Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postage Dues
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 694
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1902-04 Cover and cards comprising cover from a soldier in South Africa with two 1d lilacs cancelled "REGISTERED / ARMY POST OFFICE / BLOEMFONTEIN" hooded circle datestamps, endorsed "Compulsory Registration, Contains Coin, POC, 2d to Pay", a "Caution" label on reverse; 1914 picture postcard franked ½d, redirected six days after receipt, endorsed "Overdate for free redirection" and charged ½d; and 1904 cover franked ½d, charged 1d but refused. (3).
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 85.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 695
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1908 Cover from France to England with postage paid by a G.B 2½d International Reply Coupon (with 1907 issuing c.d.s of Canning Place B.O Liverpool), disallowed with a "T" handstamp of Hericourt and 5d charge mark of the London Inland Section, the reply coupon tied by a Birkenhead arrival c.d.s. A little light staining but an exceptionally unusual attempted postal use of a reply coupon just a year after their introduction by the U.P.U.
