Topical Stamp Collecting
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Semi-postals are used to raise money for charity, in addition to pay postage. They normally are identifiable by the use of a plus sign (+) between the postal increment and the charity increment.

• Face value is the sum of the two amounts
• Earliest semi-postals used by New South Wales in 1897
• First U.S. semi-postal in 1998 to benefit Breast Cancer Research

Parcel post stamps first were issued by Belgium in 1879 for parcels carried on the railroad. U.S. parcel post stamps were issued in 1912 and discontinued in 1921.

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