Air Letter (Wiegand #2) sent from HAIFA (23 JY 47) to Baltimore US. Uprated with a 10 Mills stamp to pay for registration fee. Registration, however, was not offered for air letters at that time, so the postal clerk voided the "Registered / Recommande" instruction and endorsed "No registered air letter".
Reference
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, 2000.
Burma inland letter card with two-line handstamp "AIR LETTER / AEROGRAMME", a provisional aerogramme issued in 1955.
A 35 P additional franking was necessary for posting as an aerogramme.
"AIR LETTER" ist 38 mm wide, so this is Wiegand #4b.
Reference
Wiegand, Katalog der Aerogramme von Asien, 2000.
Privatley manufactured Australian aerogramme form, „Approved by Australia Post No. 2“.
Sent from Funafuti (19 MY 80) to Chicago, US. Franked at 20 c rate.
Overlay of a 30 % diagonal line screen and inscriptions in blue on white paper. Right folding flap is 65 mm, left folding flap is 6.15 mm wide.
Note at the bottom of the front panel reads „When folded .. with the blue border within …“
First day cover sent to Australia from Vatukoula (16 NO 44). In November 1944 the British Empire Airmail Scheme introduced the air letter service to be available for participating countries. The 7 d rate for air letters was introduced on November 16.
Very rare.
Folding flaps on both left and right side are 64 mm wide.
Sent from Suva (19 OCT 45) to Sunninghill, UK, 7 d rate.
This is Australia #A-6, sent from Claremont (5 FE 54) to Baltimore, US. Correctly uprated to the 2 s air mail letter rate to the US, because the aerogramme contained an enclosure.
The sender even endorsed this on the sealing flap: "(Extra postage added)".
The aerogramme shows a 5 mm pip at the bottom of the writing panel, 45 mm to the left of the overlay.
