Aerogramme Change
Difficulties in processing old quarto-size aerogrammes in electronic sorting machines led to a change in style fori British airietter forms, a cor-1 respondent to “The Press”! has been told in a letter fromthe operations and overseas! department of the British; Post Office. The correspondent, Mrs S.l Yuill, lives in New Milton. i Hampshire, England. Fhe wrote to the department after! reading a letter in “The Press” when she was in Christchurch some time ago, and after hearing “personal complaints” about the new British aerogramme forms. The department said in its reply that the old forms had one open edge and were therefore likely to catch in the machinery or jam the equipment. Another factor in the change was the recommendation of the 1964 Congress of the Universal Postal Union that envelopes and aerogrammes conform to a standard size in view of the advanced development of postal mechanisation.
The only practicable solution, the department said, was a three-flap design which ensured all-round sealing.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32351, 17 July 1970, Page 14
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164Aerogramme Change Press, Volume CX, Issue 32351, 17 July 1970, Page 14
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