Three Imperforate Proofs have been recorded

1. An Imperforate Master Die of the frame
Endorsed in manuscript ‘Apl 24th 60 + 6’

2. An Imperforate combined proof of the 1d
Stuck onto a large piece of squared paper
Typed at the top 16th May, 1929
Northern Rhodesia Reqn. 635
APPENDIX and in manuscript
‘Appd for Colour’ initialled & dated 16/5/29
With a second set of initials plus the same date

The above item is in the British Library

3. An identical Proof on a smaller piece without
The type written heading, but with the same
Manuscript endorsements

Item 3 is displayed on the right

Ex Angola UPU Collection
2d Specimen with
additional ‘Especimen’
security handstamp in green

Probably Unique

Envelope from Havana in Cuba

Posted HABANA CUBA MAR 24 1945
Opened & sealed by Censor

Taxed 2d & paid with a marginal 1d pair

Note the much lighter grey-black shade

Cancelled KITWE 16 VII 45

During November 1937 a new record was set by Flying Officer A.E. Clouston and Mrs. Betty Kirby - Green flying a De Havilland Comet named The Burberry from Croydon to Cape Town and back. The 14,690 mile journey was achieved in 4 days 6 hours and 25 minutes with a Flying time of 77 hours 49 minutes at an average speed of 189 m.p.h.

During the short stop at Broken Hill Mr. Clouston was requested to carry a number of envelopes on the remaining flight to Cape Town and to post them on arrival.

Apparently Mrs. Kirby-Green was not in favour of this, as they were already under contract to an English philatelic firm to only carry a limited number of flight covers. Clouston had no such reservations and jokingly suggested that if Scott paid for their breakfast he would take the covers, this was agreed and considered A Bargain

Dubber & Scott had prepaid their envelopes with N.R. stamps for their return, these were
disallowed in Cape Town hence the 3d ‘Postage Due’ Clouston’s writing has been restored to the cover
A Rare & delightful Airmail Item

A Typical
Schreiber Creation
NDOLA 1950

Mr Schreiber created Postage Due covers
for many
Commonwealth Countries and
Applied his own Tax markings
at a later date

Many of his envelopes originate
from unusual places

Envelope Airmailed with 6d postage on 23 FEB 1951 from STAINES in England
Underpaid 6d and taxed 1/- in manuscript - CHINGOLA 27 II 51 arrival backstamp
3d x 4 Postage dues cancelled on collection from a P.O. Box dated CHINGOLA 2 III 51

A Somewhat Controversial Cover

This cover, ex Kelly, featured in a Christie's March 1992 sale in Lot 3330 and was described as a bisect.
In 2009 it was subject to a debate between Alan Drysdall and myself during the preparation of Memoir 12 on
Northern Rhodesia Surcharged Mail, the 1/8 Tax marking suggests that the damaged 4d is not a bisect.

This cover reappeared in a February 2012 as Lot 1754 in Victoria Stamp Co Sale in the USA and was again described as an item with a
4d bisect and sometime later the buyer sought my opinion and I stated
My conclusion is that it is effectively not a bona fide 4d bisect, if it was I would've bought it!

The story does not end there as an article appeared in a September 2012 RSCJ No 244/149 and it was concluded that it was indeed a
Contrived Cover. Purely by chance the item was offered to me and I bought it on its merits, only then did I give the matter further thought.
In an effort to condemn the item, too much emphasis has been placed on what it is not and no one appears to appreciate what it is!

The actual envelope has every Hallmark that it is Commercial Mail and the 1s/8d Surcharge is in my opinion authentic, thus it is of little consequence that one of the 4d dues has been cut in half, five 4d dues make up 1/8. It is therefore an extremely rare multiple use of the
4d Postage Due and for the period it is the highest charge I have encountered

Posted 6d underpaid from CROYDEN AERODROME 9 JU 36 to Nkana - Taxed 1/- in manuscript - Broken Hill 16 June transit &
Nkana 17th arrival backstamps. The surcharge receipted using a combination of all four Postage Due values
Cancelled NKANA 18 JUN 36 - A truly amazing cover ex Clapham

Bisects - The 2d postage due is known bisected horizontally or vertically
Sometimes cut with scissors or simply torn by hand and used to receipt payments of 1d
Used at a number of Copperbelt Post Offices between 1937 and 1950 and those recorded are

Nkana 8.11.37 - 3.6.38 plus October 1939 - Thirteen covers
Kitwe 11.3.44 - The only known bisected 1d on cover
Luanshya October 1939 - One only recorded
Ndola - 4.1950, 11.5.50 & 12.5.50 - Three covers
Chingola 4.5.50 - 10.5.50 - Eight covers

1950 Used at Ndola posted from Johannesburg

Sent from Johannesburg 8 V 50 cancelled
with a machine slogan
DON’T WASTE PETROL

Circular ‘T1D’ Tax handstamp
Receipted with the upper half of a 2d Due
torn in half by hand

Cancelled
NDOLA 12 V 50
One of three known covers

From Johannesburg to Chingola

Underpaid by ½d and taxed 1d
Envelope with a circular ‘T1D’ Tax mark and
endorsed 184/5 in pencil

This endorsements suggest the number of
unpaid items received during May and
more than likely applied
on arrival as much of the mail went to a P.O. Box

