Postage Due Stamps


Postage Due stamps are sometimes neglected by stamp collectors. Their designs are usually not very exciting and some consider them a boring philatelic item to collect. The fact that they are almost always located in the back of the stamp album (and thus are one of the types of stamps known as "back of the book stamps" or "bob stamps") doesn't help create demand for them - sometimes they are totally overlooked.

But many vintage postage due stamps are beautifully engraved with harmonious designs, and some are quite valuable and rare. Cover collectors find them very collectible when they're properly used on cover.

So don't overlook the charms of postage due stamps. Collecting them can be an interesting philatelic sub-specialty, but even if you don't specialize in them, they'll round out your country collection.