Argentina - Not Qualified for Paquebot

This aerogramme (Greiner #16) was sent from a passenger on board UK ship MV Highland Princess when "docked in Buenos Aires" in December 1956.

The aerogramme would have had qualified for paquebot, i.e. the UK aerogramme accepted by the Argentinean postal authorities, when posted on the high seas. All postal items that are handed in after the ship has stopped in a port must be franked with local stamps. This is why the aerogramme was franked with a 3 pesos stamp.


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

UK Poste Restante Fee in France

This aerogramme (Greiner #10) was sent from WATFORD (machine cancel 25 JNE 1951) to a poste restante address in Strasbourg, France.

The UPU rules allowed a poste restante fee for incoming international mail if the same fee was in place for domestic mail, too.

A "T" handstamp was applied and a 10 f postage due stamp was affixed when the addressee collected the aerogramme on June 26.


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

Italy

Italy
Delayed because of Missing Postcode

This aerogramme was sent from (cds 1.4.86) to Sao Paolo, Brazil. The aerogramme was uprated with two 100 L stamps for a total postage of 650 L overpaying the 600 L aerogramme rate by 50 L.

The sender did not specify the addressee's postcode. The Brazilian postal authorities applied two red boxed handstamps. The upper one states that the delivery of the aerogramme is delayed because of the missing postcode, the lower one specifies the correct postcode 02515.


Credits
Thank you, stampboards member BigSaint for the information about the Brazilian postcode system.

Pattern of Form Not Approved

New Zealand / United Kingdom
"Pattern of Form Not Approved"

 
This New Zealand aerogramme form was sent from London to New Zealand in March 1963 (according to the message on the writing panel).

The 6 d franking pays the aerogramme rate. However, as this aerogramme form was not accepted the British postal service applied the boxed handstamp “Pattern of Form / Not Approved by P.M.G.”, crossed out the “Air Mail” routing instruction with a 6-bar handstamp and diverted the aerogramme to surface mail.

France - Chinese Private Redirection Label

France
Chinese Private Redirection Label

This aerogramme (Greiner no. 5) was sent from Bandol, France (machine slogan cancel 12 7 1979) to Beijing, China
 
The aerogramme has a redirection label of the office for incoming and outgoing mail of Beijing Foreign Studies University attached to the front panel. The manuscript endorsement in Chinese characters redirects the aerogramme to the "Language Institute". Then, the aerogramme was processed by the postal service again, as indicated by the black handstamp.

The red cachet is not a postmark, but a private handstamp of the office for incoming and outgoing mail of Beijing Foreign Studies University. 


Credits
Thank you, stampboards member stampway, for translating the text on the label

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

Myanmar
Missent to Malaysia

This aerogramme (Wiegand #1a) was uprated with a 2.25 Kyat meter mark by the postal authorities to meet the new 3.50 Kyat aerogramme rate. It was missent to Malaysia, from where it was forwarded to the UK in January 1994.


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