​Public Stamp Auction #36

1899 4d pair + 2d on overweight, unpaid commercial cover ex 5 DEC 1900 Curaçao, Netherlands West Indies to Dunedin, NZ., bearing black T (Taxe) mark boxed by blue crayon, TO PAY / DOUBLE DEFICIENCY h/s & 10d inserted in m/s, 26 JAN 1901 Dunedin "F" class cancels postage dues. On rear are transit cancels of New York & San Francisco. Vendor states: the cover is the highest known taxed letter to NZ prior to WWI & 1 of a few taxed at the 10d rate.