Montag, 26. November 2018

Rhodesia & Nyasaland: Underpaid Aerogramme Diverted to Surface Mail


Rhodesia and Nyasaland 6d aerogramme sent for Zomba (25 JUN 57) to the US. As the aerogramme rate to the US was 1s, the aerogramme was short paid by 6d, i.e. 50%.

Two-line instructional handstamp “Withdrawn from Air Mail / By Surface Route” to indicate transfer by surface mail.

Mittwoch, 21. November 2018

Australia: Privately Manufactured Aerogramme Form, New Subtype of #14.2

The permit holder for license #14 was QANTAS Empire Airways Limited.

Cornish #14.2 (New subtype - No QANTAS logo below the “By Air Mail” box).


Light-blue paper with blue overlay and blue printing, IMPERIAL AIR MAIL watermark, year code „C“ for 1950. Stamp box omitted from overlay.
 

Sent from Calcutta (27 APR 52), India, to the US. Instructional handstamp “Sunday Posting Detained”. Franked at 10 AS.

Freitag, 16. November 2018

Gibraltar: 1969 6d Aerogramme


Greiner/Greiner #5 (150 x 106 mm). Sent on 11 NOV 1969 to Karachi, Pakistan.
Commercially used copies like this are quite uncommon.


 

Sonntag, 11. November 2018

Dienstag, 6. November 2018

UK: Air Letter to Jamaica, Forwarded to Trinidad


Greiner/Greiner #10 (“R” of “Air Letter” extends beyond the “By Air Mail” box; “T” of “Sent” is centered vertically below “ET” of “Letter”)

Sent from Knockholt (7 FEB 53) to Jamaica. The addressee has already left and moved to Trinidad. Franked with a 6d Jamaica stamp and forwarded from Myrtle Bank (FE 12 53) to the new address where it arrived two days later (receiving cancels on reverse).

Donnerstag, 1. November 2018

Canada: 1944 Air Letter with "Onwards Air Transmission" Instructional Handstamp.


Canadian Armed Forces air letter form used for civilian communication.

The air letter was originally posted unpaid on 26th December 1944. The postal authorities marked the air letter with "Returned for Postage" and returned it to the sender.  The air letter was posted again, with the correct 10 cents franking for India, on 28th December. This is a bit difficult to see, as the two machine cancels overlap.



Also, the air letter received a "O. A. T" (Onwards Air Transmission") handstamp.

"It is thought that an OAT cachet was applied to the top letter of a tied bundle of up to 60 letters. These bundles always travelled in open mail bags to a single intermediate or final destination, but where the quantity of mail was insufficient to warrant a closed bag. Closed mail bags did not attract OAT markings, as the whole bag was sealed and all letters went to the one destination as marked on the outside of the bag. Open mail bags were resorted en route as required and bundles replaced into other bags for the next section of their journey."

(Source: The Philatelic Database, http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/great-britain/onward-air-transmission/)