The U.S. Parcel Post Stamps - Designs of 1913 The Parcel Post and the Parcel Post Postage Due stamps were printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing using 180 subject flat plates on single-line watermarked paper and were perforated 12. The sheets were cut into four panes of 45 stamps before delivery to Post Offices.

1¢ Post Office Clerk	2¢ City Mail Carrier	3¢ Railway Postal Clerk	4¢ Rural Mail Carrier

5¢ Mail Train	10¢ Ship & Mail Tender	15¢ Automobile Service	20¢ Mail Via Aeroplane

25¢ Manufacturing Plant	50¢ Dairy Farming	75¢ Harvesting	$1 Fruit Growing

The Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps of 1913

Scott Numbers for the Parcel Post and Parcel Post Postage Due Designs of 1913

Parcel Post Stamps of 1913 Scott Q1 -   1¢ Post Office Clerk Sorting Mail - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q2 -   2¢ City Mail Carrier Making a Delivery - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q2a -  Lake - 2¢ Lake Scott Q2b -  Carmine Lake - 2¢ Carmine lake Scott Q3 -   3¢ Railway Postal Clerk Catching Mail - Carmine to deep carmine Scott Q4 -   4¢ Rural Mail Carrier with Horse and Buggy - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q5 -   5¢ Mail Train Approaching Mail Bag on Rack - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q6 -   10¢ Steamship with Mail Tender at Side in the N.Y. Harbor - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q7 -   15¢ Mail Carrier Delivering via Automobile Service - Carmine rose, carmine Scott Q8 -   20¢ Aeroplane Carrying Mail - Carmine rose, carmine

The last four, higher value, Parcel Post stamps honored the American agriculture and manufacturing industries. All four range in color from carmine to carmine rose, with carmine rose being the major color variety.

Scott Q9 -   25¢ Manufacturing in America - Illustrated: A South Chicago steel mill with railroad freight cars in the foreground Scott Q10 - 50¢ American Dairy Industry - Illustrated: Dairy cows grazing in a meadow with farmhouses in the background Scott Q11 - 75¢ Modern Farming Machinery - Illustrated: A harvester set against a wagon and large mounds of grain Scott Q12 - $1 Fruit Growing - Illustrated: A large orange grove with fruit pickers on ladders

Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps of 1913 Scott JQ1 - 1¢  Dark green, yellowish green - Geometric lathe design Scott JQ2 - 2¢  Dark green, yellowish green - Geometric lathe design Scott JQ3 - 5¢  Dark green, yellowish green - Geometric lathe design Scott JQ4 - 10¢ Dark green, yellowish green - Geometric lathe design Scott JQ5 - 25¢ Dark green, yellowish green - Geometric lathe design

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