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A Newspaper Stamp was a postage stamp that was used specifically for the postage and sending of mainly newspapers. More

A Newspaper Stamp was a postage stamp that was used specifically for the postage and sending of mainly newspapers.
This dates back to the time when different stamps were used for everything, such as printing stamps, telegram stamps or telephone stamps and the like.
The very first country to issue newspaper stamps was Austria in the year 1851, namely the stamp called the Blue Mercury.

In addition to the Newspaper Stamps, there were also the so-called Newspaper Bands or Newspaper Wrappers.
An employee of the printing house took a number of newspaper strips with addresses and stamps on them to the post office, where the stamps were pre-stamped.
Back at the printing house, these newspaper bands were placed around the newspapers for dispatch to customers.

Above is an example of a newspaper band.
In the header a photo of the very first Newspaper Stamp in the world from Austria.

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