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1899 10c Messenger Running, Special Delivery, Blue, 10c CUBA Overprint, Double Line Watermark
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This stamp is a Cuba – U.S. Administration overprint. It’s a special service issue: a Special Delivery stamp overprinted for use in Cuba.
The original design is a 10¢ U.S. Special Delivery, issued in 1885 (Scott E1). It shows a running messenger delivering a letter, with the inscription “Secures Immediate Delivery at any Post Office.”
After Spain ceded control of Cuba to the U.S. in 1898, the U.S. military administration ran the Cuban postal system until 1902. Instead of immediately issuing new Cuban designs, they overprinted existing U.S. postage, postage due, and special delivery stamps with “CUBA” and a value in Cuban currency.
Special delivery stamps like this were used for urgent, same-day delivery of mail — an extra service fee paid in addition to regular postage.
This stamp is a Cuba – U.S. Administration overprint. It’s a special service issue: a Special Delivery stamp overprinted for use in Cuba.
The original design is a 10¢ U.S. Special Delivery, issued in 1885 (Scott E1). It shows a running messenger delivering a letter, with the inscription “Secures Immediate Delivery at any Post Office.”
After Spain ceded control of Cuba to the U.S. in 1898, the U.S. military administration ran the Cuban postal system until 1902. Instead of immediately issuing new Cuban designs, they overprinted existing U.S. postage, postage due, and special delivery stamps with “CUBA” and a value in Cuban currency.
Special delivery stamps like this were used for urgent, same-day delivery of mail — an extra service fee paid in addition to regular postage.
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