ISSUE 159 - March 1, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
40 Years of Special Delivery Stamps, Part 2
(From The Stamp Specialist Number Four, published in 1940; continued from the August 5, 2011 Stamp News Online)
By C. W. Bates
Overprintings for U. S. Possessions
In 1899 the watermarked special delivery stamp was surcharged in red for use in Cuba, Guam and the Philippines. The Cuba surcharge was in three lines, "CUBA 10¢ dePESO," printed horizontally across the design to the right of the running messenger. The Guam overprint shows the word "GUAM" in large capitals diagonally over the space to the right of the messenger. In the Philippines overprint, "PHILIPPINES" is in narrow capitals struck diagonally across the space to the right of messenger.(1)
Mr. Luff says 126,850 special deliveries were . . .
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