US Meter Stamp, $0.50, 2018

United States · 2018 · $0.50

A modern US meter stamp for $0.50 postage, featuring the date NOV 02 2018, 'US POSTAGE', and a barcode, likely from a Pitney Bowes machine.

Meter stamps like this represent the widespread adoption of automated franking machines for commercial mail, streamlining postage application and accounting in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.