: airmail
It describes … all the special postage stamps issued up to date for use in franking letters for transmission by airpost.—Ken B. Stiles
I am most awfully proud of having a letter by aeroplane. … I suppose one day it will be an ordinary, everyday thing to have an airpost, but any way I shall treasure this first one of mine.—Molley Wallis
The Black Honduras refers to the rarest airpost stamp, the 1925 10-centavos stamp of British Honduras overprinted with "Aero Correo 25 centavos."—Dominic Sama
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“Airpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airpost. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.
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