The Japanese characters as originally written read Eikoku-yuki "going to England". The first character was deleted and replaced, changing the reading to Beikoku-yuki "going to the U.S.A."
Hmmm. The best I could come up with is that it is actually P.T.O which would be an abbreviation for 'Please Turn Over' since the sender's address was on the reverse.
Thanks to both of you for the responses. They certainly make sense.
I suppose making a "P" with a combination of a circle and slash might be a reasonable approach for someone for whom English is not their native language and used to working with symbols.
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