If the "stamp" is too thin for a postcard cutout, it could also be from a newspaper wrapper. In either event, nice example of an illegal use.


Images copied from the Internet. Not my stamps.
Half a penny to get printed matter to the USA in 1928. Pretty amazing.
Edit: I just noticed it's not the exact same design. Oh well, you get the idea. More details can be found in the Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog, or possibly a Gibbons or other specialized catalog that includes postal stationery.