Page 5 - Chinese International Airmail to 1949
P. 5
1.1.2 IAL Hong Kong to Bangkok, IAL Empire Service to Europe
Rate 1.1.2.3: 8 Mar 1938 to 18 Apr 1939 (407 days). Surface $0.25. Air per 5g to Europe $0.45.
10 Nov 1938 ‑ Shanghai to Berlin, Germany. Backstamped at Hong Kong (15 Nov). Double rate letter $0.25 + 2 x $0.45 = $1.15.
28 Dec 1938 ‑ Shanghai to Brussels, Belgium. Hong Kong backstamp (3 Jan 1939). ‘By I.A.L.’ applied in Shanghai. ‘BY AIR TO
LONDON ONLY’ applied in Hong Kong. Double rate letter $0.25 + 2 x $0.45 = $1.15.
