Valid for franking - US-stamps?

Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

Thanks very much!
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Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

As far as I am informed all US-stamps are still valid for postage. This is
why people are generally advised to use their spare US-stamps for add-ups
instead of selling them. That way the stamps still hold face value, whilst
in a sale they are likely to go for much less. This is the way it should
be, unless there has been a demonetization.

I don't know of any references for this, so please correct me if I am wrong.

As an aside, all French stamps are also valid for postage, no matter which
denomination they have (Ancien Francs, Nouveau Francs, Euro). One "just"
has to recalculate the old denomination to correspond to Euro.
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"amesh \(Mette\)" wrote:


As far as I am informed all US-stamps are still valid for postage. This is
why people are generally advised to use their spare US-stamps for add-ups
instead of selling them. That way the stamps still hold face value, whilst
in a sale they are likely to go for much less. This is the way it should
be, unless there has been a demonetization.

I don't know of any references for this, so please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks Mette,
As usual you are right :-)
Strange enough I did not found this page:
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/P022.htm
when I was "Googling" for the answer this morning.

As an aside, all French stamps are also valid for postage, no matter which
denomination they have (Ancien Francs, Nouveau Francs, Euro). One "just"
has to recalculate the old denomination to correspond to Euro.

Strange!
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http://www.norbyhus.dk/

"Toke Nørby" wrote in message ...
Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

Thanks very much!
--
Mvh Toke

Toke, Mette--conventional wisdom here is that the only U.S. stamps ever demonetized are those issued before the Civil
War (1861-1865). Those earlier issues were demonetized to reduce the ability of the Confederate States to use them for
postage. As far as I know, everything since then is still good for postage, even if some postal clerks are more than
surprised to find that out.

Stan Fairchild

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amesh \(Mette\) wrote:
"Toke Nørby" skrev i en meddelelse
.. .
Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

As far as I am informed all US-stamps are still valid for postage. This is
why people are generally advised to use their spare US-stamps for add-ups
instead of selling them. That way the stamps still hold face value, whilst
in a sale they are likely to go for much less. This is the way it should
be, unless there has been a demonetization.

I don't know of any references for this, so please correct me if I am wrong.

As an aside, all French stamps are also valid for postage, no matter which
denomination they have (Ancien Francs, Nouveau Francs, Euro). One "just"
has to recalculate the old denomination to correspond to Euro.

Actually, US stamps issued prior to the beginning of the US Civil War,
1861, were declared invalid to keep the South from profiting from the
stamps that were in Southern post offices. All postage stamps issued
since then are valid, unless they were issued for specific services
that are no longer offered by the Postal Service. Also some postal
cards are no longer mailable because they are now considered to be too
small to mail.

= Eric
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CAD Systems Engineering Fax: +1 732 949 7512
Lucent Technologies
Holmdel, NJ, USA

All stamps issued since the beginning of the Civil War (1861?) are
still valid for postage in the United States. Any good US catalog will
give you a decent list of what's been issued in the last 143 years.

Toke Nørby wrote in message . ..
Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

Thanks very much!

Evidenced tragically, when the FBI were investigating the
deaths of Lawyers and Judges involved in civil rights cases,
in the early 1990's from letter bombs.
The packages were mailed using 3c issues from 1932 thru 1958.

| All stamps issued since the beginning of the Civil War (1861?) are
still valid for postage in the United States.

"Stan Fairchild" wrote:

Toke, Mette--conventional wisdom here is that the only U.S. stamps ever demonetized are those issued before the Civil
War (1861-1865). Those earlier issues were demonetized to reduce the ability of the Confederate States to use them for
postage. As far as I know, everything since then is still good for postage, even if some postal clerks are more than
surprised to find that out.

Thanks for that information, Stan and Eric!
Almost everything can be found on the web so I made a new "Googling"
with a few words from your answer to me and found a description of
that situation :-)

http://alphabetilately.com/W.html

Thanks again!
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Mvh Toke
http://www.norbyhus.dk/

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"Toke Nørby" wrote in message
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Dear Friends,

Can any of you tell me which US stamps are still valid for franking
and where do I find a list / reference?

Thanks very much!
--
Mvh Toke

Toke, Mette--conventional wisdom here is that the only U.S. stamps ever
demonetized are those issued before the Civil
War (1861-1865). Those earlier issues were demonetized to reduce the
ability of the Confederate States to use them for
postage. As far as I know, everything since then is still good for
postage, even if some postal clerks are more than
surprised to find that out.

Thanks, Stan. Good answer :-)
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Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
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As an aside, all French stamps are also valid for postage, no matter which
denomination they have (Ancien Francs, Nouveau Francs, Euro). One "just"
has to recalculate the old denomination to correspond to Euro.

Sorry to contradict you, but not all French stamps are valid for postage.

The Petain stamps were demonetized a quite long time ago, more exactly on
the 1st of November 1944.
Source: http://1f50bersier.free.fr/timbre.html
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Victor Manta

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