Let's Go Flying

Thanks YeaPolska for your kind comments. Personal PM sent. Interesting Aeropex blackprint. Haven't seen one of them before. Allen

For the topic.

US Scott C3 Uninverted Jenny




-IBFS

...But this is my favorite of the first 6 US airmail stamps.

Scott No. C4



-IBFS

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting a trimotor passenger plane flying over Lake Ashi (aka Hakone Lake), Kanagawa Prefecture, designed by Yutaka Yoshida, and issued by Japan on October 6, 1929, Scott No. C4. The airplane in this stamp's design appears to me to be based upon a Fokker F.VII, an airliner produced in the 1920s and early 1930s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker; see photo below for comparison.

- nethryk

Captain Emilio Carranza Rodríguez (1905-1928) was a noted Mexican aviator and national hero, nicknamed the "Lindbergh of Mexico". He was killed in a air crash in New Jersey while returning from a historic goodwill flight from Mexico City to the United States. Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Emilio Carranza and a stylized monoplane, and issued by Mexico on June 25, 1947, Scott No. C178, plus a photo of the flyer and a link to a short video dedicated to Captain Carranza's memory: http://www.flyingwithemilio.com/video.html

- nethryk

nethryk, excellent post about Emilio Carranza! Also, enjoyed the video dedicated to his memory.

fjrosetti - Thanks!

The Caudron C.630 Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane which was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu. Here is an image of a stamp depicting several parked Simouns in the Air Bleu fleet, 1935, and a mail air route map, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by France on April 28, 1979 as a Europa stamp, Scott No. 1646, Y&T No. 2046, plus a photo of one of these long distance airplanes.

- nethryk

Here are images of all sixteen of the airplane stamps in a set issued by Monaco on May 22, 1964 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first airplane rally of Monte Carlo. Following the post card stamp, the next six depict airplanes which took part in the rally flying over Monte Carlo. The rest of the stamps in the set depict airplanes involved in historic flights from 1919 to 1961. Scott Nos. 565-79, and C64. Whew!

- nethryk

1914 Rally Post Card, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin.


Farman biplane, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin.


Nieuport monoplane, designed and engraved by René Cottet.


Breguet biplane, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin.


Morane-Saulnier monoplane, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon.


Albatros biplane, designed and engraved by René Cottet.


Derperdussin monoplane, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon.


Vickers Vimy biplane, Ross Smith, London - Port Darwin, 1919, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet.


Douglas Liberty World Cruiser biplane, first American flight around the world (four planes), 1924, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens.


Savoia S.16 hydroplane, Francesco De Pinedo, Rome - Australia - Japan - Rome, 1925, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet.


Fokker Trimotor F-7 monoplane, first aerial survey of North Pole, 1926, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet. Bonus: Polar bear.


The Spirit of St. Louis, New York - Paris, Charles Lindbergh, 1927, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet.


Breguet 19 biplane "Question Mark," Paris - New York, and Coste - Bellonte, 1930, designed and engraved by Jacques Gauthier.


Latécoère 28 hydroplane, first South Atlantic airmail route, Dakar - Natal, May 12, 1930, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps.


Dornier Do X flying boat, Germany - Rio de Janeiro, 1930, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens.


Convair B-58 Hustler, Major William R. Payne, USAF, New York - Paris in 3 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds, May 26, 1961, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps.

Thanks nethryk !
Great Monaco stamps to see on my screen. I find the scans more beautiful than the real stamps.

timbres667 - Thanks! Glad you liked 'em.

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting a tri-motor passenger aircraft flying over Lake Tsana in northwest Ethiopia, and issued for use in Italian East Africa on February 7, 1938, Scott No. C7.
Note: The airplane depicted on this stamp appears to me to be a Savoia-Marchetti SM.73, which was used by SABENA World Airlines during the late 1930s, mainly on its Congo route (see photo for comparison).

- nethryk