Correos

i have noticed this foreign word on many stamps not just in one country the word is correos what does it mean in english?

Postage

thanks what about aereo that means airmail correct?

yes you are correct

im just curious because I saw it on a stamp that looks like an olympic stamp from colombia 1961 its red with a tennis player on it so why would it be on that one usually I see airplanes on the stamp somewhere im so confused I wish I spoke every language

Sorry it's not postage it's MAIL and sometimes used referring to a Mail Office also known as Post Office

Oficina de Correos = Mail Office
Correo Electronico = E-mail

You will be surprise at how many foreign words you will pick up while collecting stamps. With stamps you are always learning.
There are Philatelic Encyclopedias out there that will have word charts to help to translate many terms used often around the world. Check your library for one.

Airmail depicting aircraft is pretty common since the start of it's introduction and makes perfect sense, just not a rule of modern stamp design anymore and you found one example with the colombian tennis stamp labeled Aereo.

I wonder which country strayed from the classic airplane designs first .

Sometimes in informal speech, "el correo" is used to refer to either the mail or the post office. If you send something "por correo" you are sending it by mail.

Postage = porte de correos
Mail = Correo
So the most correct answer to her question "Correos" is 'Mails' plural.

My Grandmother referred to mail as Correo, Cartas (letters) and also as Correspondencia (correspondence) when I was growing up , funny how many words exist to describe the same thing .

So many ways to be synonymous.

Postage is also referred to as Franqueo , I don't think I've ever used these words in my daily Spanish Vocabulary since my postage buying experience usually occurs at the USPS , but if I had to use a sophisticated word it would probably be denomimation or Denominacion in Spanish..... LOL

This is a very interesting question, for which I do not know the answer.

This is a technicality, but after the invention of the airplane by the Wright Brothers, the first few airmail stamps (as defined by Scott) were actually overprinted stamps -- thus, no airplane in the design nor overprint.

The first was an overprinted special delivery stamp issued by Italy in May of 1917.

The next country to issue an airmail stamp was Austria in March of 1918; also an overprinted stamp.

The US was the first to issue a stamp designed specifically for airmail -- the 24c Jenny on May 13, 1918 (oddly enough, because it is the high value in the set, this stamp is not C1 but C3).

I'm not sure which was the first stamp not to show an airplane, but in 1923 the US issued the 8c radiator/propeller and 16c air service emblem, which technically do not show an airplane. There are a few subsequent examples in other countries after that in the 1920s and 1930s. Does anybody know any non-overprint examples BEFORE August of 1923?

What may be another good question is what was the first airmail stamp design (not overprint) that showed/commemorated something that had nothing to do with air flight (e.g., like that tennis topical mentioned earlier)?

OK, I see that Austria issued an airmail stamp in 1922 honoring Wilhelm Kress (Scott #C8). That stamp doesn't show a plane, but Wilhelm Kress was an aviation pioneer, so the topic is still air-related (I'm including things such as birds, Mercury/Hermes... as air-related).

I still have no idea what was the first non-air-related airmail stamp.

its probable the one I described im going through airmail stamps now just wondering how many I've missed because I speak english only and not real good at that even lolso im curious what BoB is and also whats an overprint?