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In some regions, such as the United Kingdom, one may simply write "PAR AVION -- BY AIR MAIL" on the envelope, [1] even though etiquettes are available free of charge from post offices. The United States officially requires international First Class and Priority Mail letters to be marked with "AIRMAIL/PAR AVION".
Illuminated address to see better at night. An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers and organization name.
Oral address Your Honour – All courts in Australia. [5] The Right Honourable Lord/Lady Justice X (abbreviation X LJ) – Judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Oral address Your Excellency – Judges of the International Court of Justice. Oral address Your Worship – All courts in Australia (obsolete).
Front of an envelope mailed in the U.S. in 1906, with a postage stamp and address Back of the above envelope, showing an additional receiving post office postmark. An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material.
Mail envelope (back to back) The word mail comes from the Middle English word male, referring to a travelling bag or pack. [2] It was spelled in that manner until the 17th century and is distinct from the word male. The French have a similar word, malle, for a trunk or large box, and mála is the Irish term for a bag.
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Envelope with return address in top left corner. In postal mail, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed.
[3] Most governments use envelopes with an indicia indicating its official status; the United Kingdom's official mail most often shows, O.H.M.S. or On His/Her Majesty's Service, the United States uses the silhouette of an eagle, Ethiopia shows a hand holding a cleft stick with a letter is wedged into it, [3] while Ireland uses a harp. [4]