AIR MAIL
Aplologies this might be a short thread depending on the answer but...On this envelope posted from Pleasanton, Zodiac wrote AIR MAIL...if it was sent this way shouldn't there have been an official...
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Sean, as near as I can figure from this charthttp://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/935_u_s_postal_service_rates_for.htmlan airmail stamp was 13 cents at that time.
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I was just wondering about a few things:- 1. Would there have been that much difference in terms of time between normal and Air Mail. I'm guessing that it would have arrived within a day or so. March...
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Sean#1. IIRC, by the 1970's regular mail and air mail were transported pretty much the same way which is why the airmail designation was eliminated in 1973. #2. That chart was not crystal clear to me...
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The Pleasanton auto enthusiast meets have gone on for years, and still go on today, but unfortunately the earliest I can remember going is 20-25 years ago. Not that they did not go on previously (I'm...
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I was just wondering about a few things:- 1. Would there have been that much difference in terms of time between normal and Air Mail. I'm guessing that it would have arrived within a day or so. March...
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Thanks all! Again, I don't know if there's anything to it, but given what Seagull and Bernie have to say, it's probably unlikely that it was sent via air mail and/or made no difference. Seemed...
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George Foreman trained for a bout in Pleasanton don"t remember when or who he fought, but it might have been in the 70's.
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According to this site,http://www.texasphilatelic.org/resources/oldrates.htm air mail (1st ounce) was not 13c until March 2, 1974. The air mail rate was 11c from May 16, 1971 to March 1, 1974, and 10c...
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