Aerogram

An airmail letter is a " Aerograms " or " Luftpostfaltbrief ". It is a single pre-printed sheet of very thin airmail paper (now used by most countries as a basic A4 paper and stronger than before ), which folded in a certain way and must be ringsrum taped to rubberized places. In the early Aerogrammen the paper sheet was usually divided by two folds in four fields. Later prevailed in many countries that the sheet was divided by two parallel folds into three fields; in this case, an A4 - page full, the other side will be described for a third. Aerogramme may not contain inserts. Because they are so light, the postage is often lower than for other forms of broadcast.

Aerogramme may occur as postal stationery with imprinted postage stamps or forms that are subsequently franked. While Aerogramme are mainly used for international communication, and domestic - Aerogramme were spent as postal stationery in some countries like India or Nepal.

In Germany the Aerogramm was set as a form of mailing on 1 January 2007; before the postage rate was 1.00 euros. For intra-European shipments at this time was the standard letter with Europe 0.70 € cheaper anyway. Non-European shipments must be prepaid since the default letter world (0.75 €; maximum of 20 grams, 235 × 125 × 5 mm, current name: Standard Mail International ).

The dimensions for a Aerogramm be in the length of 140-220 mm and width 90 to 110 mm. The weight must not exceed five grams.

In some countries or Aerogramme for soldiers and prisoners of war were spent, with a reduced postage rate or free postage was. For example the UK for Feldpost was in World War II Aerogramme out under the name " Forces Letter".

For many overseas or remote areas Aerogramme still have a meaning. Aerogramme belong to the stamp collection area. Many countries and thematic collectors add the few aerograms available from almost every country in the world, like their collections on special supplementation and decoration. But there are also airmail collectors who have become specialized on the extraordinary collection " Aerogramme ". For Aerogramme that are postal stationary, there is a special hand Aerogramm catalogs and on the other hand cataloging in general postal catalogs. For airmail letter - forms, which must be stamped later, there is no systematic cataloging for many countries.

Aerogramme have different names around the world: Aerogramme - Aerogramm - Aerogram Luchtpostblad - Aerograms - Air Letter - Par Avion - Airmail - Flygpost

Due to the development of the Internet and e- mail using Aerogrammen goes back.