Everything about Airmail Stamp totally explained
An
airmail etiquette, often shortened to just
etiquette, is an
adhesive label used to indicate that a
letter is to be sent by
airmail.
Because the etiquettes are basically just instructions to postal clerks, and have no monetary value, their printing and distribution need not be as carefully controlled as for
postage stamps, and most are privately produced. The usual design is a plain blue oblong, with the phrases such as "AIR MAIL" and/or "PAR AVION" (
French, traditionally the international mail language) in white letters. However, at various times,
airlines and
hotels have produced more elaborate designs, some quite attractive.
The airmail etiquette may be omitted if airmail stamps are used on the letter, and in some cases even this isn't necessary if a country sends out all its foreign mail by air.
An early catalog of etiquettes was published in
1947 by
Frank Muller; more recently the
Postal Label Study Group has put out the
Mair Airmail Label Catalog, a 627-page work illustrating 3,289 types of etiquettes.
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