First Airmail Stamps In The World

In accordance with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airmail_stamp
these are the "first airmail stamps" in the world.
In all three stamps, the part of the cancel is almost identical:
-IO 1917 (from MAGIO)
-REA (from POSTA AEREA)
- O (from TORINO)
-MA (from ROMA)
Are these genuine cancels, forgeries or postal?

They were the first airmail stamps issued by a Government Postal Service.

The First Airmail stamp was a 5c adhesive label issued in 1877 by "Professor" Samuel King, for use on mail carried by the balloon "Buffalo" from Nashville, Tennessee. Printed in blue, it showed a balloon in flight.

Excludes, in the main, souvenir labels issued by aviation meetings, across the world, that may have issued semi official airmails.

Bib: The Guiness Book of Stamps. Facts and Feats. Pp135 Mackay.
ISBN 0851122418

No, the ballon monté siege of Paris flights preceded these

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_mail

But "ballon monté" flights used ordinary stamps,not special airmail stamps.

But the stamps used on the Paris flights appear to be the normal stamps of the day - not designated as air mail or balloon mail.

Here is an interesting exhibition of Franco-Prussian war siege mail:

https://www.rfrajola.com/Philex99/Philex99.pdf

That raises an interesting question, mes amis. The 1936 flight pair are clearly air-mail stamps, as is the 1938 Ader and its 1941 surcharged version, even though none has the words "poste aérienne" on it. Britain hasn't issued air-mail stamps as such, but plainly certain denominations were used for that postage and intended as such.

I am no cancel expert but to me it is suspicious that the only part of the cancel visable and showing is the same identical part on all three, just in different positions. Too bad they were not entire covers. All one can see is the year "1917." and the last of the word "rea"

I found in "philatelyclub" this set of cancellations on the souvenir postcard.



But, the paper on which my stamps are glued is 0.04 mm thick.
I am waiting for any opinion on the cancellations.Thank you.

Never forget that wiki was founded on presenting their beliefs to the rest of the world without any vetting or investigation. I never use it. It can not be trusted as you have learned.

Frustrating to see people pan wiki. It's a brilliant device that enjoys massive peer review. How many books in the average library get such expert (and novice) attention. Very few.

PS Wiki is not about "beliefs." It's about information.

Ok, so I went to Wiki and found this "Wikipedia is not a reliable source."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip...iable_source

Don

Forgive me, but I have not learned that Wikipedia "can not be trusted". It rightly shows that the first stamps used for an air service were French issues used at the time of the siege of Paris. These were also stamps with a genuine and necessary postal use, unlike the philatelic creations designed to empty collectors' pockets and known as "air-mail stamps".

cupram: I am not sure if your stamps have genuine cancels.They do not have that 'bite' in them.They look all the same… Anyway ;I would not bet on them.
There were some stamps sent on simple envelopes:that can also be a reason for thinner paper.If stamps were at one time on envelopes:why would someone cut them out? No collector in his right mind would of done that…
Also these stamps officialy used are more valuable than mint examples..

Hi GeoffHa,
But Wiki says about itself, "Wikipedia is not a reliable source". So if Wiki is not a reliable source and Wiki says 'Wiki is not reliable', then is it a case of double negative actually meaning that they are indeed reliable?

In my opinion Wiki is not much different than this community. The combined knowledge is considerable but you can never get away from the fact that bad information gets posted. Many feel that 'falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus'.
Don

My link was to an article that referred (accurately) to the ballon monté and saved me from scanning a chunk of material from an Yvert catalogue. I don't believe everything I read on Wikipedia (or here), but the phrase it "can not be trusted as you have learned" is not accurate in this case.

So, what kind of stamp is this?