Postage Due

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GB 1½d SILVER JUBILEE UNDERFRANKED TO GERMANY 1935

1½d KGV Silver Jubilee (SG 455) on plain envelope from Sunderland to Koblenz 12 July 1935, underfranked; with signed 'T20' postage due handstamp & crayon '20' in blue; handstamped 'Nachgebuhr' (not fully paid) (2 different types) & MS 'Post lagernd' ('put aside' or 'keep' ?)

Reference: 455
BULGARIA MULTI-FRANKING WITH USE OF POSTAGE DUES 1924

Registered envelope franked with 6 pictorials (4 x 75, 2 x 50 stotinki) with the addition of 4 postage dues which were authorised for use as postage stamps from November 1923 (2 x 1 lev, 2 x 3 lev) from Sophia to Chemnitz 12 August 1924; 6 wax seals on the reverse & Chemnitz arrival cds 16 August 1924; very scarce & a spectacular franking of the period

Reference: 412
JUGOSLAVIA

Pair 1.50d King's Head issue cancelled bi-lingual d/r cds Zagreb 10 January 1934, 16 gr Austrian postage due applied at Kirchburg 12 January 1934; readdressed to Vienna and 15 gr postage due applied & cancelled at Vienna 15 January 1934; backstamped Kirchberg am Wechsel 13 January 1934: a nice double postage due combination

Reference: 395
ENVELOPE FRONT FROM QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA TO USA WITH POSTAGE DUE

Front only of an envelope franked with Australia 1d & 2d (SG 26a & 47) cancelled Gladstone, Queensland 17 February 1921; handstamped 'US Charge to Collect 12 Cents' & 'Ctms T'; with block of 6 US Postage Due stamps cancelled with oval undated cachet Watertown, Wisc

Reference: 383
NIGERIA KGV1 1d RATE TO CHICAGO 1919 POSTAGE DUE

Nigeria 1d KGV scarlet (SG 2a) cancelled Lagos d/r cds 12 September 1919, underpaid & with T in circle charge mark; s/r cds 'New York City NY City Hall Station' 17 November 1919 & 'Due 6 cents' in circle; addressee's arrival cachet 20 November 1919

Reference: 355
USA AIRMAIL TO ENGLAND WITH GB POSTAGE DUES 1974

Envelope franked with 3 x 8c Eisenhower portrait, cancelled Bronx NY 104 12 Feb 1974, underfranked, with US Tax handstamp T 36/15, and British 'Insufficiently Prepaid 13p to Pay' handstamp; British Postage Due stamps 2 x 5p + 3 x 1p cancelled Heanor Derbyshire 16 February 1974

Reference: 335
NATAL BUSINESS ENVELOPE FROM THE BOER WAR ERA

A pair of Natal 1d carmine on a long business envelope, 8 September 1900 to Portuguese Lourenço Marques, with Portuguese T5c charge mark; b/s Durban 8 September & Lourenço Marques 13 September 1900; unusual item for the period

Reference: 329
ITALY

30c portrait issue on postcard of Pisa (painting) cancelled Pisa 3 September 1924, underfranked & handstamped T.30, 30c Postage Due applied and cancelled Roma Ferrovia Sportello(?); Roma Centro arrival d/s

Reference: 281
ENVELOPE

Denmark 40ø Galleon design on envelope Copenhagen to California 12 May 1941, opened & sealed by the German censor with large swastika 'Geöffnet' cachet; US handstamp 'charge to collect 6 cents' with 5c + 1c US Postage due stamps; to a Coastguard cutter "Dapnne"; a nice combination

Reference: 277
USA ENVELOPE TO PARIS WITH FRENCH POSTAGE DUE 1901

US 2c PS envelope with added 1c & 2c, underfranked, with small US charge mark 'T2 25 Centimes NY'; French 50c (pre-cancelled) postage due stamp applied in Paris

Reference: 265
SWITZERLAND LEAGUE OF NATIONS ISSUES ON FRAGMENT OF LARGE ENVELOPE 1928 (?)

Part of a large envelope headed 'Société des Nations - League of Nations', with 5 Swiss League of Nations issues 2c, 30c, 60c, 2 x 1fr.20 (SG 1, 16, 21,26) cancelled Geneva League of Nations, to Breslau, registered printed paper rate; blue crayon 40 suggests a German Postage Due charge, but may be thus endorsed for another reason. A colourful and rare useage

Reference: 230
GB/SWITZERLAND MUCH TRAVELLED COVER WITH SWISS POSTAGE DUE 1924

GB KGV 1½d on envelope to Acton, redirected to Italy & Switzerland, with British charge mark 1d FB (foreign branch); various forwarding handstamps, Swiss blue crayon 20 and 20c Swiss Postage Due. A 'busy' cover probably returned to sender

Reference: 219
USA TO GB WITH POSTAGE DUE MARKINGS OF BOTH COUNTRIES

plain postcard with written message, from Elizabeth New Jersey to Coxhoe, Durham, franked with 4 x 1/2 cent Nathan Hale issue cancelled with machine roller datestamp 15 October 1925(?). US 'T 'in circle & '10 centimes' tax marks in violet, and British handstamp 'Insufficiently Paid 723' & '1d To Pay 723' struck at Southampton,scarce combination

Reference: 157
MONACO: 1970 PICTURE POSTCARD WITH FRENCH POSTAGE DUE STAMPS.

1970 picture postcard posted with a MENTON postmark dated 26.2.1970 not cancelling the stamp as it was not valid and the postage due stamps are cancelled by a poor ROUBAIX postmark dated 28.2.1970.

Reference: 240H
REUNION C.F.A. POSTAGE DUE ISSUES ON SOUVENIR ENVELOPE

Plain envelope franked with 8 of the 9 values (lacks the lowest value) of the CFA Postage Due issue 1949-53, 50c to 50 fr, all neatly cancelled Saint-Denis, Reunion 17 March 1955.

Reference: 143
FRANCE: 1963 UNDERPAID AIRMAIL COVER TO MALAYA.

1963 airmail cover to Kuala Lumpur with a MARSEILLE shipping line meter mark dated 17.12.63. On the reverse there is a SG D17a and SG D21a Malayan Postal Union postage due stamps cancelled by a poor KUALA LUMPUR postmark dated 23.DEC.1963. Roughly opened!

Reference: 184H
Italy & Austria

1857 entire letter from Bologna to Genova with a weak BOLOGNA postmark, & with the Sardinian transit cachet D.A.a.L 'Debito Austriaco Austriache Lire' (due to Austria in Austrian lira); various manuscript rate marks. On reverse a light boxed ARRIVO GENOVA postmark 26.APR.1857 in red. Fine and scarce thus

Reference: 182H
SWITZERLAND - UNITED NATIONS: 1957 COVER REDIRECTED TO FRANCE WITH FRENCH POSTAGE DUES.

1957 European Office of the United Nations cover sent within Geneva and redirected to St.Maur-des-Fosses. The UN stamp is cancelled by a partial GENEVE NATIONS UNIES postmark dated 27.IX.57 and there is a GENEVE DISTR. LETTRES postmark dated 28.IX.57 and a "T" mark. The French postage dues are cancelled by unclear postmarks.

Reference: 110H
ALGERIA: 1938 UNDERPAID AIRMAIL COVER TO SWITZERLAND.

1938 airmail cover to Geneva with stamps cancelled by partial PHILIPPEVILLE CONSTANTINE postmarks dated 21.2.38 and a "T" mark.

Reference: 052H
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