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Welcome to the United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog!
- 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
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Table of Contents
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- Information for collectors (the basics of U.S. meter stamp collecting)
- Glossary and Abbreviations (understanding the stamp descriptions)
- Postage Meter Manufacturers (with time chart)
- Adhesive paper tapes
- Directional slugs
- Bibliography
- (Types A through Q represent the general commercial meters available to the public, the groups after Type Q are for special services or types not generally available to the public,this latter group is not arranged in any particular order, but follow the general order established by Werner Simon.)
- GROUP A – Early experimental franks, prior to 1920
- GROUP B – Square frank with wavy lines at the sides
- GROUP C – Oval frank with wavy lines at the sides
- GROUP D – Square or nearly square frank with simulated perforation outer frame
- GROUP E – Frameless design with arcs in the corners (NCR)
- GROUP F – Wide rectangular frank with flying eagle in center (Pitney Bowes)
- GROUP G – Wide rectangular frank with sitting eagle in center (Pitney Bowes)
- GROUP H – Rectangular frank with simulated perforation frame, separate town mark
- GROUP I – Frameless design with large sitting eagle in center (Pitney Bowes)
- GROUP J – Square design with straight outer frame, separate town mark (Postalia)
- GROUP K – Frank with hand held torch
- GROUP L – Frank with profile of eagle (Hasler)
- GROUP M – Simple rectangle with stars (Neopost)
- GROUP N – Digital stamps without 2D barcode
- (Groups O and P not used to avoid confusion with Groups OO, PC, PO, PD, and PV.)
- (The groups after Type Q are for special services or types not generally available to the public, this latter group is not arranged in any particular order, but follow the general order established by Werner Simon.)
- •• 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 OA-NAV – U.S. Navy
- •• Sub-group OA-AAF – U.S. Army & Air Force
- •• Sub-group OA-ARM – U.S. Army
- •• Sub-group OA-AIR – U.S. Air Force
- •• Sub-group OA-MAR – U.S. Marine Corps
- •• Sub-group OA-APO – Overseas Army and Air Force Post Offices
- •• Sub-group OA-FPO – Overseas Fleet Post Offices
- •• Sub-group OA-NGD – National Guard
- •• 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
- •• 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
- •• Sub-group PPS-3Z – stamps originating from uniuni
- •• Sub-group PPS-4Z – stamps originating from Too Express
- •• Sub-group PPS-5Z – stamps originating from OnTrac
- •• Sub-group PPS-6Z – stamps originating from Jitsu
- •• [[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/
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