​Public Stamp Auction #36

1899 4d + 2d on opened out irregularly posted, officially sealed (found open & compulsorily registered) cover endorsed Recd at P.O. Auckland / open evidently never closed / containing 21 one pound note 28.3.03, FINE TO PAY / 6D / IRREGULARLY POSTED h/s in black, pre-cancelled (Auckland) postage dues affixed partly over 1d Universal cancelled 26 (March) 1903 WAI?. Rear contains officially sealed label tied by two ring Registered / Auckland / 30 March 1903 cds. The cover should have been charged registration (3d) at single rate. Vendor states that this is one of very few covers bearing "Irregulary posted" marking. RPSNZ cert (2001).