Friends, I am a novice in air mail postal history. I just bought this cover in an auction:
My question is, why does the cover have a "postage due" declaration? Was the air mail rate 8 cents in 1932? As you can see from the above images, there is no indication that this postage due was ever paid. Your expert help would be appreciated.
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The 8c rate for the 1st ounce, all routes was in effect between July 6, 1932 and June 30, 1934. During that period, each additional ounce or fraction thereof was 13c.
Thanks, Steve. That explains the postage due. I wonder why it was not collected (as far as I can tell). It certainly was delivered, as indicated by the receiving CDS on the back cover. I haven't found many examples of mail that was delivered short-paid. (Actually, I suppose that all I can say is that the letter reached Springfield; it may not have been delivered to the addressee.)
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How interesting! I find it curious that two covers, so closely similar, are both incorrectly franked with the same stamp. It's as if someone prepared a batch of air mail event covers and didn't know how much air mail actually cost at the time.
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