Airmail Label A gummed or self-adhesive label applied to a mailpiece sent at the international airmail price. The label includes “Airmail” and “Par Avion” (French for “by airplane”).
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Airmail – USPS Definition
Airmail (1) The transport of mail by air transportation. (2) A service by which international mail receives First-Class Mail service domestically, is dispatched by the most expeditious transportation, and receives air or priority handling in the destination country.
Airlift – USPS Definition
Airlift The movement of mail by air taxi operators and air carriers.
Air Contract Transportation Tag – USPS Definition
Air Contract Transportation Tag (ACT Tag) A printed barcoded tag that bears information for routing mail containers to be transported by contracted air carriers.
Aerophilately – USPS Definition
Aerophilately (Philatelic) Stamp collecting that focuses on stamps, postage, covers, and other philatelic materials that relate to airmail.
Aerogramme – USPS Definition
Aerogramme (obsolete) A postage-paid letter-size sheet of lightweight paper that was folded into an airmail envelope for correspondence to other countries. Enclosures were not permitted. Aerogrammes were discontinued in 2007.
AEC II Service – USPS Definition
AEC II Service An enhancement to Address Element Correction that identifies and corrects nonmatching addresses using the computer program Delivery Force Knowledge™. The addresses are submitted, via AEC II, to delivery units to resolve address elements or determine the existence of the addresses.
Advertising Portion – USPS Definition
Advertising Portion For price eligibility, the part of an authorized Periodicals publication that contains all material for which a valuable consideration is paid, accepted, or promised, that calls attention to something to get people to buy it, sell it, seek it, or support it and also includes the publisher’s own advertising. The advertising portion is… Continue reading Advertising Portion – USPS Definition
Advance Notification and Tracking System – USPS Definition
Advance Notification and Tracking System An Internet-based application that facilitates the delivery and tracking of qualified Standard Mail pieces and Periodicals pieces with specific in home delivery windows. It also provides mailers with delivery performance reports and data for each mailing.
Advance Notification – USPS Definition
Advance Notification A system that transmits information from mail.dat and Postal One! data via Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) system to business mail entry units and processing facilities about the name of the mailing, approximate size, induction location, and approximate induction date.