Samstag, 1. Oktober 2016

Australia: Aerogramme with Enclosure. Additional Postage Collected from Sender



„Enclosure“ handstamp on Australian aerogramme. Aerogramme treated as an underpaid air mail letter. Instructional handstamp „Underpaid Postage collected from sender“, endorsed „60 c“ to make up for the $1 rate for air mail letters to European destinations, which was in place from Sep 25, 1986 – the day the aerogramme was posted.

Mittwoch, 28. September 2016

UK Advertising Poster for Aerogramme




A post office poster (original size about 22 cm wide x 28 cm high) promoting the new large format 6 ½ p UK aerogramme issued April 26, 1972.

Montag, 19. September 2016

UK Paquebot mail "Not in Air Mail"


UK Greiner/Greiner #12i with printed letterhead of Cunard Line, R.M.S. Caronia
 
  • „Air Letter“ is 23 mm wide, 
  • top  edge of right sealing flap is straight, 
  • top dotted frame line on front panel not broken,
  •  oval in indicium not broken and
  • last address line is 55 mm wide.
Posted on board R.M.S. Caronia, and fed into the postal network at Callo, Peru, (transit cancel on reverse), the air letter was not carried by air to its destination, the US. It was received in New York by steamer, as is documented by the four-line handstamp „Not in Air  Mail / Received via Steamer / G.P.O. (Foreign Sec.) / New York 1, N. Y.“.
 
Unusual Paquebot Mail.







Sonntag, 27. März 2016

Australia 1965 Christmas Aerogramme Dot Over "M" Variety



This is A-24B, the Dot over "M" in "CHRISTMAS" variety.


Reference
Stein, The Aerogrammes of Australia and its Dependencies, 1944-1980.

Montag, 22. Februar 2016

Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2016

Germany: 60 Pf Rate Endorsed Manually


This is Germany #1 (with a dot after the "PF" in the indicium, and the first line of the admonition on the back panel is 78 mm wide). 

The aerogramme ("Luftpostleichtbrief") was sent from NÜRNBERG (25. 10. 48) via  FRANKFURT (26. 10. 48, on reverse) to APARHANT (48 XI 4) in Hungary.

On September 1, 1948, the aerogramme rate was reduced to 60 Pf. Existing stock of the 100 PF aerogrammes was used up but amended to the new 60 pf rate manually.

Freitag, 12. Februar 2016

Australia: 10c Aerogramme with Large "c" Variety


This is Australia #A-35C, the large "c" in "10c" variety with "country of Destination" 2 ½ mm below the lowest address line.

Below is a close-up, with a normal height "c" on the right for comparison.