Postage Rates

David · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: Postage Rates

Dear All

As stated elsewhere, there is a complete listing of postage rates 1907-57 in the book (pre-1907 is easy).

If anyone has a commercial cover where the rate is proving difficult, please send me a copy or a scan and I will try to solve the problem. This is proving to be a valuable check of my data.

David

boitemobile · Key contributor Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 70

Little help please. I have a plain env addressed to UK with unoverprinted GB 3x 1.½d GvR & 2x 1d tied by SHIP LETTER/ TANGIER straight line cancel and a ½d GvR ovpt TANGIER and 6d GvR ovpt MOROCCO AGENCIES. These MA stamps are cancelled by the BPO TANGIER cds 9 OC 34 not the Ship letter mark. There is also a black cachet AIR MAIL. It was flown as confirmed by the Paris Avion machine cancel backstamp. I have not seen a mixed franking of this type before. My questions are:-
1. Was the Air Mail rate at the time 1/ 3d
2. Is it coincidence that the GB stamps were cancelled by the ship mark and the MA stamps by the cds
3. and/or Were the MA stamps added by the poster (i.e. possibly philatelicly inspired) or were they added by the BPO to make up the rate.

Thanking you in advance.

BM

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David · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: Your Query

Thank you for your interesting query.

"...to UK with unoverprinted GB 3x 1.½d GvR & 2x 1d tied by SHIP LETTER/ TANGIER straight line cancel and a ½d GvR ovpt TANGIER and 6d GvR ovpt MOROCCO AGENCIES. These MA stamps are cancelled by the BPO TANGIER cds 9 OC 34 not the Ship letter mark. There is also a black cachet AIR MAIL. It was flown as confirmed by the Paris Avion machine cancel backstamp."

The cover clearly went by airmail to the UK and the rate in 1934 was 6 1/2d per half oz. This odd rate came about because previously the surface rate was 2 1/2d and the airmail surcharge 4d.

Your cover therefore carries the 2 x 6 1/2d rate for up to an oz.

However, unoverprinted stamps were not issued by the Tangier PO in 1934, this only began in 1937. There is therefore something "odd" about this cover which may be no more than the sender having some spare GB stamps in his pocket. Although not issued in Tangier they were accepted for postage there.

The Tangier Ship Letter mark shows that the item was posted on board a vessel going to Tangier, probably from Gibraltar. I think it was coincidence that this mark only went on the unoverprinted stamps. Usually it was struck away from the franking anyway. I think all the stamps were put on by the sender, if it were underpaid the Tangier PO would have used the Insufficiently Prepaid for Airmail mark and sent it surface mail.

Could you send me a scan of the item?

David

I have not seen a mixed franking of this type before. My questions are:-
1. Was the Air Mail rate at the time 1/ 3d
2. Is it coincidence that the GB stamps were cancelled by the ship mark and the MA stamps by the cds
3. and/or Were the MA stamps added by the poster (i.e. possibly philatelicly inspired) or were they added by the BPO to make up the rate.

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