Does Anyone Know What This 3 Cent Stamp Is From 1909 ?

I can't find any info about a 1909 Perf 10 three cent stamp.

No 3 cent coil of that design was available in 1909, not to mention that the postcard rate to Europe was 2 cents at that time.
Thus stamp is a replacement and could not have originated on a card in 1909, despite the fairly good job at finding a wavy line machine cancel.

Mr.Becker how come every so often when I'm stamp hunting on postcards I run across 1 cent and 3 cent stamps on cards that go to Europe ? I understand the 3 cent overpaid ones but did the post-office just look the other way on the 1 cent ones ? I'm not asking to be funny or anything I really don't know,here's another postcard,it has a 1 cent stamp on it going to France with no Postage Due stamp once in France.

Don,

That isn't helpful. Its all about a 1909 postmark on a 3 cent stamp that wasn't issued until 1914 (and after). There were four such stamps issued between 1914 and 1918.

Jack Kelley

The card to France appears underpaid at first, unless the clerk (who would have known foreign rates) was generous in rating this as printed matter and without any real message of substance. The US did not mark it due, so France accepted it as fully paid.

Hi,I know to 1909 3 cent is added on later(faked,my original question is done and answered,I was wondering why some postcards have 1 cent stamps on them to Europe but no postage-due on them,I didn't know the U.S would send them along under posted,that question is answered too now.I learned something today yay.