surface mail en · NOUN
Meanings
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(retronym, uncountable) Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.
[M]embers of the joint committee on communications also decided to improve postal service between Israel and Egypt to include surface mail in addition to air mail deliveries.
1981 September 16, “Around the World: Israeli-Egyptian Talks On Links Near an End”, in New York Times, retrieved 22 Mar 2013:All Christmas cards for overseas delivery must be sealed and may travel either by surface mail at an eight-cent rate or by air mail at 12 cents.
1971 October 8, “‘Mail early’ message sent”, in The Montreal Gazette, retrieved 29 Mar 2013, page 12:
Translations (3)
cmn 平郵 /平邮 (mail transported by motor vehicle) · fi maaposti (mail transported by motor vehicle) · sv ytpost (mail transported by motor vehicle)