We all know what postage due means but what on earth is the purpose of this 'POSTAGE IN EXCESS' cachet?
I don't know what the airmail postal rate was in June 1991, so I have no idea what the franking should have been. But what difference does it make?
Assuming the HKPO applied the handstamp, was it to inform the recipient that the sender was paying too much and thus the sender should be informed about the overpayment, for future reference?
It seems a bit bizarre to me. Has anyone seen a marking like this?
"... Could it be to alert the English post office that the computation of any applicable transfer payment owed from Hong Kong must exclude the overage? (Or to alert the HKPO not to pay too much to England) ..."
But was this computation done piece-by-piece?
It is postmarked 1991, not 1891, and I would think that the HK=UK traffic would have been reconciled by the pound (or ton), not by the piece ... but I never worked in a foreign mail receiving station.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: What's the opposite of 'postage due' ?
How about "Refund due" or "Refund contained within" as the opposite of "Postage Due?"
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