ISBN 978-1-913015-34-3

Part 1

This covers the postage due stamps (sometimes known as postage due labels) and their usage to receipt payment of the charges paid by the recipient of unpaid or underpaid mail. A fair amount has been written about some specific issues of these postage due stamps, especially some of the colonial issues. This work attempts to cover all the colonial and the first several issues made by the newly independent former colonies. This book traces the parallel evolution of the postage due issues of the three territories, their coming together as the ill fated Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the inevitable break up of the Federation after only ten years. Nyasaland became the Republic of Malawi shortly after the break up of the Federation, with Northern Rhodesia following relatively soon afterwards as the Republic of Zambia. However, Southern Rhodesia soon became Rhodesia, and when no agreement could be reached with the British Government on the terms of independence, Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence from Britain. After a protracted period of sanctions and armed conflict with guerilla organisations seeking independence, this was finally achieved in 1980, some 16 years after the break up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Part 2

This offers a preliminary overview of postage stamps used to receipt charges (other than those paid for postage of letters and postcards paid by the public, about which much has been written). Part 2 also includes postage stamps used to receipt charges internally within the post office. The philatelic literature has almost nothing written about the usage of postage stamps for these purposes. Examples of some of these lesser trodden paths of Rhodesia and Nyasaland philately are shown, but in most cases all that has been achieved in this work is to simply draw attention to the existence of such usage of postage stamps. Hopefully this might stimulate sufficient interest amongst the collecting community to discover more about these usages.

Brian Trotter, RDP, RDPSA Hon. FRPSL

Brian has been awarded large gold medals at international exhibitions, and is an accredited national and international philatelic juror. He has written numerous articles and four previous major philatelic books. He has been, amongst other things, the President of the Royal Philatelic Society London, and Chairman of the London 2010 International Philatelic Exhibition.

Patrick Flanagan, RDPSA, FRPSL

Patrick has exhibited most aspects of the Rhodesias over 30 years, and been awarded international large gold medals. He is the Chairman and a Life Vice President of the Rhodesia Study Circle and is a Director of the Philatelic Foundation of South Africa. He is a Nationally and Internationally accredited judge, and has written a number of articles on Rhodesian philately

Keith Harrop FRPSL

Keith has many interest’s in the Rhodesia’s, especially aviation and military. A collector for over sixty years. He is a Life Vice President of the Rhodesian Study Circle and co-author of a number of their Memoirs as well as assisting in others. He is also a regular speaker at the Rhodesian Study Circle meetings.

