On the right side front of each one, there is a red white and blue winged emblem that reads ""Via Air Mail"" in English, Spanish, and French. These white straight flap envelopes feature a red and blue signed stripe border resembling vintage style stationary. JAM Paper #10 Airmail Business Envelopes measure 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches in size and are made out of durable 20lb paper. But it was a gift, so it still counts as mine.The JAM Paper #10 (4.13"" x 9.5"") airmail envelope makes a great alternative to the usual white and manila envelopes. Ok, it was actually purchased by my penpal and sent to me. If you would like to know more about the history of Airmail, especially the messy details, I highly recommend this article!Īirmail Service: It Began with Army Air Service Pilotsĭisclaimer: Everything from this review was purchased by me. For $11, you can make your next ten letters bring a bigger smile to those on the receiving end and enjoy the writing of those letters a bit more. The texture and tactile feel of the paper gives a little extra specialness to correspondence. Overall, I highly recommend this paper pad and envelopes. I did learn that international envelopes were not only made of very thin paper, but the red and blue stripes on the edges signaled to those sorting the mail that this was a letter from the US (or England – they used the same colors) and was to be sorted into the international mail pile. If you lick this paper, you will feel quite silly and hope no one was watching. Instead, remove the piece of paper protecting the ready-to-go adhesive. One thing to be careful with, however: do not lick the envelope to seal it. The envelopes took the ink without bleed-through. I use a Pilot Address Pen ($2.50 from Jet Pens) that is waterproof and loved by Post Office machines everywhere. The Life Airmail envelopes are also quite lightweight and are lined with a safety layer to prevent wandering eyes from reading your mail. When using the entire page, you may want to use another piece of paper to protect the sheet beneath your hand from oils by the end of the letter, your pen could start skipping if your hand has left anything behind. I found every writing instrument easy to use, the paper has a slight tooth to it, ink dries quickly and doesn’t smear. Writing on the paper, however, does not make noise. It isn’t the type of paper you would want to have in a library - it is loud when handled! Imagine thin wrapping paper or thick tissue paper used for gifts. The texture of Life Airmail paper is wonderful in my opinion. However, the paper did wrinkle significantly. Show-through was present but not terrible. The paper took the paint well, it dried quickly and the color stayed true. Even though it is the brightest writing that can be seen on the back side of the sheet, the Sharpie never bled through the paper.
I don’t think I’ve found a type of paper that can take Sharpie marker without bleed-through.
There was no feathering with either of the fountain pen inks Robert Oster Blue-Black showed wonderful shading as well. the Pilot Precise V5 pens both had a slight issue with feathering. Bungubox Sapphire produced a stunning sheen, more than I usually see on Tomoe paper. To test how the paper stands up to ink, I used plenty of varieties.
This also makes it the best paper to use with a template (thoughtfully provided with the pad, one side for horizontal and the other for vertical lines) while writing your writing looks neat and straight without the lines. You can see in the photo below – the paper is barely there. In fact, if a piece of dark paper is placed under the sheet, you can even write on both sides.
Some may be turned off by this translucence, thinking that it makes text difficult to read, but I have not found it to be an issue. The paper is wonderfully crinkly and crisp and also transparent. Compare that to the typical Rhodia paper (80 gsm) or even Tomoe River paper (52 or 68 gsm).
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Every portion of an ounce counted – paper is heavy!Īs for Airmail or onion skin paper, this material typically weighs around 25-40 gsm (grams per square meter). Weight was an essential feature when using an airmail service for delivering mail more quickly, either within the US or overseas. But I did love the stationery! Airmail as a service was actually discontinued in 1975 when it was brought under the United States Postal Service, but fans of the stationery can still find it today.Īirmail paper and envelopes were specifically designed to be as lightweight as possible, and the paper was often referred to as onion skin paper (just for the resemblance. Immediately I had flashbacks to days in elementary school when I had an international penpal and used airmail paper. Recently I received a gift from a penpal that included a pad of Life Airmail paper ($6.50 for 50 sheets at JetPens) and the corresponding Airmail envelopes ($4.50 for 10 envelopes at Jet Pens).
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