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2.3.1.3 Australasia: CNAC to Calcutta, BOAC to Singapore, QANTAS to Australia
Rate 12: 21 May 1946 to 25 Aug 1946 (96 days). Surface first 20g $190 Air per 5g $250 Registration fee $270
15 Jul 1946 ‑ Chungking to Wellington, New Zealand. No postal markings on front. Single rate letter $190 + $250 + $270 = $710.
2.3.2 Africa: Surface from Shanghai to Rangoon, BOAC Horseshoe route to Durban
25 Jan 1941 ‑ Shanghai to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. No backstamps.
After the suspension of acceptance of mail for the British service by the Chinese authorities in summer 1940, the service
recommenced by using surface transport to Rangoon to link with the Horseshoe route. Censored in Singapore and Southern
Rhodesia. The purple handstamp TO BE FORWARDED BY / AIR FROM SINGAPORE was also applied in Singapore.
Double rate letter $0.50 + 2 x $3.40 = $7.30.
