Before the 1952 UPU Brussels congress (regulations in effect from July 1, 1953) airletter service was no regular service between UPU member countries but subject to bilateral agreements.
If no such bilateral agreement was in place between the country of orgin and the country of destination the airletter has to be treated as an ordinary air mail letter.
Malaya air letter form with 25 c franking sent from KUALA LUMPUR (cds 18 FE 1947) to Maastricht, The Netherlands.
At the time of posting, air letter service between Malaya and The Netherlands has not yet been started. The 25 c air letter rate was valid to countries of the British Empire only. Consequently, the air letter was treated as an ordinary air mail letter.
The air mail letter surcharge to The Netherlands was 60 c per ½ oz, the first weight step international letter rate was 15 c. So the air mail letter was short paid 50 c. According to the UPU rules for postage due calculations, double the deficiency (100 c) has to be converted into UPU gold centimes.
The exchange rate at the time of posting was 15 c = 25 ctms, so 100 c = 167 ctms.
The letter was endorsed “To London / only” indicating that the 25 c airletter rate was valid only to countries of the British Empire and handstamped “T in triangle”. The postage due endorsed was 67 UPU gold centimes (instead of the 167 ctms that would have been correct).
No apparent signs of a postage due handling in The Netherlands.
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