Looking through some notes I made many years ago, I thought that it was curious that nobody has ever taken up the challenge to try to plate the 3d. De La Rue post card which was adapted for use with the UPU by means of an overprint; and devaluation. It is evident that these cards can be plated, and as there are many variations, and as they cost only a few pence, it would seem to offer scope for research.
In order to promote some original research on the subject, I am willing to offer a small memento as a prize for the best research article submitted on the subject.
We need to explain how and why this overprint was put together, was the value added as a separate task, or was the blank card simply handled individually?
De La Rues would have supplied the cards in banded packs, so each card would have been overprinted individually, probably in two actions, very time consuming!
Can we determine dates of usage of the two types?
Let's aim for competition results to be announced in 12 months time.
Entries to the Editor and I will pass on to Bob. Type 10
78mm
E.K.D. 10 Apr 1879
L.K.D. 14 Mar 1887
74mm
E.K.D ??????
L.K.D. ??????
