Airmail Letter Postage (U.S.A.)

HC Deb 29 January 1947 vol 432 cc191-2W

Major Bramall

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will now reduce the charge for airmail letters to U.S.A., in view of the fact that the U.S. Government have recently reduced the charge on airmail letters to this country by 50 per cent

Mr. Burke

The postage on airmail letters for the U.S.A. was reduced on 17th January from 1s. 3d. to 1s. per half ounce. In addition, the sixpenny light-weight air letter service, hitherto available in general only to Commonwealth destinations, has been extended to the U.S.A. and provides a cheap and expeditious means for correspondence for which this particular type of communication is suitable.