This air letter was sent in December 1946 to Ghent, Belgium. At this time, air letter service to Belgium was not yet available. As a consequence the air letter was sent by surface mail which is documented by the 3-line handstamp "Air Mail letter Card Service / Not available. Forward / by surface route".
This airletter also proves that the British Empire and British Commonwealth of Nations countries did not at the same time inaugurated air letter servce to a specific country. Australia, for example, had opened air letter service to Belgium already on September 4, 1946.
In addition, the air letter (Wiegand #3c) is rare by itself. It is the 1946 Christmas Greeting issue with a colorful imprint on the writing panel.
Reference
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, 2000
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