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1939 (Dec 11) General Electric, P.O. Box 992, Bombay printed envelope by airmail to General Electric, Schenectady N.Y. bearing India GV1 Pair 1r + Dak Tonga 3a + Dak Runner 2a + Dak Bullock Cart 2a6p making 2r 7½a rate tied Bombay GPO cds & with red on brown Arms / Opened By Censor label with manuscript 17B inserted (CCSG 6A1) & oddly with air etiquette deleted by 2 red Jusqu’a bars …These Jusqu’a markings are a puzzle as the item is correctly & exactly franked for double airmail rate at Air surcharge 1r2a x 2 = 2r 4a + Surface Charge 3½a = Total charge 2r 7½a via Imperial/BOAC to Athens onwards by European airline to Lisbon & then Panam to New York the only explanation is that the weight exceeded double ½oz .