India: "Air Mail Letter Card Service Not Available" to US

 

India #3 on grey paper sent from Bombay (12 FEB 47) to New York, US (arrival cancel March 24, 1947).

3-line handstamp "AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARD / BY SURFACE ROUTE".

Air Letter Service was introduced to USA from 1st March 1947, vide DGPO Circular No. 78 dated 10th March 1947, at 8 Annas per air letter.