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AIR MAIL [60 records]

Record 1 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Postal Transport
  • Air Freight
DEF

Mail paid at the air mail price for transportation by air.

OBS

air mail: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transports postaux
  • Fret aérien
DEF

Courrier qui est affranchi au tarif avion et transporté par voie aérienne.

OBS

courrier-avion : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Correspondencia (Correos)
  • Transporte postal
  • Carga aérea
DEF

Correspondencia que se expide por avión.

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Record 2 2015-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
DEF

Postage specially prepared for prepayment of airmail service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

Timbres soi-disant destinés à l'affranchissement des plis transportés par voie aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Air Transport
DEF

A scheduled mail route or service on which mail is carried by air transport.

CONT

Air service (airmail) may be purchased to assure expeditious handling in dispatch and the fastest mode of transportation. Airmail is promptly sorted and dispatched by air to the destination country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Transport aérien
DEF

[Service] chargé du transport du courrier par voie aérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte postal
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 4 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
  • Postal Transport
  • Air Transport
DEF

An adhesive label used on mail items sent by air.

OBS

air mail sticker: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)
  • Transports postaux
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Étiquette adhésive utilisée sur des articles de courrier envoyés par avion.

OBS

autocollant par avion; étiquette par avion : termes en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Non dépêches-avion. Une dépêche est déjà postée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien
OBS

ex. lettre-avion recommandée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage
  • Pricing (Air Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)
OBS

pour outre-mer.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Correspondencia (Correos)
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 9 2007-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte postal
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 10 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A lightweight] writing paper for letters and circulars to be transported by airplanes.

OBS

The light weight of airmail paper is its most significant properly; opacity is also important.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier bond léger de grammage généralement inférieur à 40 g/m², utilisé pour le courrier aérien.

OBS

[Le papier avion est] fréquemment de couleur bleu pâle.

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Postal Service
Key term(s)
  • airmail receipt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Postes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Servicio de correos
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Record 12 2001-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Terminals
CONT

Hartsfield, however, recognized that the city that got the air mail stop would become a center of air transportation which he foresaw as a central part of trade and growth.

Key term(s)
  • air-mail stop
  • air-mail station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérogares

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Freight
CONT

The existence of reliable, regular air mail freight services to/from other continents has been a necessary condition of effective external voting arrangements.

Key term(s)
  • air-mail freight

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fret aérien
CONT

[...] sur la ligne Paris-Toulouse [...] 12 tonnes de fret postal ont déjà été acheminées par avions d'Air Suter.

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
  • Post Offices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
  • Bureaux de poste
CONT

Les installations nécessaires aux passagers et au fret : [...] le bureau poste aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 16 1999-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

trafic de colis postaux-avion à destination de votre pays.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Correspondencia (Correos)
  • Transporte aéreo
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Record 17 1997-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) Standards
OBS

Standard number: 4-GP-91Ma, 1990

French

Domaine(s)
  • Normes de l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC)
OBS

Numéro de norme : 4-GP-91Ma, 1990

Spanish

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Record 18 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 19 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Finance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 20 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 21 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 22 1994-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 23 1993-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport
DEF

That part of a larger postal facility where air mail is received and/or despatched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 25 1992-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 26 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes

Spanish

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Record 27 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 28 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 29 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Administration
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 30 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 31 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 32 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 33 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 34 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 35 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Commercial Aviation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Aviation commerciale

Spanish

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Record 36 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 37 1990-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Pricing (Air Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 38 1990-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 39 1987-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale

Spanish

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Record 40 1987-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 41 1984-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes
OBS

BT-150

Spanish

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Record 42 1984-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Post Offices
  • Airfields

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureaux de poste
  • Aérodromes

Spanish

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Record 43 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale

Spanish

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Record 44 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 45 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier

Spanish

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Record 46 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 47 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier

Spanish

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Record 48 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 49 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport
DEF

A bundle or bag containing mail for different destinations usually received at an air mail facility and which has to be opened and resorted for despatch to destination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 50 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 51 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 52 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports postaux

Spanish

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Record 53 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Postal Organizations
  • Air Freight
DEF

A publication of the International Postal Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisations postales internationales
  • Fret aérien

Spanish

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Record 54 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 55 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies
DEF

An official tag used on air mail bags to indicate destination or office where the bags are to be off loaded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 56 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes
OBS

(IT-2, p. 9)

Spanish

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Record 57 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Equipment and Supplies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et fournitures (Postes)

Spanish

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Record 58 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 59 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 60 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage
  • Pricing (Air Transport)
OBS

transatlantic air mail rate of postage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Affranchissement du courrier
  • Tarification (Transport aérien)
OBS

au tarif aérien transatlantique, le port s'est élevé à

Spanish

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