AIR-MAIL CARDS
RESTRICTION OF USE
Referring today to the air lettercard service introduced recently, the Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb) stated that many of the cards were being posted to civilians overseas and also to Air Force personnel serving in Canada. These letter-cards could not be accepted for air transmission to civilian addresses anywhere, or for Air Force personnel in Canada, and those that had been posted to such addressees would be forwarded by ordinary surface means.
At present the service was available only for communications to members of the Armed Forces (including Merchant Navy) serving in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean area (including Italy), the Middle East, India, Ceylon, and parts of Africa. Only a limited amount of mail could be carried by the special air service, and therefore it was necessary, in the meantime at least, to restrict the use of the cards of next-of-kin and to urge that not more than one a week be sent to any one addressee.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1944, Page 6
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161AIR-MAIL CARDS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1944, Page 6
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