the illustrated <#margin> on the top of some modern <#commem=commemorative>  <#pane=panes>.  It has no postal value.  Example: 1996 Summer Olympics, <#scott=Scott> 3068.

<#poststamp=postage stamp> intended for routine postal use, issued for an indefinite period of time in indefinite quantities.  Also called <#ordinary=ordinary> stamps.

service for a fee that provides the sender with the date and time of delivery of a piece of mail.

a <#stamp> or <#stampenv=stamped envelope> that is no longer valid for postage.  Those issued prior to the Civil War have been demonetized.  Most pre-1979 <#postalcard=postal cards> have been effectively demonetized because they do not meet current minimum size requirements.  Likewise <#sd=Special Delivery stamps> and <#newspaper=Newspaper and Periodical stamps> have been effectively demonetized.

<#postalcard=postal cards> printed by <#vendmach=vending machines> in selected locations during the early 1990s.  <#scott=Scott> CVUX.