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VERY RARE P.O. "CHARGED FOR ERROR" COVER CLAIMING UNDER-CHARGED POSTAGE ON LETTER TO JAMAICA; Exceptional 23 Dec. 1833 EL from "F. FREELING" at the "GENERAL POST OFFICE" (London) with specially printed heading "Charged for Error" and partly printed address:- "The Postmaster of [Sleaford]" demanding the "1/4" underpayment for a recent letter sent from Sleaford to "Mr. John Hare, Port au Prince, St. Domingo or Kingston Jamaica"; endorsed by the Postmaster on the back as to his having paid the 1s-4d resulting from him charging only 11d instead of the correct 2s-3d rate! [See Rex Clark's Rates for Reform, pp.242-243.] Believed to be the only recorded example of this pre-1840 internal PO system for reclaiming underpayments from the Postmasters themselves. [Ex Rex Clark; Cavendish June 2015, lot 342; realised £350+BP.] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.572.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, LINCOLNSHIRE, JAMAICA, HAITI
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