Military Aviation On Stamps

British label.



showed up along side Machins


(web image)

How's about this Canadian Classic?

Franjo Kluz (1913-1944) was a Yugoslav pilot from Bosnia and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. He is best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force, and served as an officer in No. 352 Squadron RAF. On September 14, 1944, he was shot down in his Spitfire and killed.

Rudi Cajavec (1911-1942) was a Yugoslav pilot from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best known as the first airman of the Partisan air force. On July 2, 1942 his Breguet 19 biplane was damaged by anti-aircraft artillery, and Cajavec was forced to crash land on territory controlled by Chetniks. Surrounded, Cajavec committed suicide to avoid being captured.

Here is an image of a stamp featuring portraits of Kluz and Cajavec, and a Brueget 19 fighter in flight, designed by Serbian artist and stamp designer Radomir Bojanic (1951- ), engraved by Velibor Cvetkovic (but printed by lithogravure), and issued by Yugoslavia on May 21, 1985, Scott No. 1737.

- nethryk

The Dassault MD.454 Mystère IVA was a 1950s French-built transonic single-seat fighter-bomber aircraft. Sixty of these airplanes were delivered to the Israeli Air Force. On October 30, 1956 the Mystère IVA got its first kill when eight aircraft were in combat with twelve Egyptian Air Force MiG-15s; the Mystères shot down one MiG and damaged a second. In the following days, two Mystères engaged four Egyptian de Havilland DH.100 Vampires and destroyed them all. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Mystère IVA flying over the Dead Sea area, printed by photogravure, and issued by Israel on May 10, 1967, Scott No. 343.

- nethryk

While these 2 aren't combat military aircraft, they are certainly military aviation.

A recent issue from Thailand: Centennial of the RTAF (issued 09-04-2012).



Nieuport IIN - Breguet III
Boriphat (the first Thai-designed aircraft) - Ki-30
F8F-1 - F84G
F86-F - F-5A

scifi7 - Nice sheet!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a MiG-23 (NATO reporting name: Flogger) fighter aircraft, and, in the background, the outline of a MiG-1, a Soviet high-altitude fighter aircraft of World War II, and the Mikoyan-Gurevich logo, designed by E. Kreiman, printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on December 12, 1969 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau, Scott No. 3671, Zagorski No. 3750.

- nethryk

The Sud-Ouest S.O. 4050 Vautour was a French-built swept-wing combat aircraft designed for tactical support, bombing and all-weather fighting. It was in service with the air forces of France (II-Bs and II-Ns) and Israel (25 II-As). Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting Israeli Vautour II-A fighter-bombers and the insignia of the Israeli Air Force, designed by Israeli graphic designers Gabriel Shamir (1909-1992) and Maxim Shamir (1910-1990), printed by photogravure, and issued by Israel on Memorial Day, April 30, 1962, to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the proclamation of the state of Israel, Scott Nos. 222 & 223, SG Nos. 229 & 230, plus an image of an Israeli Air Force Vautour II-A.

- nethryk

Air attack at Milne Bay, designed by Australian artist Roy Hodgkinson (1911-1993), printed by photogravure, and issued by Papua and New Guinea on August 30, 1967, Scott No. 245.

- nethryk

December 11, 2011 my home town of Istra noted a modest date - the 70th anniversary of the release during the Great Patriotic War (World War II). Istra became the first city, which was released in the course of the war in the winter of 1941. I myself prepared and ordered several of these envelopes, so to this day. The envelope is the inscription: "70th anniversary of the liberation of Istria - December 11, 1941," and even "Istra, a monument to the liberators of the city "Plane attack IL-2'".


The envelope shows the monument «Plane attack Il-2»,

and in the background is depicted the New Jerusalem Monastery - the sight of the city.


Stamp on the envelope stuck in a set of "Weapons of Victory" and is stamped 11/12/2011. This souvenir received by mail my colleagues - collectors and sometimes I send in letters to friends such envelopes.
Plane attack IL-2 was the most reliable and powerful attack aircraft of World War II and received the proud name of "Flying Fortress".

Alexey, that is an interesting story about the liberation of Istria. Thanks for sharing.

The Petlyakov Pe-2, nicknamed Peshka ("Pawn"), was a Soviet three-seater dive bomber aircraft used during World War II, and regarded as one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a pair of attacking Pe-2s, designed by B. Livanov, printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on March 30, 1946, Scott No. 992B, Zagorski No. 939, plus a photo of a PE-2.

- nethryk

Thank you for showing the stamps of the USSR. But russian name "Peshka" can not be translated as a "pawn". It sounds a coincidence, "PE - shka", "Shka" is a suffix

Alexey - Thanks for your comment about this airplane's nickname. I'm just going by what Wikipedia says about it: "(Russian: nicknamed Peshka - "Pawn"; also a Russian diminutive for "little Pe"). If that is wrong, then perhaps you should edit the Wikipedia article. - nethryk

to edit Wikipedia I do not have the vocabulary, edit yourself. Russian suffix "Shka" reduces the meaning of the word. Therefore, the word "Pe-shka" coincides with in sound a pawn chess piece , "peshiy voin--peshka" - foot soldier.