Lot 505
Northern Rhodesia Postage Due cover

The Academic Collection | Part 5 | S25008
Auction: 21 May 2025 at 10:30 BST
£1,920
Description
1953 envelope from Kasama to Mkushi underpaid with 1½d QE II Coronation stamp, Kasama CDS of 16 JY. Marked ‘T 1d’. KG VI 1d green with typewritten ‘postage/ due/ 1d’ in red, tied by Mkushi CDS of 13 AUG. The Coronation stamp with a small foxed spot at top, otherwise very fine and a showpiece
Footnote
Following the July 1953 increase in postal rates, many post offices in the colony ran out of Postage Due stamps. Overprints on ordinary stamps were utilised at Mkushi and retrospectively approved by the authorities

