Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 16, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 October 1946 — NEW FIVE CENT AIR MAIL RATE EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 [ARTICLE]

NEW FIVE CENT AIR MAIL RATE EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

r be new air mail rate of five tents for one ounce will be effeo hvc Tu^_day, Oct. 1. This new service will be extended to the armed forces, a service which previously cost 6c per half ounce, and also takes in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Canton Island, Canal Zone, Guam, and any other place where U. S. service is in operation. Only letters weighing 2 ounces or less will be accepted at the present time for transmission via airmail to overseas APOs and Navy Post Offices, with the exceptions of Army Post Offices at New Or!t ans and Seattle. This service is cheap and civilians should avail themselves of it, at all times as several days delivery on mail can be gained on mail to far poits. Mail for delivery to business firms will receive immediate service, thus saving time and money. “Make the first day sale of 5c airmail a memorable one,” said Acting Postmistress Mary Myres ir announcing the new service, “by

sending your friends one of the first 5c air mail letters. It will seem more personal and your friends will appreciate this personal touch and the thought that their letters have attained importance by being sent by air.” “This is your service. Use it for convenience and haste. 5c airmail envelopes will be on sale at a later date. Notice will be given when these arrive.”