General Context Definition

Too Late

Mark to explain reason for delay to mail, which has been posted too late to connect with the last despatch on that day.

Related Philatelic Terms & Vocabulary

OF PHILATELIC TERMS

Term used for certain stamps produced by De La Rue for Great Britain 1862-1880 from plates which were not put into normal production

Design The artwork approved by a postal administration and passed to the printer for production.

Basic equipment to aid collecting in addition to stamp albums, stamp hinges, Watermark Detector, etc

Mark A handstamp applied to international letters prior to 1875 showing the charge to be collected from the addressee

Halfpenny Tax A charge made by the British Post Office before 1840 on letters transmitted in