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An airmail stamp is a postage stamp intended to pay either an airmail fee that is charged in addition to the surface rate, or the full airmail rate, for an item of mail to be transported by air.[1]
Airmail stamps should not be confused with airmail etiquettes, which are affixed to mail as an instruction to the postal authority that the mail should be transmitted by air.
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Development[edit]
History[edit]
With aviation developments, several countries started to experiment with flights, and postal authorities considered flying the mails. Initially flights were unofficial, but some flights such as the 1877 Buffalo balloon flight,[2] carried mail, to which stamp-like labels were affixed. At the beginning airmail letters cost more than surface mail.
Both airmail stamps and stamps surcharged for airmail were issued, though some countries restricted the use of airmail stamps only to letters sent by airmail, while others allowed them to be used for other mail services.[3]
The first stamp depicting an aeroplane was a US 20-cent parcel post stamp issued on 1 January 1913 but not intended for airmail duty: the set of 12 showed transportation and delivery methods.[4] Four years later an airmail stamp was issued in Italy. Several of the early ones were produced by surcharging other stamps with overprints; at first in 1917, Italy used express stamps; regular stamps were used by Austria in 1918, Sweden used official stamps in 1920.[3] Some other examples are the use of fiscal stamps, telegraph stamps, postage due stamps, and parcel stamps by other countries.[3] Airmail stamps have been issued for extra services, such as registered airmail, express airmail, airmail fieldpost, and even with welfare surcharges.[3]
A new branch of collecting[edit]
In the 1920s and 1930s, when many countries issued airmail stamps to publicise their new airmail routes, a new branch of stamp collecting started. This led to an expansion that includes the collection of covers, and other postal items carried by aircraft.[5] Airmail items from the early days are expensive due to the popularity of this collecting area.[6] Specialised catalogues and albums are produced for collectors of airmail stamps and other aerophilatelic items.[7] Many airmail stamps feature aviation themes[1] that are an area of topical stamp collecting.[8]
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First airmail stamps[edit]
The first postage stamp to be issued for an airmail flight was in May 1917 when Poste italianeoverprinted their existing special delivery stamps.[9] The following year, the United States Post Office Department issued the first airmail stamp specifically issued for the purpose;[10] while it does not have 'airmail' or 'air post' printed on it, it illustrates a Curtiss JN-4airplane.[9] One pane of 100 stamps were found to have an invert error, known as the Inverted Jenny, because the airplane image in the centre is inverted relative to the outer frame.[11] The error is one of the most well known airmail stamps.[10] Several countries, such as Germany, Finland, Russia and the United States, issued special airmail stamps, or overprinted stamps, for the Zeppelin flights that took place in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[12]
Local airmail stamp issues[edit]
Semi-official airmail stamps are not issued by the postal authority but have official sanction[13] and are sometimes used for local posts, they are more accurately referred to a labels rather than stamps.[14] For example, as noted above the privately produced 5¢ Buffalo balloon stamps were used on June 18, 1877, for a balloon flight from Nashville to Gallatin, Tennessee.[2] The Vin Fiz Flyer, an early airplane, also carried semi-official stamps on its 1911 flight across the United States.[15]
See also[edit]
References and sources[edit]
Notes
- ^ abMiller, Rick. 'Have airmail stamps fallen victim to success?'. Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ abLynch, Maureen & Chris (2006-05-18). 'Arago: Air Post Semi-Official Issues'. National Postal Museum. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ abcdHornung (1970), pps. 94–95
- ^Berkun, Alan (14 April 2006). '20-cent Airplane'. Arago. National Postal Museum. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^Williams, Leon Norman (1990). Fundamentals of philately, Rev ed. State College, PA: American Philatelic Society. p. 15. ISBN0-933580-13-4.
- ^Hornung (1970), pp. 258
- ^Hornung (1970), pp. 262
- ^Solarz, Sanford (2008-09-18). 'Scanning the Horizons:Collecting Aircraft on Stamps'. American Air Mail Society. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ abBaadke, Michael. 'Airmail collecting can take you anywhere'. Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ ab'Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America: U.S. Airmail Stamps'. National Postal Museum. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^'Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America: Inverted Jenny'. National Postal Museum. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^Mackay, James (1971). Airmails: 1870–1970. London: B.T. Btaford. pp. 147–148. ISBN0713403802.
- ^'Arago Glossary'. National Postal Museum. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^Miller, Rick. 'Another world: semiofficial airmail stamps'. Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^The Vin Fiz Flyer Semi-official Air Post Stamp
Sources
- Hornung, Otto (1970). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting. Feltham, English: The Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN0-600-01797-4.
- Schoendorf, Robert (1979). The Buffalo Balloon Mail 1873-1877. New York: Cosmos Press.
