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| 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. |
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| The Parcel Post Postage Due Stamps of 1913 |
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| Scott Listed 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 - 2¢ Lake |
| Scott Q2b - 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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