 TABLE III. -- DOMESTIC AIRMAIL
1918-1955
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Rates |
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| May 15, 1918
(1)................................................................. |
24 cents per ounce, of which 10 cents was for special delivery |
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| July 15,
1918....................................................................... |
16 cents per ounce and 6 cents each additional ounce, of which
10 cents |
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was for special
delivery. |
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| Dec. 15,
1918..................................................................... |
6 cents per ounce, without special delivery |
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| July 18,
1919...................................................................... |
2 cents per ounce. (2) |
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| July 1,
1924....................................................................... |
8 cents per ounce, per zone. (3) |
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| July 1,
1925....................................................................... |
10 cents per ounce for Government-operated overnight service
New |
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York to Chicago; 8
cents per ounce daytime zone rate. |
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| Feb 15,
1926..................................................................... |
Contract air routes: > plus 5 cents per ounce each |
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Under 1000 mi. ..
10 cents per ounce > airmail
zone a part of such |
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1000 to 1500
mi. 15 cents per ounce > zone the mail was carried |
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Over 1500
mi.......20 cents per ounce >
airmail routes. |
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Government routes: |
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Daytime zone |
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rate.....................8 cents per ounce |
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New York to |
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Chicago
(over- |
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night.................10 cents per ounce |
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| Feb. 1,
1927....................................................................... |
Both contract and Government-operated air routes: 10 cents per
half- |
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ounce regardless of
distance. |
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| Aug. 1,
1928...................................................................... |
5 cents first ounce. |
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10 cents each additional ounce. |
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| July 6,
1932...................................................................... |
8 cents first ounce. |
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13 cents each additional ounce. |
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| July 1,
1934....................................................................... |
6 cents per ounce. |
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| Mar. 26,
1944.................................................................. |
8 cents per ounce. |
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| Oct. 1,
1946....................................................................... |
5 cents per ounce. |
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| Sept. 1,
1948..................................................................... |
See footnote 4. |
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| Jan. 1,
1949....................................................................... |
6 cents per ounce. |
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4 cents each for airmail postal and post cards. (5) |
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| Dec. 31, 1955 |
Same rates as 1949. |
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Service first established 1918.
2 . Not strictly an "airmail
rate." Between July 18, 1919
and July 1, 1924, there was no airmail rate and no
offer of airmail
service. Some mail, however, was
carried by planes at the regular first-class rate of 2 cents
per ounce.
3. The zones were: (1) New
York-Chicago, (2) Chicago-Cheyenne, (3) Cheyenne-San Francisco.
4. Prior to
1948, weight and size limits for "airmail" were the same as for
first-class mail; beginning Sept.
1, 1948, matter carried by
air weighing 8 ounces or less was classified as "airmail," and
over 8 ounces "air-
parcel post." See Table IV for Air Parcel Post
rates.
5. Airmail postal
and post card service inaugurated Jan 1, 1949.
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