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Brazil



Air letter sent via Air France from Wittenberg 18/jan/34 to Porto Alegre, Brazil. Transit in Marseille, France.
Rate: 25 pf for international letter up to 20g + 130 pf for Air France air mail surtax up to 5g = 155 pf
500A + 501A + 502A + 507A MiF

Chile



Air letter sent via Air France from Duisburg 12/jan/34 to Santiago, Chile. (Köln - ...) TPO and Paris (13/jan/34) transits and final reception in Santiago 21/jan/34.
Massive franking of 15 x 12+3 Rpf stamp, plus a 325 pf postal meter mark.
Rate: 25 pf for international letter up to 20g + Air France air mail surtax for a >10g - 15g letter = 3 x 160 pf = 480 pf
Total = 505 pf.
504A MeF o MiF?

Registered air letter sent in the L7 Deutsche Lufthansa flight from Berlin 15/mar/34 to Osorno, Chile. Transit in Santiago 25/mar/34 and reception in Osorno 28/mar/34.
Franked with a 8+4/12+3 pf combination, a corner block of six 5+2 pf stamps, a 30 pf Hindenburg and a 1 mk Zeppelin.
Rate: 25 pf for international letter up to 20g + 30 pf for registration + 150 pf for Deutsche Lufthansa air surtax up to 5g = 205 pf.
Franked with just 180 pf, so it was taxed in 50c Swiss gold francs.
501A + SK20 MiF

Colombia



Air letter sent via New York from Berlin 29/jan/34 to Cali, Colombia. Transits in the (Köln - ...) 24 TPO and in Köln 30/jan/34, along with a transit in Barranquilla (scadta) 12/feb/34.
Rate: 25 pf for international letter up to 20g + 1.50 mk for air mail surtax up to 10g = 1.75 mk
506A MiF

Palestine



Air letter sent from Nürnberg 11/jan/34 to Tel Aviv, Palestine. Transit in Athens 12/jan/34.
Handwritten routing through Vienna, Athens and Cairo.
25 pf for international letter up to 20g + 20 pf for air mail surtax up to 10g = 45 pf
506A + W55 MiF