Air Mail

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:post_office
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Airmail
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1970s
air transport became standard for all mail
gptkbp:deliveredBy mail
gptkbp:firstOfficialService gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstRegularService gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:firstRegularServiceYear 1918
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air Mail
gptkbp:introducedIn 1911
gptkbp:marking airmail stamps
blue and red border envelopes
gptkbp:notableEvent first round-the-world airmail in 1947
first transatlantic airmail flight in 1919
gptkbp:purpose faster mail delivery
gptkbp:replacedBy standard mail with air transport
gptkbp:requires special postage
gptkbp:usedBy postal services worldwide
gptkbp:uses gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fresh_Complaint
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5