Contents
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Mails
Colonial Rule to Beyond Majority Rule
Illustrations 
Abbreviations
Denominations and Values
Acknowledgements 
Introduction to Postal Charges Part 1
Chapter 1
The Territories and the Book
1.1 Territorial Background
1.2 The Book 
Chapter 2
The UPU and the Postage Due Narrative
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Development of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)
2.3 The UPU Postage Due Systems 
2.4 Selected UPU Regulations
2.5 The Federal Postal Authorities 
2.6 The Collection of Postage Due Charges 
2.7 The Postage Due Markings of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
2.7.1 Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Markings 
2.7.2 The Circular “To Pay” Handstamps of Southern Rhodesia
2.7.3 Usage of the Circular “To Pay” Handstamps
2.7.4 The Double Circle Fractional Postage Due Handstamps 
2.7.5 The Single Circle Fractional Postage Due Handstamps
2.7.6 Other Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Postage Due Handstamps 
2.8 The Postage Due Markings of Northern Rhodesia and Zambia
2.09 The Postage Due Markings of Nyasaland and Malawi
Chapter 3
Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Mail
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Mails Until 1951
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 The Early BSA Co Period
3.2.3 Incoming and Domestic Postage Due Mail
3.2.4 Outgoing Postage Due Mail
3.3 Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Stamps of 1951
3.3.1 The Introduction of Postage Due Stamps 
3.3.2 The 1951 Postage Due Stamps
3.4 Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Mails from 1951
3.4.1 Usage of the 1951 Postage Due Stamp Issue
3.4.2 The First Southern Rhodesia Period 
3.4.3 The Federation Period Postage Due Stamp Usage
3.4.4 Federation Period Insufficiently Paid Mail
3.5 Observations Regarding Serial Numbers on Insufficiently Paid Mail.
3.6 Bisected Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Stamps
3.7 Southern Rhodesia Postage Due Stamps Used in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland
3.8 Attempted Use of Invalid Stamps for Postage − Federation Period
3.9 Pool Tax Mail − Federation Period
3.10 Federation Stamps Handstamped “Postage Due” 
Chapter 4
Federation Postage Due Mail
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Federation Postage Due Stamps of 1961
4.3 Usage of the Federation Postage Due Stamps
Chapter 5
Rhodesia & Zimbabwe Postage Due Mail
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Rhodesian Postage Due Stamps of 1965
5.3 Usage of the Rhodesian Postage Due Stamps of 1965
5.4 The Rhodesian Postage Due Stamps of 1966
5.5 Usage of the Rhodesian Postage Due Stamps of 1966
5.6 The Timing of the 1965 Issue Later Printings
5.7 Independence and Surcharged Mails
5.8 The 1970 Decimal Currency Rhodesian Postage Due Stamps
5.9 Usage of the Rhodesian Decimal Postage Due Stamps of 1970
5.10 The 1980 Zimbabwe Postage Due Stamps
5.11 Usage of the Zimbabwe Postage Due Stamps of 1980
5.12 The 25c Surcharge on 10c 
5.13 The Zimbabwe Postage Due Stamps of 1985
5.14 The Zimbabwe Postage Due Stamps of 2000
Chapter 6
Northern Rhodesia & Zambia Postage Due Mail
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Northern Rhodesia Postage Due Stamps of 1929
6.2.1 Postage Due Stamp Development and Specimen Stamps
6.2.2 The Issued Postage Due Stamps 
6.3 Northern Rhodesia Postage Due Mails Featuring the 1929 Issue 
6.3.1 Bisected 1929 Issue Postage Due Stamps
6.3.2 1937 Unofficial Special Air Mail Covers. 
6.3.3 Postage Stamps Used as Postage Due Stamps. 
6.4 Northern Rhodesia Postage Due Mails During Federation. 
6.4.1 The Mkushi Provisional Postage Due Stamps. 
6.5 Northern Rhodesia Postage Dues 1963 and 1964 
6.6 Zambian Postage Due Stamps and Mails
Chapter 7
Nyasaland & Malawi Postage Due Mail
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Nyasaland Postage Due Stamps of 1950 
7.3 Nyasaland Postage Due Mails Featuring the 1950 Issue
7.4 Nyasaland Postage Due Mails Featuring Postage Stamps
7.5 Malawi Postage Due Stamps
Chapter 8
Other Postage Due Mails
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Posted Out Of Course (POOC) Mail 
8.3 Mail Posted on the Train
Chapter 9
Parcel Posts − Rhodesia & Nyasaland
9.1 Introduction 
9.2 The Parcel Posts of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland 
9.3 Early Parcel Posts 
9.4 Southern Rhodesia Parcel Post Labels
9.5 Southern Rhodesia Parcel Post Tags
9.5.1 Parcels of Raw Gold
9.6 Parcel Postage Rates and Services
9.6.1 Selected Standard Parcel Postage Rates 
9.6.2 Determining Parcel Charges
9.7 Agricultural Parcel Service 
9.8 Cash on Delivery (COD) Parcel Service
9.9 The Advice of Parcel Documents and COD Parcels
9.10 Insured Parcel Post
9.11 Other Miscellaneous Parcel Labels 
9.12 Northern Rhodesia to Zambia 
9.13 Nyasaland to Malawi 
Chapter 10
Postage Stamps for Receipt of Payment
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Receipt of Payment for Registration
10.3 Receipt of Payment for Late Fees
10.4 Acknowledgement of Receipt (AR) Forms
10.4.1 Charges for Acknowledgement of Receipt (AR)
10.4.2 Acknowledgement of Receipt (AR) Forms
10.5 The Mail Complaints (Réclamation) Process
10.5.1 Registered Mail Complaints Charges 
10.5.1 Mail Complaints Forms 
10.6 Other Miscellaneous Use of Postage Stamps
10.6.1 Certificates of Posting
10.6.2 Telegram Receipt Forms 
10.6.3 Post Office Savings Bank Booklets and Cards
Bibliography 
Index.

ISBN 978-1-913015-34-3

The Lesser Trodden Collecting Paths − Postage Due & Other Mails

Taking a broad perspective, the majority of philatelists collect stamps or postal history or both. The stamp focussed collection is clearly all about the stamps, while a postal history collection has a mainstream that includes postmarks, postage routes and postage rates.

However, within the postal history segment, there are several byways and backwaters that have a greater or lesser significance to the philatelic community. These have generally been less researched and written about, yet each of them are fascinating in their own right. This “Book” explores some of these.

One such less trodden collecting path is that of the postage due mails, which is a particular interest of the authors, and is therefore given centre stage with a relatively in depth review of the subject regarding the Rhodesias and Nyasaland postage due mails. Perhaps a slightly more descriptive title for this first section of the book may be “More to Pay Mails”, as there are several reasons why there could be “more to pay”.

Postage due mail normally refers to unpaid of insufficiently paid mail, which is the most common form of postage due mail. However, “more to pay” can also be required when invalid stamps were used to prepay postage, or if a registered piece of mail was not correctly registered at the post office counter or an item was sent without registration for which registration was compulsory. These resulted in an additional charge and was referred to as mail “Posted Out Of Course” (POOC). These, along with other types of postal material, also fall into the broad “more to pay” mail category.

To be able to understand the “more to pay” amounts charged by the post office, it is necessary to have knowledge of the postage rates valid at the time of posting. A fair amount has been published regarding the relevant postage rates of the territories. Much of the published material has only a limited scope, providing information regarding postage rates for the period covered by the specific publication.

This book will therefore attempt to provide a listing of the postage rates from 1890 to around 1990. This is drawn from primary sources wherever possible, but will also take into account the information in previous publications. This should be of general use to collectors of postal history. The other “lesser trodden collecting paths,” such as Meter Mail, Post Office Mail, Official Mail etc. will not be covered in this work.