The airmail rate to any country in South America was ten cents per half ounce from November 1, 1946 through June 30, 1961.

A letter sent airmail to Dutch Guiana in 1949 using a perfin ten-cent Prexie.

A cover mailed to Uruguay in 1956.

An airmail letter sent from APO 751 in Bremen, Germany to Argentina in 1948.

Postcards did not have their own airmail rates until June 1, 1954. This airmail postcard was sent to the U.S. Embassy in LaPaz, Bolivia in 1949.

Page back

Navigation Bar