Jusqu-a Airmail Markings- A Study Ian Mcqueen New! Jun 2026

During the early decades of flight (roughly 1919 to the mid-1950s), air routes were not always comprehensive. A sender might pay for airmail to a final destination, but the plane might only fly half the way.

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How did a postal clerk in London inform his counterpart in Egypt that the airmail service for this letter should stop at a specific transit point? They used . The clerk would handstamp or write "Jusqu’a Paris" or "Jusqu’a Marseille" on the cover, coupled with the precise airmail fee paid. During the early decades of flight (roughly 1919

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