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aerogram wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links toggle the table of contents aerogram 26 languages العربية català dansk deutsch فارسی suomi français galego עברית हिन्दी italiano 日本語 한국어 lietuvių nederlands norsk nynorsk polski português română русский slovenčina தமிழ் ไทย türkçe українська 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia postal stationery product not to be confused with aereogramme band gb christmas aerogram one of two issued in 1967 an aerogram aerogramme aérogramme air letter or airletter is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail in which the letter and envelope are one and the same most postal administrations forbid including items inside these light letters which are usually sent abroad at a preferential rate and enclosing items may cause the mail to go at the higher letter rate the use of the term aerogramme was officially endorsed at the 1952 universal postal union postal union congress in brussels 1 thereafter the term air letter quickly faded from use most aerograms have an imprinted stamp indicating the prepayment of postage which meets the definition of being postal stationery however some countries such as zimbabwe and ireland sell unstamped aerograms unstamped aerograms are referred to as formular aerograms and can be issued by postal authorities or private companies senders are required to write their name and address on the reverse citation needed history edit the first issued aerogramme iraq 1933 lieutenant colonel r e evans first saw the air letter form in iraq whilst touring the commands after his arrival in the middle east theatre it had been introduced into the iraqi postal service in 1933 by the then inspector general of posts and telegraphs major douglas william gumbley cbe dso royal engineers the original form on thin paper sized 124 mm x 99 mm greyish in colour with bluelined framing and with the designation legend on the front it had an embossed effigy of faisal i of iraq and was printed by bradbury wilkinson 2 the aerogram was largely popularized by its use during the second world war 1939 1945 lieutenant colonel r e evans royal engineers assistant director army postal service middle east force mef proposed that a lightweight self sealing letter card that weighed only 1 10 oz 2 8 g be adopted by the british army for air mail purposes he recommended its use to anthony eden the secretary of state for war during his visit to the middle east in late 1940 by january the following year general archibald wavell 1st earl wavell the commander in chief mef was told by eden that your assistant director army postal services may forthwith introduce an air mail letter card service for the middle east use british stamps from all countries including egypt 3 on 1 march 1941 the air mail service between the middle east and the uk was started using a combination of british overseas airways flying boats and military transport the private nature of the air letter ensured its popularity among its users and that popularity with its lightness brought about its continued use as the civilian air letter aerogramme and the british military bluey see british forces post office for further information the aerogramme cost 6d to send anywhere in the world from 1943 to 1966 increasing to 9d until the decimalisation of british currency in 1971 then increasing gradually to 45p decimal 18 times the introductory price in 2006 4 on 29 april 1947 the us introduced a 10 cent air letter sheet the same imprinted stamp with the propeller plane was used until updated with a jet airliner image in 1958 the us issued a total of 25 aerograms until 1999 5 the production of united states aerograms has ceased 6 linn s stamp news in late 2006 reported that the united states postal service had announced that as the supply of aerograms on hand at post offices were exhausted the stock would not be replenished it quotes david failor postal service executive director of stamp services as explaining demand for these has been next to nothing for the past five years 7 with the decline in postal communication 8 aerograms have been withdrawn by various postal services royal mail in the united kingdom discontinued the aerogram in 2012 citation needed japan post holdings announced its aerogram service would end on 30 september 2023 9 as of july 2024 update they were still provided by australia post and hongkong post 10 11 historically as the aerogram was the least expensive form of international postal communication users often went to extreme lengths to make best use of the space available including writing in different colours in different directions and printing on the sheets minimising font size and margins see also edit lettercard letter sheet v mail references edit the evolution of the postal service in the era of the upu by jamie gough in the london philatelist vol 114 no 1331 december 2005 pp 362 363 r hudson 1981 royal engineers air postal engineering rej vol 95 no 2 p 117 120 journal of institute of royal engineers chatham edward wells 1987 mailshot a history of the forces postal services defence postal courier services london aerogrammes and air letters collectgbstamps archived from the original on 6 january 2022 undersander dan ed catalog of the 20th and 21st century stamped envelopes and wrappers of the united states third edition upss 2011 isbn 978 0 9800112 8 9 airpost journal vol 78 no 2 february 2007 pub american air mail society the stamp collecting round up us aerograms to disappear retrieved 18 august 2018 wiggins jenny 25 september 2015 australia post delivers 222 million loss as letter posting in terminal decline the sydney morning herald archived from the original on 2 october 2020 retrieved 18 august 2018 japan post retiring cheap postcards amid digital shift japan times 22 february 2023 retrieved 10 august 2023 bush sunset aerogramme australia post shop retrieved 19 february 2021 aerogramme shopthrupost hongkongpost hk retrieved 2024 07 04 further reading edit godinas francois catalogue mondial des entiers aeropostaux aerogrammes cartes enveloppes avec timbres imprime civil et militaires world s air mail catalogue of aerograms air letter sheets and air post stationery esneux françois godinas 1966 2 vols jennings peter aerogrammes chippenham picton publishing 1973 isbn 0 902633 17 1 93p kessler f w kessler s catalogue of aerograms new york aerogram catalogue publishing co 1961 69 3 vols external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to aerogrammes letter post manual universal postal union berne 1985 sets out u p u regulations applicable to aerogrammes royal engineers museum army postal services 1939 45 origins of aerogram wayback machine archive aerogramme society website a comprehensive source on aerogram related topics archived cuban aerograms illustrations of all mint and used cuban aerograms collection of aerogrammes v t e airmail general airmail etiquette airmail stamp mail curtis jenny jn 4 specific countries berlin airlift germany denmark greece ireland united states air mail facility air mail scandal stamps philately aerophilately astrophilately crash cover first flight cover 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