Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika: Advertising Slogan Cancel for Aerogrammes

Advertising slogan cancel "Aerogrammes / Cheapest for Airmail" used in 1961.

Jamaica: Aerogramme Cut-out Used to Pay for Registration Fee

9 d aerogramme cut-out (of Wiegand #11) on the same aerogramme. The cut-out, which is the one on the left, was used to pay for the 9 d registration fee (for up to £ 10 compensation), see close-up below.

Reference:
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Mittel- und Südamerika, 2002

St. Lucia - Aerogramme Cut-out Used to Pay the International Letter Rate

 

Aerogramme cut-out (of Wiegand #2) used to pay the 10 c international surface mail letter rate to the US in 1959, see close-up below.

Reference
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Mittel- und Südamerika, 2002

Australia: Registered Aerogramme

7 d KGVI definitive airletter (Stein A-3) sent registered from POTTS POINT (23 FE 51) to Paris, France.

6 d additional franking to pay for the registration fee. Registered aerogrammes of Australia are not often seen.


Reference
Stein, Aerogrammes of Australia and Its Dependencies, 1944 - 1980

Denmark: Advertising Slogan for Aerogrammes

 

Danish advertising slogan for aerogrammes (used Copenhagen 17 DEC 1949). As can be seen it the close-up below, it reads "AEROGRAMMET / årets julehilsen / til utlandet" (translates into something like: Aerogrammes / the annual Christmas greetings / to foreign countries).

Belgium: Advertising Slogan for Aerogrammes

This machine slogan slogan cancel was used to advertise aerogrammes. It reads "Luchtpostblad: / = / Economische / Vliegtuigpost" (Aerogramme / =  / Economic / Air Mail". The cover was postmarked ANTWERPEN 22. 4. 88.

The Netherlands: Advertising Slogan for Aerogrammes

This advertising slogan for aerogrammes ("luchtpostblad") was used in Amsterdam in August 1969. It reads "Een bericht per luchtpost? gebruik een luchtpostblad!" (A message by air mail? Use an aerogramme!).

Theres is another type of this advertsing slogan postmark, used in Heerlen in December 1969

Papua New Guinea: Uprated Aerogramme Sent as an Air Mail Letter

Papua New Guinea (Stein A-PNG 3) uprated with stamps of 1 s 5 d  face value for a total franking of 2 s 3 d. It was necessary to pay the 2 s 3 d air mail letter rate because the aerogramme contained an enclosure.


Reference:
Stein, The Aerogrammes of Australia and Its Dependencies, 1944-1980

Norway: Advertsing Slogan for Aerogrammes

This is a machine slogan cancel "BRUK AEROGRAM / DET ER BILLIG OG / KOMMER FORT FRAM" (Use aerograms / they are cheap and / travel fast) from Oslo (July 13, 1948).

The first Norwegian aerogrammes were issued April 13, 1948.

USA: Air Letter Adressed to Ship - Poste Restante Fee Incurred

This Air Letter (Wiegand #2a - Four-line admonition on back panel, "UNITED STATES FOREIGN AIRMAIL" in overlay is downwards on front panel and head first on writing panel) was sent from Detroit (JAN 27 1953) and adressed to a couple travelling on SS Orion from India to the UK to be picked up at Naples, Italy (arrival postmark 30. 1. 53, on reverse).

Someone, most likely the sender, endorsed in the lower left corner of the front panel "Due about / Feb 2". The Italian postal authorities treated this air letter as a poste restante (general delivery) item.

According to UPU rules, a country was allowed to charge fees on incoming poste restante mail if they levy a respective fee also for domestic postal items. The poste restante fee of 120 LIT was paid by two 10 LIT and one 100 LIT postage due stamps, postmarked 31. 1. 53.


Reference:
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Canada, USA, UNO-New York, 1994.

Hong Kong: Aerogramme Form - Advertisement Slogan Obliterated

This is a Hong Kong aerogramme form ("Form approved by postmaster General / Hong Kong No. 42", on reverse), which had an advertisement slogan printed at the bottom of the front panel. The slogan reads "AN / INVITATION / TO SAVE / FOR LATEST STYLES SEE INSIDE", see close-up below.

Avertisement slogans were not covered by the Postmaster General's permit, so the slogan needed to be obliterated by black bars.