Air Mail Leaflets 1919-1972

Airmail leaflets giving rates, routes and posting details for air post from the UK were issued to the public between 1919-72 (except during WW2, when airmail supplements were included in the Post Office Circular), and are a major primary source. Generally speaking, they were issued 2-4 times a year pre-war, and monthly post-war.

The Postal Museum have copies of most of the leaflets, and (with permission) these have been digitally photographed and saved in PDF format. While this is not ideal (as photos the perspective is not "flat" – especially where leaflets were closely bound into volumes), the information is normally readable, which is the main thing! Where original unbound leaflets in collector hands were available, scanned versions of these are used instead for additional clarity.

(= scans, = digital photos of loose leaflets, = digital photos of bound copies (not ideal!). Plain text with no link indicates that as far as we know there should be a leaflet for this date, but we don't have it. "(POC)" indicates a "leaflet" that was included in the Post Office Circular.)

A number of additional airmail-related leaflets have also been scanned and are included below the main listing.

If you spot any errors or problems, or have copies of leaflets not linked or not scanned and would be willing to make them available, please contact with the details.

Images in photographs © Royal Mail Group 2015, courtesy of The Postal Museum