"Jusqu’à" Airmail Markings: A Study of Postal Transitions Based on the research of Ian McQueen The French term "Jusqu’à"
In an age where email has killed the physical letter, the "Jusqu’a" marking stands as a monument to a time when sending a message across the world required a symphony of agreements. It represents the "partial payment" of hope—senders paying for just a few hundred miles of flight, trusting surface transport for the rest. Jusqu-a Airmail Markings- A Study Ian McQueen
Ian McQueen (1919-1999) was not a mere collector; he was a meticulous postal historian. A Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London, McQueen specialized in the complex routes of the French Aéropostale and the early Pan American Airways. His approach was forensic: he did not simply list markings; he reconstructed the flight schedules, surcharge tables, and postal treaties that gave rise to them. "Jusqu’à" Airmail Markings: A Study of Postal Transitions
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