Concorde On Stamps

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting Concorde, the Ader Éole (an early steam-powered aircraft), and a list of cities on Concorde's air route, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Mali on January 25, 1979 to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of Concorde's first commercial flight, Scott No. C353.

- nethyrk

Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting Concorde, printed by lithography, and issued by Philippines on November 22, 1979 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Air France service to the Philippines, Scott Nos. 1438 & 1439.

- nethryk

This is one of my first FDCs, that I collected, way back when I was a kid.



Steve

In the second post of this thread, the Bulgarian stamp is certainly an interesting concept of the Concorde. It is almost a caricature.

Concorde and globes, airmail stamp designed and engraved by René Quillivic, and issued by Gabon on December 29, 1975, Scott No. C172. Supersonic flight shrinks the world!

- nethryk

Londonbus1: Was that 50 pound note a legal currency issue or a collectors issue note?

Concorde, printed by photogravure, and issued by Guinea on November 22, 1979 as one of a set of eight stamps in an "aviation retrospective" set, Scott No. 780.

- nethryk

The low value from Singapore's 1978 "aviation" set of 4.

Another addition to the family of Concorde and Tu-144. Semi postal souvenir sheet of Hungary 1977

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Concorde over New York City, an airmail stamp printed by lithography, and issued by Togo on May 9, 1977 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean, Scott No. C315.

- nethryk

Short Concorde story…
The Concorde flew into Asheville NC in early April 1987 (Asheville has 8000 foot runway). Folks had paid large premiums for this type charter flight; it was to land, fly them out to London, they would spend about 12 hours on the ground in London, then fly them back to Asheville. I went out to the Asheville airport with video camera in hand and snuck onto some property on the opposite side of the airport (this was before tighter security). As the plane came in it first did some fly-overs a few hundred feet over the runway in various configurations (nose up, nose down, wings titled). The day was cold, overcast and was beginning to rain but I thought it was truly awe-inspiring. Goodness that plane was LOUD, the kind of low frequency rumble that goes right through you.

But the cold rain turned over to snow and the Concorde got grounded in Asheville overnight! The next day they went ahead and flew everyone to London but due to scheduling issues, they only stayed less than an hour and had to fly everyone back to Asheville! I guess the folks who had paid the $2500 per person weren't going to London for reasons other than to fly on the Concorde, but that seemed like big bucks to pay for an hour or two in London.
Don

Niger
Bicentenary of the First Ascent of Man into the Atmosphere
January 24, 1983
A set of six stamps; the 300 Fr stamp depicts a Concorde.