[Dx-qsl] Thank you all for the assistance (was Help needed to find airmail envelopes)

[VR2BrettGraham]

W2PA asked:

>Maybe this is a stoopid question, but:  these days, why would anyone
>need air mail markings on an envelope containing a QSL, SAE and return
>postage (GS or IRC)?
>
>I'd think air mail would be the default method, or determined by the
>amount of postage, and that "slow boat the wrong way around the world,
>then horseback", or any other method, would be something you'd have to
>specify if that's what you want.  I've been getting very fast returns
>with plain white envelopes for years.

Your postal authority might treat the item as a priority (aka
air mail) one, but others may not.

I end up chopping all SAEs I receive, but imagine a lot that
are not do manage to be handled as priority - it all depends
on where they are posted & to a lesser extent where they
are going.

73, VR2BrettGraham.