Today in Postal History

This cover was sent from Meiningen, Thuringen, about 130 km east northeast of Frankfurt am Main.
The six stamps were given seven Meiningen CDS.

The destination was Narrogin, Western Australia, about 175 km southeast of Perth.

The cover is franked with three 1933-1936
Hindenburgs - 1 pf black, a 5 pf bright green, and a 6 pf dark green.
It also has a 1937 3 pf brown Shield Bearer from the Reich Air Protection League issue.
Completing the stamp complement are 1934 eagle airmails
in 15 pf ultramarine and 10 pf bright carmine.
Although there are no airmail markings, the
airmail stamps might indicate airmail treatment for this cover.
However, 40 pf was insufficient for airmail so it was
probably a double weight surface rate (40 pf for 20-40 gr.).*

There are no transit or receiver markings.

The round label on the rear is a 1pf charity label for the
'Winter Hilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes' - Winter Welfare Organization of the German People.

*Thanks to Bjorn Munch for this interpretation of the rate.

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