U.S. Special Delivery was a postal service paid for with additional postage for urgent letters and postal packets which are delivered in less time than by standard or first class mail service. Its mea
Special Delivery badges
Special Delivery stamp on cover
First Special Delivery stamps (two types)
Special Delivery stamps 1
American Banknote Corporation, formerly known as the American Bank Note Company, is an American firm specializing in secure manufacturing. It provides secure manufacturing and related services for cli
U.S. Special Delivery (postal service)
…the lawful postage thereon ... shall be regarded as entitling such letter to immediate delivery." The first Special delivery stamp was printed by the American Bank Note Company and issued on October 1, 1885. It could not be used to prepay postage or any other service. The stamp bears the words "Secures immediate delivery at a…
Former headquarters, the American Bank Note Company Building at 70 Broad Street, Manhattan
Printing plant in the South Bronx
Benjamin Franklin Issue of 1861 from the first series of US Postage Stamps produced by the National Bank Note Co (later merged into the American Bank Note Co.
The $5 Columbian stamp (1893), from the last US postage stamp issue produced by the American Banknote Corporation until 1944.