South Africa
Return to Sender

The aerogramme (Müller no. 30) was sent from KAPSTADT (machine cancel 19 III 1960) to a passenger onboard MV “Rotterdam” at Piraeus, Greece.

The aerogramme arrived too late to meet the vessel, which is indicated by the boxed h/s “Arrivee Apres Depart Du Paquebot”. Hence the aerogramme was returned to the sender.

Interestingly, the aerogramme was routed back to South Africa via Lisbon, Portugal. The endorsement “Devolver ao Remetente” is Portuguese for “Return to Sender”. There is a corresponding boxed h/s “Retour a l’envoyeur / Devolvido ao Remetente” in the lower left corner of the front panel and a cds of LISBOA 2 MAI 60 on the back panel.

References
Müller stands for Müller/Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Afrika, 1995