The Twenty-five-cent Prexie

Surface to Europe, air to India

From January 1, 1939 until June 14, 1940 the cost to send a letter by surface to Europe and on to India and within India by air was twenty-five cents, a combination of the five cent surface rate and a twenty-cent per half ounce surcharge for air service..

This cover was sent via airmail from Europe to New Delhi in November of 1939.

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