I don’t know about you, but for me, when I am studying stamps, the time passes so fast.

I found one SG SG Y1743 in a few Machins I was sorting and thought, I wonder which printer? I should have just put it in stock and left it there with the other few hundred  shouldn’t I?  4 hours later I realise I am still looking at a selection under UV light and am still wondering if I have correctly identified each stamp. I show a sample.   some are quite clear as I have a reference stamp and under UV I can see the equivalents. Others I am not so sure.  Basically, some with a reddish colour under UV, some just very dark with no obvious phosphor band showing, and the De La Rue with bright bands showing.   I know there are readers with far better knowledge then me, so all comments are welcomed.

I think I am basically down to cataloguing them as De La Rue and Enschede. Reading Deegam is itself a wonderful way to spend time but sometimes (ref DG 1000) I get more confused. J

Such an interesting stamp. Well you could say that for any Machin couldn’t you? I hope you enjoy your Machins as much as I do.

Michael cddstamps.com

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Hello,   I hope you enjoy seeing this stamp. A little bit of nostalgia again.  Showing the Bleriot XI and a Boeing 707. When I saw it I was thinking you don’t see meany 4 engine aircraft these days so thought I would show it. I am thinking, when did I last fly on a 4 engine plane,  must be at least some 3 or 4 years ago and given the amount of long distance flying I do I think that shows the advances in aircraft technology.

Anyway, this was issued in 1961 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first South African ariel post.  SG 220.

Enjoy your flying and your aerophilately.

Michael cddstamps.com

 

 

Hello,  One stamp this weekend that I hope you enjoy seeing.  Issued in 1978 it is actually the 1974 issue with a value surcharge.

The 1974 issue was issued by Bhutan to commemorate the Centenary of the Universal Postal Union.  It shows the Concorde and a Vickers FB-27 Vimy.

The Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited during the latter stages of the First world War. Only a few aircraft entered service by the time of the Armistice in November 1918.

The Vimy achieved success as both a military and civil aircraft. A transport derivative of the Vimy, the Vickers Venon, became the first dedicated troop transport aircraft to be operated by the RAF.

During the interwar years the Vimy set several notable records for long-distance flights; perhaps the most celebrated and significant of these was the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic. This was flown by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in June 1919. Other record-breaking flights were flown from the UK to destinations such as south Africa and Australia.

Enjoy your aerophilately and have a great weekend   Michael……    cddstamps.com

 

Hello, I recently spent a lovely time in Kota Kinabalu, Malayasia on the island of Borneo, and one day while wandering around the hotel I stopped in the tourist shop and found this. Rather a surprise. Couldn’t resist it.  A little bit of toning on the bottom of the envelope but it is nearly 29 years old after all and given the humidity over there I think it is still a cover worth having.  It even has the publicity brochure inside and that is in spotless condition.

Great plane, great airline in my view having flown them quite a bit over the years, and a nice piece of nostalgia with the cover.

Enjoy your aerophilately   Michael  cddstamps.com

 

 

 

Hello, I hope you enjoy seeing this stamp tonight. It was issued in 1976 to commemorate the inaugural Avianca 747 flight. Avianca is the national airline and flag carrier of Colombia. It is reported as being the first Latin America airline to operate the 747 but there is also a view that  VIASA / KLM was also the first. Whatever, it is the 2nd oldest airline in  the world after KLM.

One reason I particularly like this stamp is the background colour of a yellowish  shade. So many aviation themed stamps show blue skies. How different is this.  I think it I rather attractive.

Enjoy your stamps.   Michael cddstamps.com

Hello,  I found this today.  Interesting?     I do not think the perfs have been cut but I do not know anything about stamps from Yugoslavia and the only other copies I have seen of this stamp have always had full perfs. Perhaps this was from a booklet?

Anyway, it was issued in a Postal Services issue in 1990. SG 2596 and shows an ATR aircraft. This plane and variants of the model are built by a French / Italian aircraft manufacturer in Toulouse France. ATR is short for Avions de Transport, or Regional Air Transport in English  Nice little addition to the aviation album.

Have a wonderful weekend   Michael         cddstamps.com

 

 

Hello, A new addition to my aircraft on stamps collection thanks to a very kind collector I have sent stamps to in Malaysia.

This is SG 1274, issued in a set of 7 in 1980 to commemorate the World Aerobatic Championship which was held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.

It shows a Zlin Z-526  Akrobat which is a Czech sports plane.  Quite an amazing plane I believe. Note the interesting aerobatic formation flying shown on the stamp.

I am tempted to look for the complete set now I have seen this.

Enjoy your aerophilately     Michael cddstamps.com

Hello, just showing these tonight. I do hope you like them. Not exactly that difficult to find but nice all the same. I was lucky enough to get them on my recent UK visit.

For me 🙂  just nostalgia really.  The BEA aircraft and flights,  so many years back now 🙂

enjoy your aerophilately         Michael               cddstamps.com

 

Hello, just back from the UK and thought you might enjoy seeing these. The 1st value se-tenant and, lucky for me, nicely cancelled.

Tomorrow will show some more from this issue.

Michael     cddstamps.com

Hello,  this stamp bring back sad memories but none the less I am showing it because it is an aviation related stamp and history is history after all.  Issued in 1970, one of a set of 4 to commemorate the Inauguration of the Posts and Telecommunications Corporation.  It is hard to believe that when it was issued, showing the Viscount, named “Hunyani”, tail  VP-WAS,  the plane would have such a sad ending 8 years later.

Its last flight was Air Rhodesia flight 825 in September 1978, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Victoria Falls to the capital Salisbury. On the last leg from Kariba it suffered a hit on its starboard wing from a surface to air missile fired by the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA).  The plane crash landed in a field. Of the 52 passengers and 4 crew, 38 died in the crash. It was reported that 10 more passengers were shot by the guerillas. 8 passengers survived by hiding in the bush.

ZIPRA leader Joshua Nkomo publicly claimed responsibility for shooting down the plane in an interview with the BBC’s Today programme the day following the shooting down of the plane, saying the aircraft had been used for military purposes. And for the history record, this was the first of two Air Rhodesia civilian Viscount aircraft his guerillas shot down, the second was in the following February.

There is history to our stamps, sometimes not so pleasant, but it is there none the less.

Michael  cddstamps.com