Lot 270
GB 1951 Bury St Edmunds Postage Due cover




The Academic Collection | Part 2 | 5963
Auction: 29 February 2024 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £900 - £1,200
Description
Postage Dues. 1951 cover with 1d light blue, tied by Colchester machine cancel of 6 June, underpaying the new printed matter rate of 1½d. 1d Due marking at left. A further 1d affixed at lower right tied to the envelope by POSTAGE DUE handstamp (a provisional handstamp created by the postmaster during a temporary lack of 1d Postage Due stamps, cause by the increase in the rate), also tied by Bury St Edmunds CDS. A rare cover; BPA Certificate (1953)
Footnote
This cover clearly demonstrates that some of the provisionals were handstamped after being affixed to envelopes




