Gold Coast Queen Victoria Postage Due

Gold Coast · 1898 · 1d

This postage due stamp features a central numeral '1' and the denomination 'ONE PENNY' within an ornate frame. The design is inscribed 'GOLD COAST' at the top and 'POSTAGE DUE' at the bottom, indicating its function to collect insufficient postage from the recipient.

Issued under British colonial rule, this was the first postage due stamp for the Gold Coast, a British Crown Colony in West Africa. Such stamps were a standard part of the postal system in the late Victorian era.