December 2011 Society Auction

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.