airmail
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1. airmail - Noun
2. airmail - Verb
Meaning
a system of conveying mail by aircraft
letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
send or transport by airmail
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Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed
Airmail stamps typically depict images of airplanes and/or famous pilots and were used when airmail was a special type of mail delivery separate from mail delivered by train, ship or automobile.
An IRC is exchangeable in a UPU member country for the minimum postage of a priority or unregistered airmail letter to a foreign country.
Also monitoring foreign mail and acting as counter-espionage to help secure allied victory. citation On August 12, 1918, the Post Office Department took over airmail service from the United States Army Air Service (USAAS).
Airmail is available and costs approximately twice the cost of surface mail.
At the time an IRC could be exchanged for a single-rate, ordinary postage stamp for surface delivery to a foreign country, as this was before the introduction of airmail services.