Evening star., 1946-10-27
News About Stamps
By JONES Waldo Fowcett

BY jones "
The Post Office Department or
Wednesday last announced: "Tc
encourage the greater use of air.
mail for the exchange Of communi-
cations between the United States
and the West Indies, Central and
South America, when the new TO-
cent-a-half-ounce rate goes into ef-
feet on November 1. public test
of the speed Of airmail facilities
between these countries has been
arranged.
"For one day. only, November l.
persons desiring to participate in
this test may do so by addressing
an envelope, prepared with a 10
cent stamp, to Pan America World
Always System, Airmail Test at
any Of the capital cities in the
countries listed here. The senderi
complete return address must be
placed in the upper left-hand cor
ner Of the envelope.
"The envelope can be mailed u
the regular way on November !
Upon arrival in the country OF des.
tination, the date of receipt VIII
be stamped on it. Return postage
will be applied by Pan American
World Always and the envelope
mailed to the sender through reg
ular airmail channels. The return
address must be within the CONT
mental United States and only one
letter should be sent to each coun-
try.
The following are the countries
and the capital cities to which let
ters may be sent: st. Johns, An
tigua. British West Indies; Buenos
Aires, Argentina; La Paz, Bolivia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago
Chile; Bogota, Colombia; San Jose
Costa Rica; Curacao, Netherlands
West Indies; Ciudad Trujillo, Do
minican Republic; Quito, Ecuador;
San Salvador, Ell Salvador; Pointe
Pitre, Guadeloupe: Guatemala
City, Guatemala; Georgetown, Brit
ish Guiana; Cayenne, French
Guinana; Paramaribo, Surinam;
Port au Prince, Haiti; Tegucigalpa,
Honduras; Kingston, Jamaica; Fort
de France, Martinique; Managua,
Nicaragua; Panama City, Panama;
Asuncion, Paraguay; Lima. Peru;
st. Lucia, British West Indies; Port
of Spain, Trinidad; Montev1deo,
Uruguay, and Caracas, Venezuela
The Post Once Department also
announced last Monday that air
mall service to Anchorage, Alaska,
from New York, N. Y, by way OF
Chicago, H., and Minneapolis,
Mimi, will be inaugurated on or
about November Is by Northwest
Airlines over FAM Route %.
"A special cachet will be applied
to all covers sent to the postmas-
ters at New York, Chicago, Minne-
apolis and Anchorage. Covers should
be self-addressed and prepaid in the
amount of 5 cents an ounce, the new
airmail rate, and be accompanied by
a request that they be dispatched
by one or another Of the following
segments of the route: New York
TO Anchorage, Chicago to Anchor
age, Minneapolis to Anchorage, An
chorage to New York, Anchorage to
Chicago, Anchorage to Minneapolis
Covers may be addressed for de-
livery In the United States, Alaska
or Canada. They should bear in the
upper left-hand corner an tndorse-
ment indicating the first flight dis
patch desired. such as First flight
New York to Anchorage or First
fight Anchorage to Minneapolis.
This Endorsement especially is need
ed on covers sent to the postmasters
| at Anchorage.
Covers must reach the post ONCE
of dispatch by November l3. In ad-
dition to the official cachet and post
mark at Office Of dispatch, covers
will be back-stamped at the ofiice
where first-fiight dispatch ends, and
then forwarded for delivery as ad-
dressed"
Airmail service between New Or
leans, La, and Habana, Cuba, will be
irlaugurated on or about November
over Chicago and Southern Air
lines FAM Route 81. The Post Of
flee Information Bureau explains:
"A special cachet will be applied
to all first-flight covers sent to the
postmaster at New Orleans. Covers
should be prepaid in the amount OF
8 cents a half ounce, the airmail
rate to Cuba, and the postmaster
requested to hold them for the first
fight to Habana.
Covers may be addressed for de-
livery in the United States or Cuba,
They will receive special marking
on arrival at Habana, and those ad-
dressed to the United States re-
turned by ordinary means.
"First-flight covers must reach the
postmaster at New Orleans by Octo-
ber 80. Any covers received from
Cuba on the return flight will be
back-stamped at New Orleans"
Airmail service will be inaugurated
at Wheeling, w. Va, on Route AM-z
on or about November /. There will
be no official cachet for f1rst-f1ight
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