How many types of postage paid stamps are there? What are the applications of postage paid dates?

The postmark is a stamping tool used by the postal department to implement operating procedures and indicate that the results of the processing and method of a certain postal business should be left as a certificate. It is called a postmark in colloquial language within the postal department, and the full name is a postal date stamp. It generally indicates the time and place of mail sent and received, and the postal date stamp has a unique time management function, which is the basis for the inquiry of the mail delivery time and time limit, and is also an important project for the study of postal development and philatelic collection.

The other is the abbreviation of the postal stamp in philatelic terms, also called "postmark", which in its broad sense refers to the general name of various stamps stamped on the mail or postal business single form used by the postal department within its business scope; In its narrow sense, it refers only to postal date stamps and stamps that can be used to cancel stamps. The term "postmark" referred to by the philatelic community does not refer to the stamp itself used in postal business but to its printing sample, and the connotation of the postmark studied also refers to the postal mark in a broad sense. Including ordinary postmarks, commemorative postmarks, promotional postmarks, etc.

The postmark is stamped on the stamp! A stamp is proof that the postage has been paid, and when you put a stamp on the letter, you prove that you have paid the postage for the letter! The postmark is stamped by the post office acknowledging that your postage has been paid, and it prevents the stamp from being reused.

Postmark: A type of stamp stamped by the post office on the actual mail, parcels, etc.

The domestic postage paid date stamp is used to stamp more than 10 pieces of domestic lump sum and lump sum mail. The International Postage Paid Date Stamp is used to pay the tariff for large parcels of international mail, and was officially introduced in 1962.

Taiwan Postage Paid Date Stamp is used exclusively for the payment of bulk mail items to Taiwan.

Confidential postage has been paid by the pants store day stamp, which is specially used to pay the fee for the delivery of confidential mail in Hu Kai's sedan car.

The Speedpost postage has been paid, and the Sun Wang's day stamp indicates that the Speedpost mail tariff has been paid, and it has been used since 1980.

The new provisions of the General Post Office will gradually reduce the scope of use of postage paid date stamps from May 1, 1998, and strive to cancel the postage paid date stamps by the end of the year. Some post offices in Beijing have pioneered the use of postage machine stamps instead of postage paid datestamps. However, postage paid dates can still be seen today.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the postage paid date stamp was not uniform. From 1954 to 1995, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MOT) has prescribed five times the format of postage paid date stamps.

On December 8, 1954, it began to use a 30mm 30mm octagonal square, and the stamp surface was divided into three unequal compartments. The text column of the "Domestic Postage Paid" date stamp is above; The middle compartment is narrow, with dates and stamps, both indicated by Arabic numerals; The lower box is the name of the place.

Since 1962, the international postage has been used for the date stamp, which is equidistant three-square, the upper box is the French "taxepercue", the lower box is the Chinese pinyin place name, and the middle box is the date.

Since March 1977, the domestic postage paid date stamp has been changed to three equidistant spaces, the text is in isolinear font, and the stamp has been moved to the lower space.

On July 27, 1985, the postage paid date stamp was divided into domestic, Hong Kong and Macao, confidential communications, and international 4 kinds according to the need, the shape remained unchanged, and the narrow middle grid was restored, and the stamp layout moved the stamp number to the upper grid, except for the confidential communication class, the remaining 3 kinds were engraved with the postal code under the place name of the lower grid; However, Beijing does not use postal codes, and still uses bureau codes. Some post offices use a waist-framed non-standard postage paid date stamp, some use a three-compartment equidistant "domestic postage paid" date stamp, and some post offices use a combination of a "postage paid" date stamp and a postage machine stamp.

On October 1, 1989, Beijing and Guangzhou used the "Taiwan Postage Paid" date stamp, which was the same format as the "Domestic Postage Paid" date stamp. Since 1984, some post offices have used the "Speedpost Postage Paid" date stamp and the "Domestic Speedpost Postage Paid" date stamp.

On June 17, 1992, the various postage paid date stamps were changed to two, confidential communications were retained, and the four types of Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, Taiwan, and international were merged into the Chinese-French and French-based "Postage Paid T?".p"1 type of day stamp, the layout of the stamp surface remains unchanged, and it is required to be replaced before June 30, 1993.

On June 16, 1995, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications stipulated that there were still two types of postage paid date stamps, and that confidential communication stamps would be restored, and it was decided to cancel the stamping of the inner grid and postal code, and to restore the name of the post and telecommunications office, and the provincial capital city would not be crowned with the name of the province or region, and the year of the dial-wheel date stamp would be represented by 4 or 2 digits, and the month and day would be expressed in 2 digits.