EzGrade™ VG (Very Good) New Condition. MNH (Mint Never Hinged). This comes with a Certificate of Measurement & Grading from EzGrade.™ View Photo for details on stamps. I have listed photos of the exact stamps you should receive, both Front and Back.
- Series: 1991-1994 Regular Issue
- Face value: None º - No Face Value
- First Day of Issue: January 22, 1991
- First Day City: Washington, D.C.
- Print Run: 1,850,000,000
- Printed by: American Bank Note Company
- Printing Method: Lithographed
- Emission: Definitive
- Perforations: 11
- Color: Bister & Carmine
- Description: 4c makeup stamp to 25c stamp to make "F" rate
Rate Makeup Stamp
Issued as a result of a First-Class mail rate increase. Covered the cost of the increase. One of a few US stamps with only words
Reason the stamp was issued: This Makeup Rate stamp was issued in response to a rate increase that took affect in early 1991. The stamp was to be used along with a 25¢ stamp to cover the new 29¢ First-Class mail rate.
About the stamp design: The design of this stamp was unusual because there is no picture. It had a specific use, and the explanation for the use took up the whole stamp. Like the “F” rate stamps issued at the same time, this had no denomination. The USPS had prepared this stamp ahead of the rate increase and would have covered an increase of any size.