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Welcome to the United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog!

1948 *** 75th Anniversary of the Meter Stamp Society *** 2023




  • In 1897 the United States became the first country in the world to use postage meters on an experimental basis to frank live mail. After years of further experimentation and development postage meters were finally approved for use by the general public in 1920. Experimentation continued long after this date as the machines continued to be improved and perfected. All this activity and fermentation makes the U.S. one of the most interesting and complex countries to collect for postage meter stamps.
  • This online edition of The United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog is an expansion and update of the paper edition, written and published by Joel Hawkins and Rick Stambaugh in 1994 and updated previously in 2001. It uses a new, more logical, decimal system for assigning Type numbers. Type numbers that are different from the earlier edition show the previous designation as follows: Type XXX in 2001 edition
  • Comments, suggested changes, corrections, and additions to the catalog are encouraged. Email " Alan Knutson": boris1951@charter.net




Latest changes:

  • 1 Oct:     Type "SRV-MO01" Missouri Excise Tax added
  • 1 Oct:     Type "SRV-MD01" Maryland Excise Tax added
  • 1 Oct:     Type "PPS-D02" added
  • 1 Oct:     Type "SRV-FL01, SRV-FL02" Florida Documentary Tax added
  • 29 Sep:   Type "SRV-RI01" Rhode Island Cigarette Tax added
  • 25 Sep:   Index to Register Providers and their types for United Parcel Service "UPS" listings
  • 19 Sep:   Type "OO-K4" edited "A" 02 1W series 00048, "B" 02 4W series 00011. (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 16 Sep:   Type "PC-D3.3A2" "G" "GROUND ADVANTAGE" added (Thank you Mark H!)
  • 16 Sep:   Type "PC-D3.3A" reformatted to tabular form
  • 16 Sep:   Type "PC-C2.4.2" "G" "GROUND ADVANTAGE" added (Thank you Mark H!)
  • 16 Sep:   Type "PC-C2.4.2" reformatted to tabular form
  • 15 Sep:   Type "Directional Slug 33e" added
  • 11 Sep:   Type "PPS-A09.3" additional usage added (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 6 Sep:     Type "OO-K1.4" added series 00011 (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 5 Sep:     Type "OO-K1.5" added (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 5 Sep:     Type "OO-K1.4" added (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 5 Sep:     Type "IE1" Note "P B METER with or without periods also occurs" added. (Thank you Ronnie R!)
  • 2 Sep:              Corrections to " Town- and Date-marks"
  • 31 Aug:   Type "QB-8C" added "02 7W" (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 21 Aug:   Type "OO-J3.6" added "quadient" (Thank you Frankie!)
  • 11 Aug:   Type "PO-A2.2H" meter 96766 added
  • 9 Aug:    Type "PC-C4.3-B3" added, " GROUND ADVANTAGE" (Thank you Mark H!)
  • 4 Aug:    Type "PO-A7.4D-5" added missing decimal point (Thank you Ronnie R!)
  • 4 Aug:    Type "PO-A7.4" rearranged subvarieties per variety
  • 3 Aug:    Type "AR-ARM1.1" Change base type to "IA4.1" from "IC4.1"
  • 30 Jul:   Type "ID3b" description corrected
  • 30 Jul:   Type "IH1d" added to cover non-experimental use of blue and green colors.
  • 30 Jul:   Type "NA2.1g" added printed in two colors
  • 19 Jul:   Numbers between PPS-A31 and A35 involving parentheses were modified to decimals, i.e. PPS-A31(01)to PPS-A31.1
  • 19 Jul:   Type "PPS-A32.2B2" reformatted to a tabular presentation, additional usage added
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A09.1" reformatted to a tabular presentation, additional usage added
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A07.1" reformatted to a tabular presentation, additional usage added
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A63" previously unreported label added
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A06.2" reformatted to a tabular presentation, added new usage
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A" added slogan/slot variety D
  • 18 Jul:   Type "PPS-A06.1" reformatted to a tabular presentation
  • 17 Jul:   Type "PO-B14.1, PO-B14.2" added (thank you Harold E)
  • 15 Jul:   Type "PPS-M01" added, "DSI (Mr Messenger, Inc?)"
  • 14 Jul:   Type "PPS-L02" added, "State of North Carolina Courier Service"
  • 13 Jul:   Type "PPS-L01" added, "State of North Carolina Courier Service"
  • 13 Jul:   Type "KD1" Correct town mark type to SC from DC
  • 8 Jul:      Types "PPS-J01, PPS-J02, PPS-J03, PPS-J04, PPS-J05, PPS-J06", "Canpar" added.
  • 7 Jul:      Type "PPS-P01" added "Maclen Express Company"
  • 1 Jul:      Type "PC-F4.3" "Chit Chats" (thank you Ronnie R)
  • 1 Jul:      Type "PC-C2.8B" added
  • 30 Jun:   Type "PPS-O01" added "Local Parcel Service, Inc"
  • 29 Jun:   Type "PPS-N01" added "HOURLY"
  • 27 Jun:   Type "PPS-F01" added "EFD Package Express"
  • 25 Jun:   Type "PPS-E" "Purolator" added
  • 25 Jun:   Type "PPS-A08" corrected descriptions in the subtypes.
  • 22 Jun:   Type "PPS-A14{01}a" additional usage added, (thank you Ronnie R)
  • 22 Jun:   Type "PPS-A08.1a" additional usage added, (thank you Ronnie R)
  • 2 Jun:     Types "LB2.3" added; "LB3B" added, 18mm "U.S. POSTAGE"; (Thank you Alan Draves)



Table of Contents
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•• Postage meters and mailing machines
•• Meter and Permit numbers
•• Ink colors and fluorescence
•• Town and date marks
•• Surcharge slugs
•• Essays/Specimens/Proofs
•• Rarity and values
•• Sub-group NA – Pitney Bowes, eagle head and wing (also LOW VALUE)
•• Sub-group NB – Neopost-Hasler, complete profile of eagle facing left
•• Sub-group NC – Neopost, torch-in-hand
•• Sub-group ND – Francotyp-Postalia, bird in oval


(Groups O and P not used to avoid confusion with Groups OO, PC, PO, PD, and PV.)


