Lets See Your Aviation Stamps

Sultanate of Oman

SEPECAT Jaguar S and BAE Hawk Mk 200
Scottish Aviation Pioneer


(The Jaguar fleet was retired in August 2014).

Abu Dhabi
Issued 6 August 1971
5th Anniv Sheikh Zayed Accession, Defence Forces.


Hunter FGA76 and T7 aircraft



I flew in a T66 whilst working in Oman, we skimmed the desert and Indian Ocean, exhilarating!

Great Britain
19 September 1967
British Discovery & Invention

Jet Engine - The World's First Production Turbofan

(RR Conway Mk 540/550 mounted on a Vickers-Armstrong VC-10)

Brazil
The 50th Anniversary of the First Trans-Oceanic Air Route
June 19, 1984
The se-tenant stamps commemorates the first regular airmail service across the Atlantic Ocean, between Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.

Finland
Aviation
March 3, 2003
Junkers Ju 52/3m (1932 - 1948)
Douglas DC-3 (1947 - 1969)
Super Caravelle (1964 - 1982)
Airbus 320 (2001 - )

Sweden
Swedish Aviation History
October 13, 1984
Flugan (1900)
Blériot (1910)
Thulin D (1915)
Tomten (1927)
Saab 90 Scandia (1946)
(Engraver: Zlatko Jakus)

Bophuthatswana
Aviation
October 16, 1986
BOP Airways (in operation between 1979 and 1994)

Argentina
Commercial Aviation
July 21, 1014
The stamp set shows Jet Comet 4, Boeing 747-200, Boeing 737-800NG, and Airbus 340-300 aircraft.

Jamaica
Aviation - Seaplanes and Flying Boats
June 11, 1984
25c: De Haviland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth
55c: Consolidated Commodore
$1.50: Sikorsky S-38
$3.00: Sikorsky S-40

India
Centenary of Civil Aviation
March 14, 2012
The minisheet depicts vintage and modern aircraft and airport operation.

Australia
Aviation - Aircraft
August 5, 2008
The stamp set features Bristol Tourer (1919), Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat (1936), Lockheed Super Constellation (1951), and Airbus A380 (2005).

Indonesia
First England-Australia Flight
November 1, 1969
The stamp set commemorates the England - Australia flight in 1919. The Vickers Vimy aircraft stopped by Batavia and Surabaya before reaching Darwin.

One set from my aviation collection. SG 267-271 issued in 1984 for the 50th Anniversary of the First Official Airmail to the Isle of Man, and the 40th Anniversary of the International Civil Aviation Organisation(ICAO)

A few notes on the 11p and 13p stamps. So much history about the aircraft and the Air Services they provided for the Isle of Man and other parts of the UK starting back in the 1930s. But a few short comments for your interest.

The 11p value, SG 267 shows a de Havillland DH 84 operated by Railway Air Services. The 13p, SG 268 shows a DH 86A (also known as the de Havilland Express) which operated mail service for Blackpool and West Coast Air Services.

The DH86A was a variant of the DH 86, a four engine passenger aircraft manufactured between 1934 and 1937. When the aircraft first entered service in 1934 it was built as a single pilot aircraft but later converted to a two pilot aircraft, the DH 86A – Qantas would not accept a single pilot aircraft because they were concerned about the anticipated pilot fatigue issues over long journeys. Anyway, the first single pilot aircraft was built with a new engine made by de Havilland, the 200hp Gipsy Six, and at the time the aircraft was the fastest British built passenger aircraft operating anywhere in the world.

Enjoy your aerophilately Michael

Mexico
The 75th Anniversary of First Powered Flight
December 17, 1978
The stamp set commemorates the first Wright brothers flight powered by a Wright-Taylor gasoline engine.

Romania
Centenary of the First Flight
March 18, 2006
The stamp set honors Traian Vuia (1872 - 1950), a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built and tested a tractor configuration monoplane. He is credited with a powered hop of 11 meters made on March 18, 1906.