And then a mystery from 1983: an envelope to the Tax man sent without a stamp in April 1983 (so 12 years after Decimalisation) with a framed pre-decimalisation "D / 871 / SURCHARGED DUE / TO INCREASED / POSTAL CHARGES" cachet with a manuscript "22" (so apparently 22d to pay).
The 2nd Class postal rate had not just changed (other rates had increased on 5th April 1983), and why would a manuscript charge of 22 (p or d) be made as, as far as I know, there has never been a basic postal rate of 11d or 11p (doubled for the surcharge) ?
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