Postage Due

These stamps were used when mail was sent without enough postage. If someone handed in an envelop at the post office, of course, they wouldn’t accept it without the correct postage. However, if someone put an envelop in a public mail box, rather than return the envelop to the sender, they would put postage due stamps for the deficient amount and deliver it, expecting the recipient to pay the cost of them. If they didn’t pay, only then would the envelop be returned to the sender.

Postage due stamps are almost always very plain, perhaps because their use was not encouraged. I like the look of some postage due stamps, but not these. These have a variety of colors, but not good choices. The main problem is they’re too dark. They’re dreary.

Note

These stamps, if I had them, you would see that they’re drab designs. They’re Yugoslavian stamps – Lubiana is the capital of Slovenia, which was part of Yugoslavia at that time. They’re overprinted with the text, Co. Ci.. That’s an abbreviation for Commissariato Civile, which means Civil Commission or Government. It’s meant to be short for Re Commissariato Civile Territori Sloveni occupati Lubiana (Royal Civil Government of the Slovenian Occupied Territories, Ljubljana).

Contains 20 spots: own 0 – 0 unused, 0 used.

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	catalog	subject	description
1.1	S1	Postage Due	50p (jan 1941) postage due, violet
1.2	S2	Postage Due	1d (jan 1941) postage due, rose
1.3	S3	Postage Due	2d (jan 1941) postage due, deep blue
1.4	S4	Postage Due	5d (jan 1941) postage due, orange
1.5	S5	Postage Due	10d (jan 1941) postage due, chocolate
2.1	S6	Postage Due	50p (jan 1941) postage due, violet & dull purple
2.2	S7	Postage Due	1d (jan 1941) postage due, deep magenta
2.3	S8	Postage Due	2d (jan 1941) postage due, deep blue
2.4	S9	Postage Due	5d (jan 1941) postage due, orange
2.5	S10	Postage Due	10d (jan 1941) postage due, chocolate
3.1	S11	Postage Due	50p (jan 1941) postage due, violet
3.2	S12	Postage Due	1d (jan 1941) postage due, deep magenta
3.3	S13	Postage Due	2d (jan 1941) postage due, deep blue
3.4	S14	Postage Due	5d (jan 1941) postage due, orange
3.5	S15	Postage Due	10d (jan 1941) postage due, chocolate
4.1	S16	Postage Due	50p (jan 1941) postage due, violet
4.2	S17	Postage Due	1d (jan 1941) postage due, deep magenta
4.3	S18	Postage Due	2d (jan 1941) postage due, deep blue
4.4	S19	Postage Due	5d (jan 1941) postage due, orange
4.5	S20	Postage Due	10d (jan 1941) postage due, chocolate

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.