Aviation FDCs

Colombia - Vatican City
1968 Pope Paulus VI, Papal flights.

Starting in 1966 with Paulus VI visit to New York to address the United Nation´s General Assembly, the Roman Catholic leaders have been visiting their flock outside Europe on pastoral trips.

In 1968 Paulus VI made the first visit ever by a Pope to Latin America, attending the XXXIX International Eucharistic Congress in Bogota, Colombia.

These covers were issued to conmemorate the Papal flights, Rome to Bogota on August 22nd 1968, and the return leg on August 24th from Bogota to Rome.

Colombia 1959. Avianca´s 40th Anniversary.

LT962 COP 0.35 Air Mail: 5.000.000 pcs.
LT963 COP 0.60 Air Mail: 3.000.000 pcs.
Dent. 12
Printer: Staatsdruckerei Wien
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 05.12.1959

HF 16 COP 1.00 + 1.00 Air Mail: 20.000 pcs.
F.D.C. 05.12.1959

HF 17 COP 1.50 + 1.50 Extrafast Mail: 20.000 pcs.
F.D.C. 17.05.1960

Stamps issued to conmemorate Avianca´s 4oth anniversary; the oldest airline in the America´s and second oldest in the world.

The stamps show Avianca´s (then SCADTA) first plane, a Junker´s F-13 floatplane; and the most modern plane on their fleet in 1959, a Lockheed Superconstellation.

Also, on the 35 cent, the $1.00 purple and the $1.50 yellow-green stamps an image of Colombia´s first air service mail stamp an overprint from 18.06.1919 (200 issued) is shown.

Colombia 1959.

100 years of the first colombian stamps.
Leo Temprano Catalog No.:

Partial set, 2 out of 7:

LT 960 COP 0.50 Air Mail: 1.000.000 pcs. Junkers F-13 Floatplane.
LT 961 COP 1.20 Air Mail: 300.000 pcs. Lockheed Superconstellation..

Printer: Staatsdruckerei Wien
Designer: Mosdossy
Dent. 12
F.D.C. 01.12.1959

Colombia 1963. "Entrega Inmediata" Express delivery.

Leo Tempano catalog No:

E4 COP 0.50 Airmail: 5.000.000 pcs
Dent. 14. Watermark.
Printer: De la Rue de Colombia
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 04.10.1963

First colombian stamp showing a jetplane.
Avianca´s international jet service started in 1960, initially with PanAm´s "wet leased" Boeing 707s, replaced by Avianca´s own Boeing 720B from April 1961.

Colombia. 1965.
"46 Años de Aviación Comercial Colombiana"
- 46 years of colombian comercial aviation.

Leo Temprano catalog No:

LT1106 COP 0.05 Airmail: 4.800.000 pcs Junkers F-13 (ca. 1920)
LT1110 COP 0.60 Airmail: 21.500.000 pcs DeHavilland Moth (ca. 1930)
LT1114 COP 3.00 Airmail: 500.000 pcs Boeing 720B (ca. 1961)
Dent 13.5 x 14, Watermark
Printer: De la Rue de Colombia
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 03.12.1965

The first installement of the 1965-1966 series devoted to aviation, shows a Junkers F-13 floatplane, a revolutionary all metal cantilever design that allowed the Colombo-German society for air transport (Scadta) to establish regular passanger and mail service along the Magdalena river since 1920.
The DeHavilland Moth was used by Scadta to prospect air routes and look for suitable land plots to establish airfields, and was also used for liason and mail service.
The Boeing 720B was Avianca´s first owned jet plane, starting in 1961.

Colombia. 1966.
"Historia de la Aviación Colombiana"
- Colombian Aviation History.

Leo Temprano catalog No:

LT1107 COP 0.10 Airmail: 15.000.000 pcs Dornier Wal (ca. 1924)
LT1112 COP 1.40 Airmail: 3.500.000 pcs Douglas DC-3 (ca. 1944)
LT1111 COP 1.00 Airmail: 2.000.000 pcs Douglas DC-4 (ca. 1947)
Dent 13.5 x 14, Watermark
Printer: De la Rue de Colombia
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 16.07.1966

The second installement of the 1965-1966 series devoted to colombian aviation history, shows a Dornier Wal (Whale) flyingboat, Scadta´s first two engine plane, used to start the international routes in the caribbean and pacific coasts from 1926 on.

Two Douglas planes are shown, DC-3 arriving in 1944 to Avianca, their numbers grew to up to 63 aircraft after surplus C-47 were available after the war; and DC-4 coming in 1947 allowing the opening of routes to New York and Europe.

Colombia. 1966.
"Historia de la Aviación Colombiana"
- Colombian Aviation History.

Leo Temprano catalog No:

LT1108 COP 0.20 Airmail: 3.000.000 pcs Dornier Merkur (ca. 1926)
LT1109 COP 0.50 Airmail: 3.000.000 pcs Ford Trimotor (ca. 1932)
E5 COP 0.80 Airmail: 2.400.000 pcs Boeing 727 (ca. 1966)
LT1113 COP 2.80 Airmail: 2.000.000 pcs Lockheed Superconstellation
Dent 13.5 x 14, Watermark
Printer: De la Rue de Colombia
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 14.12.1966

The final issue of Colombia Aviation History, carries Dornier Merkur floatplane from Scadta, a six passanger plane used on the Barranquilla-Girardot route in the 1920´s. Ford Trimotor, 1932, the famous "Tin Goose", ten passangers plus three crew linked the main cities in Colombia, there were a few equiped with floats. Lockheed 1049 G Superconstellation came in 1951 to cover US and Europe routes. Boeing 727 was introduced in 1966 to cover domestic jet routes in Colombia and serve as feeders for the 707 and 720B international flights.

I have one or two I'll post.

First up.

1940 GB First direct flight Liverpool/Lisbon.

BOAC First Flight service between London and Lisbon.

Cover franked 5d, Cd's 03/June/40 (liverpool foreign) and B/S 5/6 (lisbon cental). An ettiquette cover.

H/S frenzy.