Sent from Daylesford (28 SE 83) to Finland. Boxed „UNDERPAID / Postage collected from sender“ and single-line „Contains an enclosure“ handstamps.
Taxed as a short-paid air mail letter, for which the applicable rate was 75 c in 1983. 39 c missing postage collected from the sender.
The aerogramme contained an enclosure („I am sending you a photo of our bridge, it is very famous“). The aerogramme was returned to the sender for additional postage to make up for air mail letter rate. Remainders of what could have been a postal note attached to the front of the aerogramme can still be seen on the left side of the front panel.
The air mail letter rate to the US was 1s 2d (as noted in pencil near to the lower left corner of the indicium). The sender added three 5d stamps which overpaid the required rate by 1d. The additional stamps were postmarked GPO Sydney Air (24 MY 65).
O.H.M.S. aerogramme form sent from Colombo (22. 2. 71) to India with red „Colombo Official Paid“ circular handstamp of 25 FE 71.
Very thin paper, IMPERIAL AIR MAIL watermark, year code „A“ below „AIR MAIL“ for 1967.
The UK Scottish 26p aerogramme commemorating the 150th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie (Greiner/Greiner #111) was issued on 6 August 1985. Post offices were informed not to exhibit the aerogramme "before that date without authority".
The printer of the aerogramme, Waddingtons Security Print Ltd. packed the aerogrammes in bundles of 50 and used the wrapper shown below to keep bundles together.
Three cut-outs from the first South African air letter used as the 9d franking on an ordinary air mail letter to the UK.
