Scott Unlisted Worldwide Early Airmail Issues

It's an Algerian stamp collecting forum. You will see a cover.

http://philateliedz.forumactif.com/...u-centenaire

The 1966 Sanabria catalog (the edition you want) is fairly tough to find without spending a bundle. They usually sell for $175-250.

Keep an eye on Amazon. I found one several months back for $74. I jumped on it.

Revenuecollector: Thanks for the tip!

First Airmail stamp in Chile
Private issue made by aviator Clodomiro Figueroa P.
He made a first experimental airmail flight Santiago-Valparaíso (and vice versa) and first experimental international airmail flight Santiago - Mendoza (Argentina).
Figueroa carried letters and Postcards and issued this stamp for this purpose :



The stamp is a photographic print on cardboard and it was produced in the Photo Studio of Aurelio Vera.
Total printing : 800 stamps
Perforated with sewing machine.

First Flight: Santiago to Valparaiso and vice versa. January 1, 1919. Airplane: Bleriot 80 Hp
539 letters in total (in both directions)



Second flight: Santiago to Mendoza (in Argentina). August 20, 1921. Airplane: Morane Saulnier Le Rhone 110 Hp
About 60 letters in total.



Arriving at Mendoza, the airplane had a motor failure, so he was unable to perform the return flight and had to return across the Andes (mountains) by train.

In 1988 was issued a stamp commemorating the first flight of 1919:



The image show the Bleriot 80 Hp airplane flying over Valparaiso

jorge
Very interesting! Thank you!

Canadian Semi-OPfficial airs are not listed in Scotts but are listed in the Canadian Unitrade catalogue.

You might want to try the following url to get a better idea about these stamps. I found it quite informative.

http://www.aerophilately.ca/history.html

Chimo

Bujutsu

This thread could use a bump.

Here are some examples of the unissued Andorra set of 1934, supposedly intended for an airmail route to Barcelona.

One each of three designs:







Kinda attractive, no?

I thought they were here on SCF, somewhere, but I didn't find them in a search.