1922 Australia Masons Postal Card - Postage Due To St Louis Missouri

I saw a 1922 postcard from the UK indicating a 1/2 d (British) due receiving an Australian numeral 1/2d due. That would coincide with parity for the British and Australian penny as Bobby De La Rue is pretty sure it was the case.

Up to 1930, 10 gold centimes equaled 1d (British), thus would also be 1d Australian. (See the Morocco Agencies overprints on GB stamps for the same conversion 1d = 10c.)

Then 30 c would be 3 d, of which half was the deficiency, i.e., 1.5 d.

I then make it 1.5d postage paid + 1.5d deficiency ==> 3d postage rate?

But that is the quant speaking. I have no knowledge of Australian philately.

I just did a bit of research on the subject of the value of Australian currency as compared to the British pound.

My hunch was correct, but this makes interesting reading nonetheless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_pound

Followed by:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_area

Hi Bobby,

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(80 pages)

Take an ambulate through that discipline

Thanks Rod, another excellent website!

This card, posted in February, 1922, was short paid ½d against the 2d required for postcards (ref "The Australian Philatelist", Vol1, No 2, table on page 8).

The double-deficiency of 1d would equal 10 gold centimes at this time.

Periodically, UPU Conventions would change the way deficient mail was treated country-to-country. The Madrid Convention of November, 1920 set new minimum charges for deficient mail. The minimum charge for a deficient item was 6c in the US, hence the T/30 framed hexagonal marking applied in Perth. "U.S. International Postal Rates: 1872 - 1996", Wawrukiewicz & Beecher, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1996, pp255.

Seattle was the point of arrival in the US so the US confirmation of the marking made in Perth is the two-line purple "Postage Due 6c / Seattle Wash." 30 gold centimes converted to US currency at 5 gold centimes = 1 US cent.

The collection of the amount required is shown with the three 2c postage due adhesives, used as a receipt for payment in St Louis.

Great card.

64 idgaf says:

"The Madrid Convention of November, 1920 set new minimum charges for deficient mail. The minimum charge for a deficient item was 6c in the US";

and...

"Seattle was the point of arrival in the US so the US confirmation of the marking made in Perth is the two-line purple "Postage Due 6c / Seattle Wash." 30 gold centimes converted to US currency at 5 gold centimes = 1 US cent."

That is the answer to this riddle. And, it explains why I could not get the Aus/USA/centimes relationship to work in accordance with exchange rates at the time.

With that explanation the card would be a valuable addition to any Australian or USA collection.

I've enjoyed this thread immensely. Thanks again Linus, for putting the card up.

Preceding and during the use of the slogan, the Australian post office also used:
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The admonition read: "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTERS" / Will you kindly return this / envelope to your correspondent / and advise him that Postage on / Letters to your country is 3d. / per oz : 2d each additional oz. / Postal Dept. / Commonwealth of Australia"

Nice slogan!

Best wishes,
Andrew

Handsome cover

Here is an extensive work on the unusual Postage due strikes.
"The Letter T"