Aerogram
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Aerogram: A paid airmail letter with gummed flaps on which the letter is written on & folded to make an envelope.
Aerophilately: A thematic collection of stamps & covers which are related to airmail.
Aerogramme: The official Universal Postal Union designation for an airletter sheet. These sheets, with gummed flaps, are written on and folded into themselves to form their own envelope and are carried at less than the letter airmail rate.
Aerogramme A sheet of paper that is foldable with gummed flaps to seal it. It is a cheap mode of sending letters by air mail.
Aerogrammes
Lightweight postal stationery, otherwise known as Air Letter Sheets, used for the economical transmission of letters by air.
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Aerogram - A postage-paid air letter sheet with gummed flaps that is written on and then folded to form an envelope.
Aerophilately - Branch of collecting that deals with airmail stamps and covers and their usage.
Aerogram
Official Universal Postal Union name for airmail lettersheets created for international use. Such lettersheets are made from lightweight paper to minimize bulk, and they frequently enjoy reduced postal rates.
Aerogramme
Term adopted by UPU (q.v.) in 1951 to denote special letter sheets printed on lightweight paper and intended to be sent by airmail. (q.v. Air Letter).
Aerophilately ...
*Aerogram - a sheet of paper with a strategically placed stamp-like indicium that prepays air mail postage. After the message and the name and address of the recipient are written, the sheet is folded, sealed and mailed.
postal items such as aerogrammes, International Reply Coupons, postage stamps, philatelic products, postal cards, stamped envelopes and postal cards, blank postal money order forms, migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps, or any unsold item, ...
Aerogram - See Aerogramme.
Aerogramme - Printed and gummed writing-sheet designed to be folded and sealed to form a lightweight air-mail letter. Usually made of thin paper and printed with the appropriate postal duty.
Postal Stationery: Envelopes, postal cards, and aerogrammes with stamps printed on them. Or, stationery bearing imprinted stamps, as opposed to adhesive stamps.
The most frequently encountered type of letter sheet is the aerogram. Letter sheets lend themselves to airmail usage because they are lightweight. A 50¢ Thaddeus Lowe aerogram, Scott UC64, mailed May 29, 1999, from Gulfport, Miss.
For each air letter and aerogramme, information is provided on first day of use, quantity issued, history and design, format, dimensions, paper, printing varieties and special flights, cachets, and cancellations.
Price/each:
$5.00 ...
Envelope entires, cut squares, postal cards, aerogrammes.
Some issues listed are available in quantities.
All items are clean, mint entires unless otherwise specified.
1950-59 ...
Postal stationery includes postal cards, lettercards, stamped envelopes, wrappers, aerograms, telegraph cards, postal savings forms and similar government-produced items.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Used, Official, Cancel
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