GB Fabricated Postal Card

I came across this little item.

It is a cut out King Edward VII envelope embossing, applied to a postalcard. This is not uncommon, and I beleive it was perfectly legal (I have even seen some US items done this way).

What is fun about this is the busy look it resulted in after all the markings were applied.

Postmarked in Norwood. E. (London suburb) March 27, 1906
Received in Boston, MAss April 4, 1906
Then forwarded to New York (no receiving stamp there..)
NY applied a "Due 6 Cents" handstamp"

And someone along the line applied a T-15 L" handstamp (London ?)

ENjoy...

What a fun item!

The addressee, Gordon Ireland, was not only a lawyer, but also a stamp collector! Here's his bio from Harvard College (Class of 1901):

Was the postage due charged because of insufficient franking or because the cut-out was not accepted or because the card was forwarded?

Jenny2U: Possible. Cut-outs are not legal in the U.S.

6 cents was a lot for postage due in 1906 for a post card, so I wonder if a penalty was also charged.

I thought using cut out embossed stamps in this way was illegal in UK.

Terry

In the UK using unused cut-outs has been legal since 1st January 1905.

This was also legal from 1845 to 1870.

I believe only the current reign's cut-outs are still valid.

The use of cut-outs with no value indicated was ended in 2012.

Postage due marking T/15 applied in UK. The postcard seems to have been sent foreign letter rate due to being outside the regulations for postcards. T15 = 15 centimes (UPU currency) which equates to UK conversion to 1½ d and is a single deficiency postage due. On arrival in USA the 15 centimes was converted to local currency.