Insured Labels
Preamble
The aim of this brief account of Postal Receipts, Acknowledgements and Lables is to enable collectors to understand and identify such of them as pass through the Post and become the property of receivers or are given to the customers as a part of postal transactions. I have selected only the commonly seen from and wherever possible given the departmental numbers assigned to them, which are sometimes printed on them.
Introduction
Receipt for the Sender of an Insured Letter / Aricle
Introduced in 1878. From October 1885, it formed part of the Insured Article Declaration From and from 1899, the receipt was issued from the Registered Journal.
From Numbers :
| Year |
Form No. |
Remarks |
| 1878 |
IV2(?) |
|
| 1881 |
31 |
|
| 1882 |
31 |
revised |
| 1882 |
31 |
further revised |
| 1883 |
R-24 |
|
| 1885 |
R&P-1 |
|
| 1899 |
R-1 |
revised |
Receipt for the Sender of an Insured Parcel
Introduced in 1878. From 1885, it formed part of the Insured Article Declaration From and from 1899, the receipt was issued from the Registered or Parcel Journal.
From Numbers :
| Year |
Form No. |
Remarks |
| 1878 |
II2(?) |
|
| 1881 |
40 |
|
| 1882 |
40 |
revised |
| 1882 |
40 |
further revised |
| 1883 |
P-45 |
|
| 1885 |
P-10/R&P-1 |
|
| 1899 |
R-1 |
revised |
Insured Label
The Insured Label was introduced in March 1886 for pasting on Insured Parcels for easy identification. It was printed in red ink on yellow paper. Its format was changed in 1888, and it became standard printed form No. 17 . In 1892, the form was renumbered P-20. In another revision in 1899, it was printed in red ink on white paper.
From Numbers:-
| Year |
Form No. |
Remarks |
| 1886 |
(?) |
|
| 1888 |
P-17 |
|
| 1892 |
P-20 |
|
| 1899 |
P-20 |
revised |
| 1911 |
P-20 |
further revised |
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