Algeria Postage Due Stamp, Red-Brown

Algeria · 1926 · 1f

This is a postage due stamp, designed to indicate the amount of postage that was underpaid by the sender and needed to be collected from the recipient. The design is purely functional, featuring the large numeral '1' for the denomination of 1 franc, surrounded by ornate scrollwork. The inscriptions 'CHIFFRE-TAXE' (postage due) and 'POSTES ALGERIE' clearly state its purpose and origin.

Issued in 1926 under French colonial administration, this stamp was part of Algeria's first set of postage due stamps, reflecting the formalization of its postal system.