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[rm]

Do airmail pads still exist?
Or is this another thing that's been lost to the world?

I just went to a Duane Reade and a CVS looking for one, as I remembered buying them at Woolworth's as a child.

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[rufus.livejournal.com]

I *think* they still exist. But the last time I know for sure I bought one was 1996.

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Something like this?

I remember airmail paper from when I was younger, but haven't had a reason to look for it in years.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm feeling nostalgic and have letters to write to Patty. They used to sell it in small pads when I was a kid, but I suspect it's not so easy to find now.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

I can get you a deal on very thin electrons for your email.

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

I remember getting these things called 'air grams' from the post office to write to my grandmother in Israel when I was a kid. They were these things that folded up in thirds and had glue on them that you'd lick, like an envelope. I don't know if the post office sells those things anymore, come to think of it.

I think I have seen airmail pads around, but I can't recall when that was.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

You can get them here at the old-school stationery store near Harvard. There must be something analogous where you are. They may also sell the aerograms that fold up at the post office.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do. I've seen them in nicer stationary stores.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Bob Slate?

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I do.

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

I used the blue trifold stuff that became it's own envelope.

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Yes! I used to use those.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Well, hi neighbor. (Am assuming you are local.)

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

They probably still have them in stationary stores. Old school ones. There are a couple here around 111th, and 112th that might have them. Broadway.

N.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Brit ex-pat in NYC here, and it's been a long time since I've seen anything of that type on either side of the Atlantic. A great pity, as you say, for the nostalgic. Letter-writing is underrated.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

IT looks as if the Americans don't make it any more. It's still available in the UK and Europe, and you might find onionskin tablets in art stores.

Bother progress. I miss air mail stationery paper now.

[saltbox.livejournal.com]

On my various trips to Germany and Italy and Vietnam last summer, I saw them at all the US international airports out of which I flew. If I remember right, that means Minneapolis, LA, and Chicago. I would expect that this applies to NY.

[graene.livejournal.com]

Yes, the aerogram, purchased at the post office.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Howdy!

[graene.livejournal.com]

which does not appear to exist on usps.gov Sorry.

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

I found some once in an old stationary store in a forgotten corner of Lima. Have they been banished to antique stores and forgotten corners of the third world? I love them.

Also: I just voted for you. I'm enjoying your blog so much, I have added you as a friend as well. I hope you will not mind.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm adding you back.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

i went to the post office looking specifically for aerogrammes, and they told me they don't sell them anymore. sigh.

[rothko.livejournal.com]

BOB SLATE! BOB SLATE! BOB SLATE!

man, i miss that place. there's nothing like it here in austin.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

It turns out even Bob Slate is full of fail. Alas!

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

So cool!

[raaven.livejournal.com]

I remember the pads too, and your post made me curious, so I went poking around...

It would appear that airmail paper per se is now a collector's item in the US. Even the plain, lightweight onionskin is rare in North America, but I did find one company that sells it by either the ream or the box. No nifty airmail logo on it, but lovely quality, lightweight paper to make international postage not so onerous.

http://www.thepapermillstore.com/product.php?productid=9304