Something a bit different today as this is a stamp but not a Postal  Authority stamp. It is what I understand to be an Unofficial Local Post (also sometimes called a “cinderella”)  and was printed in 1987 for the 60^th Anniversary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service  of Australia.

It was printed in a sheetlet of 10 and has a part “cancelled to order” cancellation. Below is what it would have looked like.

The aircraft in the image looks like a De Havilland DH 50, which was the model first used by the service back in 1928. Actually a Qantas aircraft back then I believe.

RFDS is a really brilliant organization providing amazing services to outback Australia. They do not sell stamps anymore which is a pity as perhaps they could get some extra revenue for “cinderella” and aviation collectors. I am wondering if they are doing anything to celebrate their 90^th Anniversary this year? Do any of my readers know?

Best wishes   Michael   cddstamps.com

Wow, it  has been a month since I last wrote. Retirement is busy work  LOL.

Anyway I found this today while sorting some stamps.  I do hope you enjoy seeing it. Not that special really except it is imperf and that always adds interest I think.

SG MS 662 with two of the stamps from the issue of 4  (SG 660  top stamp, showing Charles Kingsford Smith and his Fokker F311a/3m, Southern Cross, and SG 661 below with Charles Ulm

Collectible and nice to have in an aviation collection I think, even if the date of use was 36 years after it was issued. Look carefully!  Just goes to show the value was in postage rather than a collection.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your stamps.

Michael       cddstamps.com

 

Hello,  I haven’t really had much to write about recently as I have not been doing anything with aerophilately.  But, I came across this stamp today and while I may have shown it before, years back  perhaps, it reminded me to write something.

I actually think this is a lovely stamp. Nostalgia eh!!!!   One of the 5 stamps issued in 2002 as part of the 50th Anniversary of Passenger Jet Aviation.  Lovely aircraft this, well it was back then in the 1970s when it was flying.  I cannot remember the flights without looking but I did fly on this actual plane,  G-ARPA, a few times, oh that was a long time ago🙂    It was a Trident 1 for those who are interested.

Enjoy your aerophilately

Michael   http://www.cddstamps.com

Hello, first, many thanks for all the entries to the competition about the Lockheed Vega.   entries from  various countries and a few different answers. I will be honest and say I thought I knew the answer until I read the entries. I thought it was Emelia Earhart but I have learned from my knowledgeable readers that it was in fact Wiley Post.  He flew the plane in 1931 from New York to Newfoundland and then across the Atlantic to a place in North Wales.  Emelia flew a solo flight the following year in May 1932.  So  congratulations to Garry from New Zealand.  Something will be in the mail Monday morning. Sorry others couldn’t also have won but thanks for reading the blog. I will do more competitions in the coming weeks.

Today I thought I would show another set from  Montserrat. These were issued in 1993 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. 4 really impressive aircraft for their time. Hope you enjoy seeing these.

Best wishes   Enjoy your flying and your areophilately       Michael          cddstamps.com

 

Hello, Friday night, another week gone so fast. I hope you had a great week and found time for some stamps. Always a great way to relax I think.

Tonight another from Montserrat:  This is SG 654, issued as part of a set to commemorate the Royal (UK Royals that is) visit to the island in 1985. The stamp was originally issued in 1983 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of manned flight (not powered flight!)  and shows a Lockheed Vega V – it is overprinted with the Caribbean Royal Visit 1985 impression.

This is really quite a famous aircraft, as many readers might know.  Since I have not had a competition for a long time I thought this timely…  send me the answer;  who was the first person to fly this aircraft across the Atlantic?  and I’ll find a nice Montserrat stamp or stamps for you as a prize.  Please include your mailing address… no address no winner..    winner will be first correct answer ……My choice as I go through the stock I am currently loading to my Bidstart Store.

Have a great weekend..   Michael    cddstamps.com

Hello, I hope you enjoy seeing this set, SG 519 – 522,  issued in 1981 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Montserrat Airmail Services.

I have just listed this and 150+ more, including overprints, surcharges and some errors, from the 1970s through 1980s to the cddstamps Bidstart Store < click here for the Store….. cddstamps Store   >

You can search by SG number or in most cases just type the topic in the “search store for” field, eg aircraft, and you will get all stamps I have tagged on that topic.

Enjoy your stamps.. Best wishes.. Michael cddstamps.com

 

Hello, yes I have been absent from the blog and in fact from the internet for quite a few weeks now.

As many will know I moved from Hong Kong to the Philippines at the end of June. Two weeks after that, after basically getting settled and mostly unpacked I had a long weekend  in Da Nang, Vietnam. Really great place and I recommend a visit. Lovely people,  excellent food, some great places to visit, beautiful beaches,   just excellent.   Anyway one of the things about moving is one finds some of those lost philatelic materials you knew you had but couldn’t find.

Some years ago I had a sort of pen pal exchange with someone in Germany, sadly I lost touch, my fault or theirs I have no idea but I still have the lovely aviation related stamps they sent me.   So while unpacking from the move I found many of the stamps and cards that I received. Hope you enjoy seeing this card. I have many with planes on but I thought this was more interesting for a change.

Will be writing more over coming days and weeks now and,  FYI, I have cddstamps back in action full time. Apology for slow responses to some emails and mailing of orders, but all caught up now.

Best wishes……..      Michael      cddstamps.com

Hello,  this will be cddstamps final post from Hong Kong. In a few days we will be posting from the Philippines, where we are moving to. This also to let you know that all cddstamps stock is being packed and so we will have to delay the sending of any orders for about 5 days. Apology for that delay but it does not stop you from visiting the store and placing orders.

We hope you like the Miniature sheet shown above. This will be included as a gift to the next order received.

Thank you for reading cddstamps, visiting the store and reading the website  cddstamps.com

Michael    www.cddstamps.com

Hello, one more of my new covers. This, as you can see, from Hong Kong to San Francisco,  on the flight back from the 1937 flight I wrote about the other evening. Back-stamped on arrival in San Fran. May 4th. A long journey in those days!

Hope you enjoy seeing this.

Michael

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Another nice cover that I hope you enjoy seeing and reading about.

The weekly Pan American USA – Philippines (Manila) route (FAM 14) was extended to Hong Kong via Macau in April 1937.

The Martin M130 flying boat China Clipper left San Francisco on 21 April 1937. The trans-Pacific route to Manila was via Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island and Guam.

This cover is from the return flight which left Hong Kong on 29^th April. The cover was carried Hong Kong –  overflying Macau as I believe there was no stop – to Manila then on to Guam where it was back stamped on arrival.

My reference book with further details is already shipped to the Philippines so sorry I cannot easily provide more about this flight but  for a really good read about the plane itself and some history of the flights from 1935 I recommend reading this link   following link. http://www.historynet.com/martin-m-130-flying-boat-china-clippers-trans-pacific-flights.htm   You will enjoy it.

More covers over coming days as I just picked up a few in a local auction.

Best wishes…. Michael

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