Lot 1520
GB 1951 Bury St Edmunds Postage Due cover front






Stamps & Covers of Great Britain | S25019
Auction: 16 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Postage Dues. 1951 front with 1d light blue, tied by Bow machine cancel (datestamp inverted), underpaying the new printed matter rate of 1½d. 1d Due marking alongside. A further 1d affixed at lower left with diagonal POSTAGE DUE handstamp, well tied by Bury St Edmunds CDS (a provisional handstamp created by the postmaster during a temporary lack of 1d Postage due stamps, cause by the increase in the rate). Light fold clear of important markings; RPS Certificate (2015), a Postage Due rarity






