Europe:
Post-War Air Mail
(POST 7)
Air mail service to European countries was resumed at the letter rate of 5d. for the first ounce and 3d. for each additional ounce (post cards 2 1/2d.) The dates of resumption of service to specific countries are provided below.
Austria
Service resumed December, 1945
London to Vienna, January 18, 1946
5d. air mail letter rate
Austrian censor and US Military Censor tape
London to Vienna, August 31, 1946
London to Vienna, June 10, 1948
Belgium
Service resumed October, 1945
London Chief Office to Brussels, December 29, 1947
5d. air mail rate + 6d. express delivery fee
Czechoslovakia
Service was resumed in July, 1945
London to Olomouc, October 15, 1946
11 1/2 d. paying 3d. registration fee + air mail postage rate
8d two ounce air mail rate for letter containing cigarettes
9 crowns Czechoslovakian postage due stamps paying the customs fee
Nottingham to Prague, June 23, 1947
2 1/2d. air mail post card rate
Manchester to Prague, March 12, 1948
Prague receiver March 15, 1948
Returned
"Non Reclame" sticker
Finland
Service resumed in September, 1945
St. Austell to Helsinki, June 24, 1946
France
Air mail service to France had resumed in September 1945.
Woodsworth to Strasbourg, March 18, 1948
Germany
Wembley to Meheim-Husten (British Zone), October 11, 1947
Greece
Service resumed in July 1945.
London to Athens, October 17, 1945
Italy
Service resumed in October 1945.
London to Rome, January 26, 1946
Italian censor handstamp and tape
London to Trieste, February 17, 1948
ACKROYD BROS. LTD. perfin
Doncaster to Venice, May 28, 1947
Returned September 24, 1947
Luxembourg
Service resumed October, 1945
London to Luxembourg, December 11, 1946
Malta
Service resumed July, 1945
London to Valetta, November 26, 1947
London to Rabat, April 1948
Netherlands
Service resumed in September, 1945.
London to Amsterdam, September 11, 1945
Victory in Japan machine cancellation
Spain
England to Almaria, September 28, 1945
Seville censor tape
Sweden
London to Gothenburg, January 10, 1948
5d. air mail rate + 3d. Registration fee
Switzerland
South Tottenham to Basel, January 11, 1946
Willesden B.O. to Lucerne, December 10, 1947
5d. air mail rate + 6d. express delivery fee
London to Stockholm, undated handstamp
5d. air mail rate + 6d. express delivery fee
Turkey
Service resumed in August, 1945
Leeds to Istanboul, October 8, 1947
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