We had one of these jets based in NZ and it was a favourite aircraft to many at airshows. A video clip of it can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNMHXwO7rAo Sadly the aircraft was lost due to a malfunction plunging into the sea with the loss of both pilots on board.
Quote from teals1's post of 04/20/2014 06:45 am on p. 21 of this thread:
Some stamps I have recently acquired. Interested to know if there is any significance or value in the 20c (outlined in yellow) as they are of different colour one having the green shading extending all the way to the perforations. Have a number of these stamps but this is the only one like this. Can anyone inform me regarding this colour variation? Allen
Allen - In my opinion, the difference in colour and overall green tone is due to the fact that these stamps were produced by wet-printing process (see http://www.1847usa.com/WetDryPrintingMethods.htm ) using "paper containing a moisture content of from 15% to as much as 35%". Accordingly, the higner the moisture content, the softer/less sharp the printing and the more of the overall tone.
Thanks florin. The article makes very interesting reading. It is an area outside my knowledge so was intrigued with the colour variation. This does explain it very well. Allen
Happy Birthday to Roland Garros (1888-1918), a pioneer French aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I. In 1913 Garros became famous for making the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea from Fréjus in the south of France to Bizerte in Tunisia. Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Garros and depicting his Mediterranean flight in a Morane-Saulnier monoplane, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by Monaco on December 12, 1963 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Garros's achievement, Scott No. C63, plus an image of a photo of Roland Garros in an airplane cockpit which was a model for this stamp's design.
Here are images of the four engraved airmail stamps in a set honoring French pioneer aviator Jean Mermoz (1901-1936) and two of the airplanes he piloted, designed by French artist Pierre Opic (1933- ), and issued by Senegal on December 7, 1966 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Mermoz's last, fatal flight, Scott Nos. C48-C51.
- nethryk
Couzinet 70 L'Arc-en-Ciel ("The Rainbow"), engraved by Claude Hertenberger.
Latécoère 300 Croix du Sud ("Southern Cross") , engraved by Jean Miermont.
Route map of Mermoz's final flight, engraved by Michel Monvoisin.
Portrait of Jean Mermoz, engraved by Pierre Gandon.
Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Dassault Mystère Falcon 900 corporate passenger jet, designed by Georges Bétemps, engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by France on June 1, 1985, Scott No. 1980, Y&T No. 2372, plus a YouTube link to a video of one of these beauties in flight. Note: A slightly used one will only set you back US$35 million or so!
- nethryk
PS Newsflash: Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total, the French oil company, was among those killed yesterday when his Dassault Falcon 50EX business jet collided during takeoff with a snowplow driven by an allegedly drunk driver at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. Reportedly, the snowplow driver was unhurt.
"Manned Flight Bicentenary," designed by Liechtenstein artist Hans Peter Gassner, printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Liechtenstein on June 6, 1983, Scott No. 763.
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