bought an old collection of US stamps that had a few of them but I bet those are the only ones I've ever come across.
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Post by lisag on Feb 8, 2016 4:16:51 GMT
I don't think they're the most beautiful stamps in the world, but their simplicity and somewhat intricate detail make them fun to look at. I'm proud to have them in my collection.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 8, 2016 4:23:08 GMT
I'm a fan of the geometric lathe work (the type of ornamental stuff seen on banknotes, intended to make them difficult to copy), so these issues are right up my alley.
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Post by oldtriguy on Feb 8, 2016 4:41:18 GMT
I like the engraved designs on these stamps. My favorite is the 20c Airplane!
Then the Train, then the ship....
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Post by jamesw on Feb 3, 2018 14:39:18 GMT
Thought I'd add to this. Here's a small US Gov't booklet published in 1913 proposing changes to the new parcel post system.  It outlines ways to expand the newly formed system and give possible guidelines. Complete with pullout charts. Though not exactly a stimulating read. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 20:24:13 GMT
Time to start posting what stamps used to look like since other projects are taken care of. CLASSICS took the skills of engravers and designers often working in teams for months to create classics with a story
This thread was also touched on HERE and should probably be merged Designs were selected and approved by Postmaster General Hitchcock after an extensive series of photographs and sketches had been submitted by Director J. E. Ralph, of the Bureau. The frames and arrangement of the central subjects were designed by C. A. Huston, the Bureau artist.
 Post Office clerk stands before a vertical rack of mail bags. The view taken was in the interior of the City Post Office at Washington. This stamp was designed by C. A. Huston from a photograph and engraved by M. W. Baldwin, J. Eissler and E. M. Hall, all of the Bureau. Quantlty lssued: Fiscal year 1913.... 181,302,389 Fiscal year 1914.... 28,388,705 Proof  Period image of the Washington Post Office 
A photograph of a mail carrier was supplied and the background was added.
The stamp was engraved by J. Eissler and E. M. HalI
Quantity lssued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 161,378,054
Fiscal year 1914.... 45,039,199 Proof  The first design for this 2c value showed the steamship and mail tender used on the 10c. First accepted design originally for the 5c  The subject was a 1912 photo of a senior postman in Madison WI.
There was a lot of debate over the content and the stamp was issued 4 months after the initial stamps.
There is an interesting retouched variety of this value from plate No. 6257.
The retouching is on the seventh stamp of the lower left pane and occurs in the triangle below the right numeral " 3 ". The normal stamp triangle has a background consisting of five vertical lines and one horizontal line. In the retouched stamp this triangle has two additional horizontal lines. This was the first
retouched variety of the twentieth century and is quite desirable.
Quantity issued:
FiscalYear1913.... 19,558,799
Fiscal iear 1914.... 9,468,634
The original photograph
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 15, 2018 22:12:49 GMT
...This thread was also touched on HERE and should probably be merged ...Done. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 23:38:42 GMT
continued......
The 4-cent stamp featured the Nebraskan mail carrier and Medal of Honor recipient William Haliday Williams.
The mail wagon is from a model in the Post Office Museum in Washington. A horse was hitched to it and a photograph taken, the surrounding landscape being applied by the Bureau artist, C. A. Huston. The stamp was engraved by M. W. Baldwin, E. Myers, E. M. Hall, J. Benzing and H. Charlton, of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 65,894,219
Fiscal year1914.... 10,849,594
The image was originally for the 10c but it was rejected.
Period Rural Coach
The first design for this value showed a letter carrier delivering mail which was changed in favor of the mail train .
The first train design portrayed a side view of the mail train from a distance (see below).
The mail bag in position to be picked up was too inconspicuous and the design was rejected.
Another view was substituted with the mail bag more prominent. This design was accepted with modifications to the mail bag being suspended from a modern rack and the catcher on the train put into a more prominent position.
