Germany
Aerogramme Used as an Airmail Letter

German aerogramme (Greiner no. 5e) used as an envelope for a letter sheet. The airmail letter was sent from Munich (cds 8.11.51) to Cleveland, U.S.

This is the rare variant e with a folding instruction that is grammatically incorrect: “Seiten zusammenfalten, den unteren Teil des Briefes hochgeschlagen und mit der Klappe verschließen”. The correct instruction would have been: “... des Briefes hochschlagen und ...”.

The rate for an airmail letter to the U.S. in November 1951 weighing “8 gr” as endorsed on the left side of the aerogramme was a basic rate of 30 Pf for a letter up to 10 gr plus 30 Pf airmail surcharge for each 5 gr of weight. The required total franking of 90 Pf was made up by the prepaid aerogramme (60 Pf) and an additional 30 Pf stamp.

References
Greiner stands for Greiner/Greiner, Katalog der Aerogramme von Europa, 3e, 1993