page_title: Parcel stamp
hierarchical_section_title: Parcel stamp
caption_attribution_description: English: 1901 Parcel Post label. Govt. Parcels: 1887–90 9d. and 1891–1900 2d. tied by clear LONDON roller on 1901 (Nov. 19th) Postal Stores Department large PARCEL POST label type 17 with facsimile of unknown small stores label with Arms type IIb and Registration and/Express Fees, sent to Morecambe and franked at the 11d. rate for 8–9lbs.,
context_page_description: In philately a parcel stamp is a stamp specifically issued to pay the fee for the transport of a parcel through the postal system and usually marked as such. It is to be distinguished from a postage stamp used to pay the cost of posting a parcel, although there may no practical distinction as far as the sender is concerned. Parcel stamps issued by governments have the same status in philately as postage stamps, but parcel stamps issued by private railway companies or road carriers are regarded as cinderella stamps and many parcel stamps are also railway stamps.
  The international parcel post service was established by the Universal Postal Union on 1 October 1881, following the agreement of 1880 in Paris.
context_section_description: In philately a parcel stamp is a stamp specifically issued to pay the fee for the transport of a parcel through the postal system and usually marked as such. It is to be distinguished from a postage stamp used to pay the cost of posting a parcel, although there may no practical distinction as far as the sender is concerned. Parcel stamps issued by governments have the same status in philately as postage stamps, but parcel stamps issued by private railway companies or road carriers are regarded as cinderella stamps and many parcel stamps are also railway stamps. 
  The international parcel post service was established by the Universal Postal Union on 1 October 1881 (Great Britain, India, The Netherlands and Persia, 1 April 1882), following the agreement of 1880 in Paris.
caption: A British 1901 parcel label with two Victorian stamps overprinted Govt. Parcels.
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