Nepal: Aerogramme Parcel Sheet

This is Nepal #9a, purple overlay, issued in 1973. Below is the aerogramme parcel sheet that was packed on top of each package with 500 aerogrammes, dated 8 DEC 1973.

That is the first aerogramme parcel sheet from Nepal that I have ever seen.


Reference
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, 2000

Canada: Forces Air Letter Form Used in UNMOGIP Operations

 

 

Canadian Forces air letter form sent by a member of UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan) to Canada in February 1974. Originally franked with Pakistani stamps, the air letter was taxed as short paid and returned to the sender  for 50 Paisa additional postage.

 

The instructional handstamp reads "KAR. AIR 3 / DATE.......... / UN-PAID / RETURNED / PLEASE AFFIX / ......... PAISA / STAMP MORE". A box to which the additional stamps were to affix is on the right hand side of the instruction.

However, no additional Pakistani stamps were affixed and the air letter most likely travelled to UN headquarters in New York in courier mail. There, a 11 c UN New York stamp was affixed and the letter was forwarded to Canada on Feb 19, 1974.

In 1974 the air letter rate of UN New York was 15 c.

Papua New Guinea: PACIFIC 97 Aerogramme

This is Papua New Guinea (Roggenkämper/Russ/Wiegand #28) sent from BOROKO (machine slogan cancel 14 MAR 2001) to France.

It is quite hard to find the aerogrammes (not only from PNG but from most countries) from the beginning of the 1990s on commercially used - like this one.

Prices for used copies in the Roggenkämper/Russ/Wiegand catalogue, for example, might be ok for per favour or FDI cancels, but definitely not for commercially fine used copies. I rate the aerogramme above in the range of 15-20 EUR (instead of the 2 EUR in the catalogue).


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

Australia, Aerogramme to Austria, Poste Restante Fee Paid

This aerogramme (Stein #A-8) sent from GUILDFORD 10 JA 57 to a poste restante address at Ostermiething, Austria (arrival cds OSTERMIETHING, 13. 1. 57, on reverse).

The poste restante fee was 30 gr. A 30 gr postage due stamp was affixed at Ostermiething and this amount was recorded in the post office's ledger. The aerogramme was not collected. However, the post office clerk apparently was aware of the whereabouts of the addressee. The postage due stamp was cancelled with blue crayon, the respective record in the ledger was deleted, a proivisional handstamp "Wildshut" was applied and the aerogramme forwarded to Wildshut, about 10 km from Ostermiething.


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

Credits
Many thanks to Andy Taylor, Austrian Philatelic Society, and an unknown society member from Austria.

Australia: Privately Manufactured Aerogramme Form, Permit #14, Used in Indonesia

This Australian Qantas privately manufactured aerogramme form, “Approved by Postmaster-General for Acceptance as Airletter No. 14” (Cornish #14.2), was sent from Denpasar, Bali, to Middletown, Delaware/US. The addressee worked at St. Andrews School, which was the film location for Dead Poets Society, the famous Peter Weir film starring the late Robin Williams.

The airletter most likely contained an enclosure, as is indicated by the “5 grs” weight endorsement in red in the lower right corner of the front panel, the crossed-out “By Air Mail” routing instruction. The post office clerk at Denpasar also endorsed a new routing instruction (“Pos Laut”, Sea Mail).

The post office clerk, however, missed that the airletter was correctly franked as an air mail letter (75 sen surface mail rate plus 175 sen air mail surcharge per 5 grams of weight).

This error was only detected at the intermediate stop at Surabaja, Java, where the stamps on the back were cancelled. The routing instruction on the front panel was changed to “Pos Udara / Par Avion”.

The stamps on the front panel were cancelled DENPASAR 6.11.53 - 7 (at 7 am), the stamps on the back SURABAJA 6.11.53 - 15 (at 3 pm).

Reference
Cornish, "The Private Issues". A Study into the Privately Issued Australian Airletters and Aerogramme Issues of 1946 to 1966, 2014

Australia: Privately Manufactured Aerogramme Form, Permit #14

Australia privately manufactured aerogramme form (permit #14, Cornish #14.6) used from Singapore (cds Singapore Airport 27 DEC 1960) to the US. These aerogramme forms were given to travellers on board of Qantas airplanes.

Cornish states that the approval for this aerogramme form was only granted on January 12, 1961.


Reference:
Cornish, "The private Issues". A Study into the Privately Issued Australian Airletters and Aerogramme Issues of 1946 to 1966, 2014

Rhodesia: Aerogramme Form "Postage Paid"

Aerogramme form sent from Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe's capital Harare) on August 16, 1974 to Sweden.

Postage paid in cash upon delivery to the post office, which is documented by a red "Postage Paid" cds.