December 2011 Auction

 

Closing January 5, 2012

 
 

 

 

 

 

  Lot 19.    Haiti 2 centimes first issue postage dues on envelope from New York to Port au Prince, 30 June 1905. Letter has 2 cents US postage affixed and cancelled, 3 cents short of the correct postage. Nice strike of New York “T” and “centime 15”indicating shortage. Marked 6 (centimes due) in crayon and three 2 centimes Haitian dues affixed. Correct postal union treatment of short paid letters to Haiti are unusual.  
 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
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