This stamp was used as 'postage due'. A lot of the European countries followed this practice. The "T" overprints are not found in the Scott's Catalogues. In most (if not all) cases, this overprint was hand-stamped on the current definitive stamp of the time.
Switzerland and Belgium are two countries that have used the "T" extensively. The "T" stands for the French word "Taxe" and was an approved abbreviation by the UPU back in the days.
The passing down of knowledge, sadly Mr. Carrigan is no longer with us, but his vast knowledge lives on................. One of the great Philatelists.
A picture taken from the 2001 Belgium Catalogue OBP.
text in the catalogue: A number of Post Offices that run out of Postage due stamps. They used stamps from the 1915 issue which were "cancelled" with a large T.
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