The design was a combination of a photograph and a sketch made by C. A. Huston and the engraving was executed by C. Chalmers, E. Hall, J. Eissler and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 14,300,019
Fiscal year 1914.... 13,853,974
Original design which was modified
Unaccepted design
The first design was the Rural Delivery which was relegated to the 4c.
The original 2c design was substituted (see below)
The accepted subject is a combination photo and sketch showing the steamer "Kronprinz Wilhelm" arriving in New York harbor on February 23, 1902.
The initial design showed the ship leaving with the mail tender on the side which was incorrect.
This stamp was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by C. Chalmers, both of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 51,284,429
Fiscal year 1914.... 5,612,224
Kronprinz Wilhelm
The design is from a photograph taken in Washington and supplied by the Post Office Department to the Bureau.
It was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by L. S. Schofield, J. Benzing, E. M. Hall and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 17,105,444
Fiscal year 1914.... 4,041,589
One of the original designs- note in particular the title "Collection Service"
Period Mail Car
20c
This is "apparently" the first stamp bearing the picture of an airplane issued by any nation.
It appeared just about nine years after the famous Kitty Hawk flight by the Wright Brothers.
The aeroplane was from a photograph taken at College Park, near Washington, purposely for this stamp. The back ground was drawn in later by the Bureau artist, C. A. Huston. The engraving done by H. Charlton, E. M. Hall and J. Benzing
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 14,261,264
Fiscal year 1914.... 2,881,729
Wright Model B
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 15:46:28 GMT
The last ones - hope it was informative Classics have a story not found in modern stamps
The vignette is based on a photograph of a steel plant in Chicago, which was also used in a preliminary design for the 50 cent and the one dollar stamps (see below). It was supplied by J. E. Ralph, then Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
It was engraved by H. Charlton, E. Myers and E. M. Hall, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 17,788,589
Fiscal year 1914.... 3,071,565
Fiscal year 1915.... 1,080,499
Unused original 50c
Unused original $1
Chicago steel mill of 1912 
Before a die was made it had been the intention to use the steel mill scene on this value, but it was discarded in favor of a dairy farming subject.
The accepted vignette, after a photograph submitted by the Department of Agriculture.
Initially the buildings were very prominent but were made less conspicuous.
There is also a rumor that a weather vane on the building gave it the appearance of a church.
The engraving was done by M. W. Baldwin and E. M. Hall.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 776,634
Fiscal year 1914.... 758,615
Fiscal year 1915.... 476,140
Fiscal year 1916.... 106,404
Original design that showed what appeared to be a church in the background
The subject is after a photograph furnished by the Department of Agriculture.
This was a design especially dedicated to the large agricultural section of the Middle West with its wide expanse of level fields that made modern farming machinery possible.
The stamp was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by C. M. Chalmers, M. W. Baldwin, E. M. Hall, F. Lamasure, and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity Issued
Fiscal year 1913.... 2,060,394
Fiscal year 1914.... 3,380
Fiscal year 1915.... 1810
(Deduct) 1915.... 162,000+ - returned for redistribution
Fiscal year 1916.... 4,095
Fiscal year 1917.... 8,370
Fiscal year 1918.... 72,945
Fiscal year 1919.... 18,855
Fiscal year 1920.... 527,886
Fiscal year 1921.... 234,180 Fiscal year 1922.... 2,700
Several designs were submitted and essays of the selected design exist lacking shading in the sky, this being added before the design was finally approved and the transfer roll made.
This stamp was designed by C..A. Houston, and was engraved by M. W. Baldwin, E. M. Hall, C. M. Chalmers, E. Myers and F. Lamasure, all of the Bureau.
Quantities issued:
Fiscal year 1913.... 478,434
Fiscal year 1914.... 24,975
Fiscal year 1915.... 47,350
Fiscal year 1916.... 209,420
Fiscal year 1917.... 293,084
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Post by coastwatcher on Feb 18, 2019 3:20:35 GMT
nl1947...the link to the PDF copy of the article doesn’t work. Has it been taken down?
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