The first Irish airmail stamps were issued on 7 April 1948 in denominations of 3p and 6p. However, due to the increasing possibilities of sending letters to domestic destinations by airmail, the need arose for an additional 1p value....
After the Second World War, air traffic hesitantly resumed, and sending airmail became possible again. From 1949, it was once again permitted to send parcels weighing up to 25 kilograms. Simultaneously, air duties...
Stamp Day 2019 is a derivative of the airmail stamp (LP 1 & 2) from 1921 by Lebeau. Only after the hostilities of the First World War (1914–1918) was European airspace safe for the setting up and...
To replace the first series of Denmark's airmail stamps, a new series was issued on June 9, 1934, with the same values except for the 25 øre value, which was replaced by 20 øre. The stamps feature a Fokker aircraft...
The first series of airmail stamps is known as 'Ploeg en Vliegtuig'. These stamps were intended to cover airmail duties for letters and parcels to foreign countries starting in June 1925. The design of the stamps was created by...
The first four stamps featuring the OHMS perforation issued by the Canadian Postal Service were from 1935. The perforation is easily recognizable as belonging to the postal service and not the Ministry of Finance because the shape is smaller...
As someone interested in aviation, and aircraft types in particular, I have sometimes wondered whether the aircraft depicted on the Belgian airmail stamps issued in 1946 was indeed the Skymaster as stated in the Official Belgian Stamp Catalogue....
Collectors of Canadian stamps are familiar with them: the service stamps with OHMS and G overprinted on existing postage stamps. OHMS stands for On His Majesty's Service and G for Government. But the stamps that, by means of a perforation, OHMS...
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Royal Belgian Aeroclub, two airmail stamps were issued on June 30, 1951. The two different stamps, one of 6F and one of 7F, were linked by a vignette. Earlier we have...
At primary school, as it was still called back then in my hometown, the first-grade teacher had put together a group of young stamp collectors from the six classes. I was one of those little collectors. But when a schoolboy went to the...
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