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What year did the Vatican Post Office issue the first Postage Due stamp?

   1929
   1930
   1931
   1932

Your answer was: 1931.
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Answer: The Vatican Post Office issued the first Postage Due stamps on October 1, 1931. The Postage Due stamps were printed using the 1929 Conciliation issue that were overprinted with the word "SEGNATASSE" ("Tax Marker") printed diagonally.

See also:
 • Anonymous, The First Issue Vatican Postage Dues, Vatican Notes, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1970, Page: 3-4



First Postage Due Stamps of 1931
J1-J6 (1931)

'Very Rare' J1-J6 First Day Cover