Pakistan
Short Paid Aerogramme

Aerogramme (Wiegand no. 21) sent to Australia in June 1962.

The airletter rate to Australia was 60 Paisa. Hence the aerogramme was short paid 10 Paisa. Double the deficiency (20 paisa) was converted into 16 UPU gold centimes at a rate of 10 Paisa = 8 UPU gold centimes. The amount postage due was endorsed next to the “T” hand stamp.

The Australian postal authorities converted the amount postage due at a rate of 3 UPU gold centimes = 1 d into 6 d (after rounding up). A 6 d taxation stamp was applied, but crossed out. The reason may be that Australia did not consequently enforce the foreign postage due on incoming international mail from about 1951.


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

Credits
Thank you, Allan, for helping with the conversion rate of UPU gold centimes into Australian currency