Canada
Return to Sender, Double Taxed

 The aerogramme below is Wiegand no. 8.

Front panel

Back panel

Legend: [n] in the text below refers to the respective number in the scan of the back panel above

Aerogramme sent from PORT HOPE (cds 14 11 49) to a post box address in Salisbury, South Rhodesia (today’s Harare). Transit via MONTREAL (cds 1949 NOV 15) on back panel [1].

Short paid 5 c, because the 10 c aerogramme was only prepaid for UK destinations.

Double the deficiency (10 c) converted into UPU gold centimes at a rate of 1 c = 3 UPU gold centimes. Hence, endorsed „T 30 ct“ and h/s „T“ 30 Centimes“. 

At arrival endorsed „Not Box 43“ in the lower left corner of the front panel to indicate that adressee and post box address did not match. H/s with pointing finger „Return to“

Returned via CAPETOWN, South Africa (cds RETURNED L.O. 6 DEC 49 on back panel) [2] by surface mail

On arrival in Canada the postal authorities applied a meter mark in red (MONTREAL JAN 18 50) [3], a boxed h/s „BUREAU DES POSTES / DEAD LETTER OFFICE / 18 I 1950 / No. 5 / MONTREAL, CANADA“ [4] and another h/s in red for a dead letter office [5], which is only partially visible.

The aerogramme got a second taxation (13 cents) on arrival [6], which is calculated from the original taxation (10 c) plus a 3 c surcharge incurred by routing the aerogramme through the Montreal Dead Letter Office.

References

Wiegand stands for Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Canada, USA, UNO-New York, 1994