Sierra Leone: Aerogramme Used Early

According to the most recent issue of the "Aerogramme Afrika" catalogue (2012) this is Sierra Leone #25, issued in 2000.

This copy is postmarked MAKENI 18 MAR 97, about three (!) years earlier than recorded.

Australia: Privately Manufactured Aerogramme Form - SPECIMEN

Cornish #21.9

This is a privately manufactured aerogramme form, permit #21, with the Moomba Art Festival 1960 cachet in the lower left corner of the front panel. It has a "SPECIMEN" overprint in red, 85 mm wide and 8 mm high.

So far, I have seen "Specimen" overprints of the privately manufactured aerogramme forms of Australia only on this permit #. 


Reference:
Cornish, "The Private Issues". A Study into the Privately Issued Australian Airletter and Aerogramme Issues of 1946-1966

UK: Specimen Aerogramme

Greiner UK #26a - "CANCELLED" overporint in black, 38 mm wide. Picture of "The Tower and Tower Bridge, London" on writing panel.

According to Greiner only 300 copies exist.

Reference:
Greiner/Greiner, Aerogramme von Europa, 3e. 1993

Australia: Enclosure - Aerogramme Diverted to Surface Mail

Australia STEIN A-3

The aerogramme contained an enclosure. As a consequence, the “BY AIR MAIL” routing instruction was crossed out with blue crayon and a four-line instructional handstamp “NOT ELIGIBLE FOR / AERIAL MAIL / CONTAINS ENCLOSURE / SYDNEY No. 1” was applied.


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

Israel: Aerogramme with enclosure - Incorrectly taxed as an airmail letter

Israel RUSS # 6

Sent from HAIFA 7.7.53 to Zurich, Switzerland. According to the message on the writing panel the aerogramme contained an enclosure, a photograph.

Both the “AEROGRAMME” type designation and the “PAR AVION” routing instruction were crossed out with blue crayon, indicating that the aerogramme was diverted to surface mail. Not compliant to the rules, though, it was also taxed as a short paid ordinary airmail letter.
The airmail letter rate to Switzerland was 110 Pr. So the airmail letter was short paid 55 Pr. Double the deficiency was converted into UPU gold centimes at a rate of 95 Pr = 20 cmts. After rounding up, 110 Pr is equivalent to 24 ctms, as endorsed on the left hand side of the indicium.

The Swiss postal authorities, however, made their own calculations based on the ratio of the respective surface mail tariffs and double the deficient postage for transfer by surface mail (80 Pr). The first weight step international surface mail rate in Israel was 95 Pr and 40 Rappen in Switzerland. So the postage due calculated in Switzerland was 40/95 x  80 = 33.68 Rappen. 

According to Wilms (2004), the Swiss postal authorities devaluated the arithmetical postage due by ⅝ (“⅝ rule”) since July 1, 1953. This results in a postage due of 21.05 Rappen, which was rounded (down) to the nearest 5 Rappen to give the 20 Rappen postage due collected.

The Swiss postage due stamp was cancelled on July 27, 1953.



 
References
Russ, Peter (1988): Katalog der Israel Aerogramme
Wilms, Wolf (2004): Schweizer Nachporto ab 1910

Netherlands New Guinea

Netherlands New Guinea (Roggenkämper/Russ/Wiegand #4) sent to The Netherlands on September 21, 1962. Uprated with 20 c stamp to meet the 30 c aerogramme rate to European destinations.

This aerogramme was issued in 1962 and only sold for a short time. In 1962, tensions between the Netherlands and Indonesia regarding the territory peaked out. The territory was placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in October 1962 and was later integrated into Indonesia.


Reference:
Roggenkämper/Russ/Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Australien und Ozeanien, 2003

Australia: Airletter Service Not Available to France in September 1946

This airletter (Stein A-2) was sent from SYDNEY (machine slogan cancel 11 SEP 1946) to Paris, France.

An instructional marking "NOT ELIGIBLE FOR / AERIAL MAIL. FEE / DEFICIENT / SYDNEY NO. 2" was applied and the “By Air Mail” routing instruction crossed out with blue crayon.

Airletter servies became a regular UPU service only with the 1952 Brussels UPU congress. Before, the availability of airletter services were subject to bilateral agreements between countries. In September 1946 air letter service between Australia and France has not yet been started. Air letter services between the two countries only commenced August 17, 1948.

Hence, the airletter was treated as an ordinary airmail letter for which it was short paid (1 s 6 d rate). Consequently, the air letter was diverted to surface mail.


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

Argentina: Advertising Slogan Cancel for Aerogrammes

Advertising slogan cancel from Argentina: "Aerogramas / nuevo Servicio" - "Informese en / las ofininas / de correos" ("Aerogrammes / a new service" - "Obtain information from the post office".

New Zealand: "6d Postage" Handstamp on Aerogramme Form

 

New Zealand aerogramme form with red "6d Postage"  handstamp instead of an adhesive stamp.

Denmark: Advertising Slogan Cancel for Aerogrammes

Advertising slogan cancel "Gør bruk af aerogrammer" ("Use aerogrammes"), used in Copenhagen in November 1949.