New Zealand Air Letter Form with New Rate Information Cachet

This is a New Zealand Air letter form posted on the first day of the new 6d rate for air letters on Octopber 4, 1948.

The message on the writing panel gives some interesting information about the cachet:

"... I am forwarding ten similar Air Letter sheets which mark the inauguration of the reduced Air Letter charge of 6 d, from N.Z. to any country in the world. The cachet is not official ..."

The sender was James Stapleton, the editor of the New Zealand Airmail Catalogue. The addresse, Francis J. Field a well-known airmail collector and author.

Aerogramme Postage Rates
Austria

from: Kotal, Österreich - 2. Republik: Die Gebühren der Briefpost, 2011

Format: Period: Postage rate to overseas countries / Postage rate to European countries

• Jan 5, 1952 to Jun 30, 1953: 3.80 S  / ---
• Jul 1, 1953 to Jun 30, 1954: 3.60 S  / --- 
• Jul 1, 1954 to Jun 30, 1957: 3.60 S  / 2.80 S 
• Jul 1, 1957 to Jan 31, 1960: 3.60 S  / 2.80 S [A]
• Feb 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1966: 4.20 S  / 3.40 S [A]
• Jan 1, 1967 to Jul 31, 1967: 5.00 S  / 4.00 S [A]
• Aug 1, 1967 to Dec 31, 1975: 5.00 S  / ---
• Jan 1, 1976 to Feb 28, 1982: 7.00 S  / --- 
• Mar 1, 1982 to Jan 31, 1986: 9.00 S  / ---
• Feb 1, 1986 to Jun 30, 1997: 11.00 S / ---

Currency: Austrian Schilling (ATS), 1 Schilling (S) = 100 Groschen (g) 


[A]: also for aerogrammes to Egypt, Algeria,the Azores, Israel, Jordan, the Canary Islands, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Cyprus

On Jul 1, 1966 the airmail surcharge for European destinations was disestablished.

Since Jul 1, 1997 the only differences made is Priority or Non Priority (later named Economy)

Examples 
 

Greiner no. 1 / WIEN 29 VIII 53 to U.S. -- so overpaid by 20g

Greiner no. 7 uprated / THÜRINGEN (VORARLBERG) 19. IV. 61 to Los Angeles, U.S.

Greiner no. 8 / SALZBURG 2.9.63 to Stuttgart, Germany

Greiner no.17 / WIEN 17.10.69 to New York, U.S.