United States International Registration Labels

This web page, published by the Military Postal History Society, contains images of the single frame United States International Registration Labels. This exhibit was created by, and is the property of the late Al Kugel, and is being supplied by his heirs as a courtesy to the Military Postal History Society.

Introduction

This exhibit shows examples of the special exchange labels used by the U.S. Post Office Department on outgoing international registered mail (except for Canada) between 1883 and 1911. The idea was adopted by the U.P.U. at its 1882 convention in Paris, with a regulation stating that for international mail 'Registered articles must bear a label or impression of a stamp, showing...the capital letter R in Roman text.' Based on this, the Post Office Dept. ordered the printing of the special labels for designated offices authorized to exchange mail with foreign countries.

To view the text within these images, see: web page containing the text content of the exhibit frame.

Updated 7/17/2023