•• Sub-group QA – Hasler, Neopost-Hasler, Neopost, Quadient
•• Sub-group QB – Pitney Bowes
•• Sub-group QC – Francotyp-Postalia
•• Sub-group QD – Data-Pac


•• Sub-group PC-A – E-stamp
•• Sub-group PC-B – Neopost
•• Sub-group PC-C – Stamps.com
•• Sub-group PC-D – Pitney Bowes
•• Sub-group PC-E – Envelope Management Software (Endicia)
•• Sub-group PC-F – easypost
•• Sub-group PC-G – USPS
•• Sub-group PC-H – Francotyp-Postalia


•• Sub-group PO-A – Stamps generated by commercial postage meters modified for use in post offices
•• Sub-group PO-B – Stamps generated by machines or systems unique to Post Office use, with no resemblance to any commercial meter stamp


•• Sub-group PD-A – Thin arrow pointing right, inverted "POSTAGE DUE" above, inverted "COLLECT" below
•• Sub-group PD-B – Right-pointing outline arrow containing "POSTAGE DUE/PAID", barbs on pointed end
•• Sub-group PD-C – Right-pointing outline arrow containing "POSTAGE DUE/PAID", no barbs, lines thick on bottom
•• Sub-group PD-D – Vertical rectangle containing "POSTAGE/DUE"
•• Sub-group PD-E – Wide "T" containing "POSTAGE/DUE" (Pitney Bowes)
•• Sub-group PD-F – Wide "T" containing "POSTAGE/DUE" (Friden)
•• Sub-group PD-G – Digital label with "POSTAGE DUE" across top, Intermec
•• Sub-group PD-H – Digital P.O. counter label with "PD" in town line, MOS-UNISYS
•• Sub-group PD-J – Digital P.O. counter label with "POSTAGE DUE" at top




•• Sub-group AR-NAV – U.S. Navy
•• Sub-group AR-AAF – U.S. Army & Air Force
•• Sub-group AR-ARM – U.S. Army
•• Sub-group AR-AIR – U.S. Air Force
•• Sub-group AR-MAR – U.S. Marine Corps
•• Sub-group AR-APO – Overseas Army and Air Force Post Offices
•• Sub-group AR-FPO – Overseas Fleet Post Offices
•• Sub-group AR-NGD – National Guard



•• [[United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/GROUP REV – Non-postal franks used to collect tax|Sub-group REV –Non-postal franks used to collect Federal tax/
•• [[United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/GROUP SRV – Non-postal franks used to collect tax|Sub-group SRV –Non-postal franks used to collect State and local tax/


•• Sub-group ESY-A – Essays from before meters were approved for general use in 1920
•• Sub-group ESY-B – Early competitive development, 1921 to 1938
•• Sub-group ESY-C – Later competitive development (mechanical meters), 1938 to 1990s
•• Sub-group ESY-D – Digital meter essays, 1980 to date




•• Sub-group PPS-A – stamps originating from the UPS (United Parcel Service)
•• Sub-group PPS-B – stamps originating from the Rochester Package Delivery
•• Sub-group PPS-C – stamps originating from the Retail Delivery Service
•• Sub-group PPS-D – stamps originating from TNT
•• Sub-group PPS-E – stamps originating from Purolator
•• Sub-group PPS-F – stamps originating from EFD Package Express
•• Sub-group PPS-G – stamps originating from American Messenger Service
•• Sub-group PPS-H – stamps originating from APD
•• Sub-group PPS-I – stamps originating from Berkshire Apparel Corporation
•• Sub-group PPS-J – stamps originating from Canpar
•• Sub-group PPS-K – stamps originating from CMR
•• Sub-group PPS-L – stamps originating from State of North Carolina Courier Service
•• Sub-group PPS-M – stamps originating from DSI (Mr. Messenger, Inc ?)
•• Sub-group PPS-N – stamps originating from Hourly
•• Sub-group PPS-O – stamps originating from Local Parcel Service
•• Sub-group PPS-P – stamps originating from Maclen Express Co
•• Sub-group PPS-Q – stamps originating from Merchants Delivery Co
•• Sub-group PPS-R – stamps originating from Parcel Delivery Co
•• Sub-group PPS-S – stamps originating from Parcel Service
•• Sub-group PPS-T – stamps originating from Post Par
•• Sub-group PPS-U – stamps originating from Spee-Dee Delivery Service
•• Sub-group PPS-V – stamps originating from Metroline
•• Sub-group PPS-W – stamps originating from Amazon Prime
•• Sub-group PPS-X – stamps originating from FEDEX/Federal Express
•• Sub-group PPS-Y – stamps originating from Global Mail
•• Sub-group PPS-Z – stamps originating from P R CHINA POST / USPS Partnership
•• Sub-group PPS-2Z – stamps originating from DHL








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