This postcard was postmarked in the United States. It should have only cost 35 cents to mail and the sender placed a Global Forever stamp with a value of $1.20 on it. Why was it marked postage due? Is there a prohibition on using Global Forever stamps for domestic mail?
??? It's explained in the article. The postcard was mailed from Turkey but had no Turkish stamps, or apparently any stamps. The PO added the Global stamp, which is unusual, and why this item was written up.
Although can't be sure, as it is a Turkish postcard and is addressed to "United States of America" (unnecessary if domestic mail), I think there are a couple of possibilities:
-It was put in the mail in Turkey with U.S. stamp to try to pay the postage. Not allowed and marked postage due.
-It arrived without a stamp and the round stamp was added by the recipient and cancelled in the U.S. to pay the postage due.
There probably are other possible explanations. C.
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Posted 08/24/2020 4:57 pm
