Luxembourg Postage Due Stamp, Unpaid Letter Stamp

Luxembourg · 1894 · 12 1/2 c

This is an early postage due stamp from Luxembourg, designed to indicate the amount of postage to be collected from the recipient of an underpaid letter. The design is purely functional, featuring the large numeral '12 1/2' in the center to clearly show the centimes owed. The text 'A PERCEVOIR' (To Collect) and 'LUXEMBOURG' frame the central value.

Issued in the late 19th century, this stamp reflects the formalization of postal systems, where collecting postage for mail with insufficient prepayment became a standard procedure.