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Airmail etiquette -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | An airmail etiquette, often shortened to just etiquette, is an (Click link for more info and facts about adhesive label) adhesive label used to indicate that a (The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech) letter is to be sent by (A system of conveying mail by aircraft) airmail. |
| | Since the etiquettes are basically just notes to postal clerks, and have no monetary value, their printing and distribution need not be as carefully controlled as for (A token that postal fees have been paid) postage stamps, and most are privately produced. |
| | The airmail etiquette may be omitted if airmail stamps are used on the letter, and in some cases even this is not necessary if a country sends out all its foreign mail by air. |
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