The Postage Due only applied & cancelled
upon collection of the item

Receipted with the left half of a 2d Due
cancelled CHINGOLA 5 V 50

The three above Covers demonstrate different portions used of a 2d Postage Due
Upper half, Lower half and bisected vertically

Issued on 22 January 1952 their Pre-Federation use is Extremely Rare

The number of 1d & 3d Dues sent to the Colony is 627,120 and 136,320 respectively
For the chalkies this only included 1d x 16,700 plus 19,220 x 3d
That represents a mere 2.7% (1d) & 14% (3d) of the totals dispatched

Commercial use of Chalky Paper Postage Dues - The Rarity of these covers is often not appreciated

Postcard from South Africa taxed with a marginal pair of 1d - Cancelled KITWE 11 OC 53

Envelope from NAMITETE in Nyasaland Taxed with a chalky 3d due - Cancelled FORT JAMESON 1 IX 53

Posted Under Paid on a Train

Cancelled at
BULAWAYO STATION
19 JUL 54

Addressed to an African at Mkushi
Endorsed c/o Chief Chiwefwe

With a boxed cachet
POSTED ON TRAIN
WITHOUT SPECIAL FEE
Untaxed

Underpaid to the Belgian Congo
Using an Advertising envelope
Posted with a NDOLA 8 APR 32
Machine cancel

½d Underpaid
Taxed & paid with
Belgian Congo 50c x 2 dues plus a
20c definitive

Cancelled
ELISABETHVILLE
22.4.32

Recorded Usage is from 4 July to 10 September 1953

Twenty one covers, one Front and one used loose stamp are known - I have illustrations of them all
Covers are either addressed to Africans, 13 out of 22 and the nine remaining envelopes are basically all to Beck, either as H.R. Beck or the District Commissioner - This subject has been studied by me quite thoroughly
I initially wrote an article in The Rhodesian Philatelist No 5 in August 1994 and eventually published a book in 2005

H.R. Beck retained four of the covers and they are essentially the most desirable, after his death, his collection went to his eldest son and
I eventually acquired that collection which I incorporated into my Postage Due holding.

Three types of Mkushi dues are known, typed on a KGVI 1d green definitive, either in upper case (Thirteen covers in total) or
in lower case (Four covers in total) and it was also overprinted on the QEII 1953 1d Rhodes Centenary Commemorative (Five covers in total)

This Postage Due collection includes two of each time of overprint and in each case, one is addressed to Beck and the other to an African

Many Collectors own Northern Rhodesian Postage due covers,
but very few include a Mkushi Postage Due Cover

Last Recorded date for the
Overprinted 1d Rhodes

Cancelled MKUSHI 19 AUG 53
Cover No 15 out of 22
Ex Beck

Envelope is said to have contained an
invitation to a Wedding

Illustrated two out of five covers with a
1d Rhodes Mkushi Postage Due

KGVI 1d Upper Case lettering

Cancelled MKUSHI 25 AUG 53
Cover No 17 out of 22
Ex Beck

Four covers with this version have vertical pairs
Of KGVI 1d Dues

The latest date of this version is
No 22 out of 22
10 SEP 53

KGVI 1d Lower Case lettering

Another vertical pair with Upper & lower case lettering

Cancelled MKUSHI 5 SEP 53
Cover No 21 out of 22
Ex Beck

Envelope is said to have contained a
quote for a Land Rover

This is the latest date of this version is

Inland Letter, Redirected Overseas

The rule was that only the difference in postage needed
to be collected - thus there was no double deficiency fine

Posted Princeton 6 JUN 1929 to a local address at the
2 cent inland rate - Redirected to Northern Rhodesia
The overseas rate being 5 cents which required the
difference of 3 cents

Taxed in the USA and Africa 3 cents (1½d)
Backstamped Broken Hill 13 JUL 1929 arrival

Unclaimed-Return to Sender
Dispatched Broken Hill 2 AUG 29
No dues applied but the sender would be liable for the
outstanding 3 cents postage

Postage stamps were on occasions used as Postage Dues
Throughout the existence of Northern Rhodesia

The Kelly Collection included covers bearing KG V 1d and 2d stamps used as dues
Between 1932 and 1938 three covers bearing KG VI 1d stamps serving the same purpose

To date there is recorded KG V 1d stamps used at Lusaka in November 1932
Ndola in January 1933 & 1938
Nkana in January and February 1938

KG VI 1d brown used at Ndola in June 1940 and Kitwe January 1949 (Illustrated below)
1½d carmine used at Lusaka in September 1939, 2d carmine used at Chingola in May 1950
The highest value seen is a 3d ultramarine used in Kitwe in March 1949 (Illustrated below)

Usage of later issues is rare and includes a 1953 QE II 2d (January 1954) plus a 1963 1d both used at Kitwe

It has not been possible to establish if the use of definitives as Postage dues
Signifies a depletion of the Postage Due stock or whether a definitive was simply the first to hand

KGVI 1d used as a Postage Due

1949 Postcard from Cape Town to Nkana

Underpaid card with circular ‘T1D’ tax mark
Double deficiency paid with KGVI 1d

Cancelled
KITWE 21 I 49

Local Kabompo Cover
Franked with three 1d Revenues

Tried as unpaid, initially taxed 3d
Double deficiency being 6d.

Marginal copies of the 1963 1d, 2d and 3d dues used at KABOMPO
6 MAY 1964

The 1963 Postage dues on cover are
Regarded as Major Rarities