Let's Go Flying

Happy Birthday to Walter Mittelholzer (1894-1937), a Swiss pilot, photographer, travel writer, and entrepreneur. Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting the pilot and a Dornier B Merkur hydroplane, and issued by Switzerland on January 27, 1977 as one of a set of four stamps honoring Swiss aviation pioneers, Scott No. 623, plus photos of a Dornier B Merkur, and of Walter Mittelholzer standing near a biplane, c. 1918.

- nethryk

FRANCE 1954



The Breguet Br. 763 Provence is a four-engine medium-range airliner and transport aircraft with two passenger decks produced by the French manufacturer Breguet.

Crew : 3
Passengers : 135

That Breguet Br. 763 Provence is an ugly but beautiful aircraft jorgesurcl. Quite different in outline but obviously very functional. Don't have the stamp in my collection so will have to look out for it.
Some recent additions to my collection. This is an interesting set or should I say 'sets'. Issued in 1972 by New Hebrides, two identical sets were issued but one with text in French, the other English. Here I have a mixture with the .25c English.

Here are images of the four airmail stamps in a set depicting various aircraft, designed and engraved by Michel Monvoisin, and issued by Chad on August 1, 1967, Scott Nos. C33-C36, plus some relevant photos.

- nethryk

Breguet 19, a light bomber and reconnaissance biplane first flown in 1924, also used for long-distance flights including the first air link between France and Madagascar (in 1927) by French aviator Jean Dagnaux (1891-1940).


Latécoère 631, a civil transatlantic flying boat, first flown in 1943.


Douglas DC-3, a twin engine propeller-driven airliner introduced in 1936.


Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, a single-engine fixed landing gear light aircraft introduced in 1965.

DOUGLAS DC-4



The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
It served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s in a military role.
From 1945, many civil airlines operated it worldwide.

Must-see video
Acrobatic presentation of a Douglas DC-4
The most crazy and spectacular demonstration of an airplane of this size I have ever seen...

jorgesurcl, that is one superb video of the DC4. We've just had a watch of it in the office and one of the guys who does some aerobatics is, to say the least, impressed. This pilot really knows his plane. Fantastic, thank you.

Here are images of the two stamps depicting aircraft in a set, designed by Jarek Brodowski, printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on September 25, 1975 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Polish air post stamps, Scott Nos. 2123 & 2124

- nethryk

Albatros biplane


Ilyushin Il-62 jetliner

Here are images of a pair of airmail stamps, and a se-tenant label, depicting various balloons and airships, designed and engraved by Jacques Gauthier (1931- ), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on January 1, 1984 to commemorate the manned flight bicentenary, Scott Nos. C82a, C81 & C82.

- nethryk

Happy Birthday to French aviator, inventor and engineer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1872-1936). Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp featuring a portrait of Blériot and symbols of his achievements, designed by Pierre Béquet, engraved by Michel Monvoisin, and issued by France on July 1, 1972 to commemorate the pioneering airman's birth centenary, Scott No. B457, Y&T No. 1709, plus an image of a portrait of Louis Blériot wearing a leather aviator helmet.

- nethryk

Some recent items added to my collection. First is from Austria, issued 27 March 1958. Designed by Alfred Chmielowski, this was issued to celebrate the First Flight of the Austrian Airlines "AUA". The aircraft is a Vickers Viscount 800 OE-LAB. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue number for this stamp is 1329.



Next is another Austrian issue, released 15 May 1961. Featuring the Hansa Brandenburg C-1, the stamp was released as LUPOSTA VIENNA 1961. SG No. 1363