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Further reading
- Gomez, James; Ariel Books Staff (1996). U.S. Airmail Stamps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN0-8362-0989-3.
- Newall, Alexander S. (1990). Airmail Stamps: Fakes & Forgeries. Newall Consultants. ISBN0-904804-96-8.
- Vachon, Georgette (1974). Goggles, helmets, and airmail stamps. Irwin: Clark. ISBN0-7720-0619-9.
External links[edit]
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If you want to send air mail items out of Hong Kong, the best option is to use our basic air service. The postage rate depends on the destination, format and weight of the item, which can be up to 50g, 500g and 2 kg for small letters, large letters and packets respectively. Destinations are divided into different zones to reflect difference in processing and conveyance costs.
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To use the service, you must follow the instructions below:
- All air mail items must bear the superscription “BY AIR MAIL”. You can get blue air mail labels for free at the post office. You should affix the label to the top left hand corner of the address side of the envelopes, or close to the address on parcels and packets (close to each address if it is shown in more than one place on the item). Alternatively, you may write, clearly and in bold, the words “BY AIR MAIL” on air mail items.
- Please make sure to pay sufficient postage for all mail items. If not, the items will instead be sent by surface route without prior notification. If the postage paid cannot cover the surface rate, the item will be charged on delivery, with the amount of deficiency plus an additional fee.
- Mails should not bear a non-Hong Kong return address or enclose any mail sent on behalf of other senders.
- We don't provide this service to Macao.
- Airmails to the mainland of China will be airlifted to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou for China Post's onward delivery to the destination by air, road or other mode of transport.
Delivery Standard
- Varies according to different destinations indicated on 'Postage Rates and Services - Section 8 : Air Mail Latest Times of Posting and Delivery Standard (POS 15)' of www.hongkongpost.hk.
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(Effective from 1 January 2018)
| Air Mail | Weight per item not over | Postage per item | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No airmail service to Macao | |||||
| The mainland of China and Taiwan | Zone 1 Asia (except Japan) | Zone 2 Japan, Oceania, Europe (except Eastern Europe and Scandinavia) and North America | Zone 3 Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, South America, Africa and other destinations | ||
| Small Letter | 20g | $3.4 | $3.7 | $4.9 | $5.0 |
| 30g | $5.8 | $5.9 | $7.4 | $7.6 | |
| 40g | $7.4 | $8.1 | $9.4 | $9.5 | |
| 50g | $9.0 | $9.9 | $11.3 | $11.4 | |
| Large Letter | 30g | $5.9 | $6.0 | $7.5 | $7.7 |
| 50g | $9.1 | $11.0 | $12.5 | $13.1 | |
| Each additional 10g or part thereof (Maximum Weight: 500g) | $1.6 | $1.8 | $1.9 | $2.0 | |
| Packet | 30g | $6.1 | $6.2 | $7.7 | $7.9 |
| 50g | $9.3 | $11.4 | $13.0 | $13.5 | |
| Each additional 10g or part thereof (Maximum Weight: 2 kg) | $1.6 | $1.8 | $1.9 | $2.0 | |
The postage rates above will not be applicable if the following conditions are met:-
- Bulk posting of lightweight items not exceeding 150g sent to Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, or Viet Nam; AND
- Posting of 1,500 items or more per day, or 5,000 items or more over a 2-week period to addressees in the same destination by a single mailer.
How to pay the postage
| 1. | Stamps |
|---|---|
| 2. | International Reply Coupon |
| 3. | Franking Machine |
| 4. | Prepayment in Money (not less than 100 identical items) |
| 5. | Permit Mailing (not less than 100 identical items) |
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| Small Letter | 50 g |
|---|---|
| Large Letter | 500 g |
| Packet | 2 kg |
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These may be sent to any address in the world for a postage rate of $3.4. As the economics of the aerogramme service are closely related to the weight of the aerogramme form itself, an aerogramme should not contain any enclosures or have an attachment other than a postage stamp or postal form / label used for posting. If an aerogramme has an enclosure or an attachment other than a postage stamp or postal form / label used for posting, or in any way fails to comply with the conditions laid down by the Postmaster General for the aerogramme service, it will be considered to be posted as an air mail item and air mail fees corresponding to the mail format classification for Small Letter, Large Letter and Packet must be paid.
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Plain stamped official aerogrammes are obtainable from any post office at $3.4 each. Privately manufactured aerogrammes may be used if they bear an indication that they have been approved by the Postmaster General. Forms which do not bear such an indication will be treated as ordinary air mail items and charged corresponding to the mail format classification for Small Letter, Large Letter and Packet. The postage on privately manufactured aerogrammes may be prepaid by means of a $3.4 postage stamp or, alternatively, by a franking impression made directly on the aerogramme form and not affixed by label.
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