taxe due
basically, this is the universal symbol for postage due, used throughout all UPU signatory countries to indicate money that needs to be paid for a short-paid mailing
Often there will be a written fraction
to show the receiving nation what percentage
of their current charge they should charge,
since they usually would have diverse
monetary systems.
However in this case, the sending postal
official used a neat hand stamp to show the charge
to be collected.
What I wonder about is that the SA official did
the conversion from SA cents
(100 cents to a Kruger Rand) tp UK pence
(240d to the pound) since the cover was mailed
in '67, six years after SA made its currency change.
Perhaps so many South Africans made the mistake
of using a stamp intended for domestic mail that
they utilised what I believe was a rubber
hand stamp left over from the pre-independence days. (1961)
That is if my vision is good today.
"100 cents to a Kruger Rand"
This "MORE / TO PAY / INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" mark is a standard British mark of the period.
Thanks for adding that Clive, of course as an ounce
of pure gold the Kruger Rand is today unimaginably
valuable.
1 KR is over $1500.00 (US) unless the stock market
tumbles again this week as fears of a recession
prance along the financial horizon.
And the poor SA Rand is running around seven to the
US dollar
Hi,
I just wonder what the big T in a circle stands for.
re: South African letter underpaid
taxe due
basically, this is the universal symbol for postage due, used throughout all UPU signatory countries to indicate money that needs to be paid for a short-paid mailing
re: South African letter underpaid
Often there will be a written fraction
to show the receiving nation what percentage
of their current charge they should charge,
since they usually would have diverse
monetary systems.
However in this case, the sending postal
official used a neat hand stamp to show the charge
to be collected.
What I wonder about is that the SA official did
the conversion from SA cents
(100 cents to a Kruger Rand) tp UK pence
(240d to the pound) since the cover was mailed
in '67, six years after SA made its currency change.
Perhaps so many South Africans made the mistake
of using a stamp intended for domestic mail that
they utilised what I believe was a rubber
hand stamp left over from the pre-independence days. (1961)
That is if my vision is good today.
re: South African letter underpaid
"100 cents to a Kruger Rand"
re: South African letter underpaid
This "MORE / TO PAY / INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" mark is a standard British mark of the period.
re: South African letter underpaid
Thanks for adding that Clive, of course as an ounce
of pure gold the Kruger Rand is today unimaginably
valuable.
1 KR is over $1500.00 (US) unless the stock market
tumbles again this week as fears of a recession
prance along the financial horizon.
And the poor SA Rand is running around seven to the
US dollar