Airmail Envelope Question

A great collection all! Some of those Egyptian ones look like they are made of payrus. Probably because they are.

Spain Colombia 1942
(makers of artificial teeth :)

No lozenges, but we have the red white and blue livery.

The Egyptian covers are pseudo-papyrus.

I worked on human burial excavations at the Secaucus, New Jersey potter's field back in 2003. I probably found some teeth made from that company above. It was pretty disturbing to find a skeleton that was almost nothing, but still had a gleaming white set of choppers.
Will

This is my earliest airmail cover, Canal Zone 105. It's an FDC.



I have very few of these, but I find them attractive.



Here is a US Air Mail FDC, C21. I guess the assumption on this envelope was that no lozenges were needed in the corner, as the stamp would simply be pasted over them.



My C24 FDC, though does not have any lozenges, perhaps because it was never intended to take a transatlantic journey.

[quote][Here is a US Air Mail FDC, C21. I guess the assumption on this envelope was that no lozenges were needed in the corner, as the stamp would simply be pasted over them.
/quote]

Hmmm. not so. Smauggie, good guess though
I think you will find that cover is a "privately printed"
airmail lozenge.
You have an interesting item therefore.

The New Zealand Aerogramme must have had contents
due to the extra 8d stamp attached.

Very interesting and great examples.
Rod222......the guy looks a bit like Ben Kingsley on a diet.

Where could you find some of the Egyptian air envelopes. My collecting gene just got activated.

My contribution to this thread

David

The rim of the cds is touched on the 1c issues to cancel.
Nice cover!

A few U.S. Air Mail covers with interesting borders:





I particularly like the third one. It would make a great wallpaper border in a child's room too (or cover cave).
Will

Wonderful covers everyone

I especially like the Egyptian ones. Almost make's me want to collect covers.

Dianne

Just picked this one up, and thought I would share. I love the printing.

Here's an interesting collection of US Airmail envelopes:

http://friends.peoria.lib.il.us/com...velopes.html

Typical Bermuda slogan, Smauggie. The Island of rest.

Two more cut pieces.
NZ with typical Maori flavour, and an Australian
from the mail centre, so the livery is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz