India
Aerogramme in Ambulant Cover - Redirected

The address is missing on this aerogramme (Wiegand no. 24) sent from Dehra Dun (cds 1 5 64). The post office clerk at Dehra Dun endorsed “R.L.O. Lucknow” (Return Letter Office) and transferred the aerogramme there for a closer inspection.

At R.L.O. Lucknow (boxed handstamp 5 5 64 on back panel) the aerogramme was opened to investigate the addressee. The address found was used to prepare an ambulant cover for the aerogramme. The staff at R.L.O Lucknow did not recognize that the address the sender had specified was incorrect.

The ambulant cover went first to the U.S. (arrival cds of JAMAICA A.M.F. Kennedy, May 11 1964 on the back of the cover), where the mistake was corrected and the ambulant cover was redirected to the U.K.

References
Wiegand stands for Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, 2000