Germany: British Military Air Letter Form Used in 1951

British military air letter form sent from Brunswick ( 20. 12. 51) to Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese East Africa (today: Maputo, Mocambique). Arrival cancel of 29. 12 1951, on reverse.

Franked at the rate for air mail letters weighing up to 5 g: 30 Pfg international letter rate plus 50 Pfg air mail surcharge. The aerogramme rate would have been only 60 Pfg.

Western Samoa: 1979 Aerogramme Commercially Used

Aerogramme #3, issued in 1979, commercially used in 1982. Sent from Apia (12. 11. 82) to New Zealand. Uprated with a 6 S stamp.

Commercially used copies are hard to find.

Peru: NEW DISCOVERY of Aerogramme, Mid 1960s

Official aerogramme form (Correos del Peru) prepaid by meter mark of Lima (4.VII.66) and sent 29 August 1966 to the German Democratic Republic.

This is not listed in any catalogue so far.

Palestine: No Air Letter Service to Canada in July 1947

Palestine air letter sent from Tel Aviv (8 JLY 1947) to Vancouver, Canada. Boxed instructional handstamp "BY AIR TO   ONLY", manually endorsed "UK". "By Air Mail" routing instruction voided with a red handstamp of six parallel bars upon arrival in the UK and onwards transportation by sea.

Air letter service to Canada only commenced March 1948.