B&P aerogramme form, sent from Marau Sound at the eastern end of Guadalcanal Island (oval postal agency postmark, 13 SEP 1972) via Honiara to South Milwaukee, US. Franked at 9 c rate.
Commercially used aerogrammes, even aerogramme forms, of the Solomon Islands, are hard to find.
This is Stein AM-2, issued in the second half of 1967 for the Australian forces in Viet Nam. While not common unused, it seems to be VERY scarce in used condition.
Reference
Stein, The Aerogrammes of Australia and Its Dependencies, 1944-1980
Privately manufactured aerogramme form "Approved by Australia Post as Aerogramme Number W 38", sent from PERTH (21 FE 84) to Germany. The manufacturer was Aero-BirdsPty. Ltd., Perth. Franked at 40 c rate.
From the 1980s on, commercially used privately manufactured aerogramme forms of Australia are quite difficult to find.
This aerogramme (Roggenkämper/Russ/Wiegand #2) was sent from NUKU'ALOFA (15 AU 73) to Washington D.C., US.
Commercially used aerogrammes from Tonga are quite rare. This one was sent by a Peace Corps Volunteer to the Library of Congress.
Franked at the 10 d rate, this aerogramme form was sent from GOVT. BUILDINGS (10 AU 63) at Suva to Arnhem, The Netherlands.
On the back there is a nice label of Trades and Industries Fair, which was held at Suva from Sep tember 9 to September 14, 1963.
On the writing panel is an interesting picture, entitled "Fijian and Indian vendors display their souvenir wares side by side at Suva markets for the benefit of visitors".
Cut-out from a UK 6 d aerogramme used as franking on aerogramme form from South Africa to the UK.
Written on board of the Dominion Monarch, which travelled the London to Wellington, NZ, route via Cape Town, South Africa. The aerogramme was fed into the postal network at Cape Town on 9 VII 54.
It was marked with a four-line bilingual handstamp „Insufficiently Prepaid for / Transmission by Air Mail“ and taxed 4 d.
According to the UPU rules, the aerogramme should have been accepted as Paquebot mail if
- the postage used was valid in the flag state of the ship the mail came from and
- the mail was transferred in a mail bag from the ship to the local postal authorities at first port calling at a country.
So either the cut-out was not regarded a valid franking, or the aerogramme form was not transferred to the postal authorities in a mail bag but, for instance, put into a letter box.
The surface letter rate to the UK was 2 d, so double deficiency (4 d) was postage due. No apparent postage due handling in country of destination.
This is Australia A-8, the aerogramme commemorating the 16th Olympiad at Melbourne in 1956. The aerogramme shows the variety"MELBOURNF". It is cancelled with a special pictorial postmark, depicting a boxer.
Australia A-25 aerogramme, sent from PRAHRAN (5 NO 67) to Antwerp, Belgique. Uprated with a 1 c stamp to meet the 10 c aerogramme rate in place from October 1, 1967.
