Australia Lloyd Triestino Aerogramme Form

Lloyd Triestino private aerogramme from.

The stamp was removed or has fallen off.

 The "Approved for acceptance as Aerogramme" date is unknown

Printed by Marchant & Co., Broadway, N.S.W

N. Cornish 9.6a

Australia: Unknown SPECIMEN aerogramme

Never sold by Australia Post. The BrusdenWhite only mentions a SPECIMEN imprint in purple, but diagonally inverted. Stein and Roggenkämper do not know the aerogram.

(In addition, there are 3 red UPU overprints in private hands, also BrusdenWhite)

There is, however, a small number of these purple copy aerogrammes in the hands of collectors, but no one knows how many or how they were created.

"The conjecture is that a number of the 10d issue were mixed with the OHMS version of this aerogramme produced for official use. This aerogram was issued on August 1, 1960 and sold to collectors at 6d each."

Details on Stampboards.

Post provided by: Sammlerring Australia, Germany.

UK: Air Letter Posted from South Africa

UK 6d air letter posted in Cape Town, South Africa, in July 1950. South African circular “T 4d” tax handstamp. Not complying with UPU rules this air letter was (i) taxed (less than) single deficiency only (4d UPU letter rate) and (ii) the amount due was not endorsed in UPU centimes. It even did not match the required postage due.

The air letter was diverted to surface mail, as the “By Air Mail” routing instruction was voided with red pencil. The UPU letter rate in July 1950 was 4½d. Hence, two times this amount should have been marked postage due.

The correct amount in UPU centimes would have been 90 UPU centimes because 1d = 10 UPU centimes at the time of posting. However, in the US (which had 3 UPU ctms = 1 cent) a postage due of only 10 cent was charged to the addressee. 

Most likely, the UDS postal authorities did not recognize that the UK air letter was posted from South Africa and was marked postage due there. They mistook the taxation mark as a British one. The conversion rate between British currency and UPU centimes was 1d = 7 UPU centimes, yielding 4d = 28 UPU ctms, which was than converted into US cents at 3 UPU ctms = 1 cent (after rounding up).

Austria: Early Air Letter Form Franked at Full Air Mail Letter Rate

Air letter form (most likely of US origin) sent from Vienna (15. III. 48) to New York, US.
 
Franked at 2.20 S (air mail letter rate), which is 1 S UPU letter rate plus 1.20 S air mail surcharge (5 g of weight).
 
Foreign air letter forms used in Austria that early are quite uncommon.

Solomon Islands: Offical Use of Aerogramme Form

Aerogramme “Form approved by Postmaster General / Hong Kong No. 38” used as an official aerogramme form. Handstamped “Ministry of Agriculture and Lands” and postmarked  POSTAGE PAID (26 JA 77).
 
Sent to the US.

French Polynesia: Late Usage of 1991 Aerogramme

#9, issued in 1991, uprated with a 14F stamp to meet the 90F aerogramme rate at the time of posting (11. 3. 1997).

Australia: Registered Aerogramme

Aerogramme (Stein #A-7) sent registered to Italy in 1958. Total postage paid: 2s1d, which is 10d aerogramme rate plus 1s3d registration fee.