![]() They are a great resource for tracking down information on the earliest flights. Sanabria – you can occasionally find them second hand at book fairs or online.Vienna was the birthplace of the World’s first airmail company –.If you have Michel numbers handy, feel free to post them in comments or over on my Facebook page. I don’t have easy access to specialty catalogues like Michel. This cancel isn’t the same as the big bold Erstflug cancel at the top of the cover but does add nicely to the overall appeal.Īpologies for only referencing Scotts stamp numbers. The two airmail stamps (C16 and C20) are clean, with a well-placed cancel. While poking around the Austrian archives, I found an interesting photo dating to the 1918 flights. Pulling it out was a bit like opening up a Cracker Jack box and finding a genuine metal whistle rather than a plastic one that thwips instead of tweets. It’s one of those finds you don’t expect in a box of common (and often battered) stamps. The one at the top of the page is a bit of a favourite. But I do have a few later stamps and covers. I don’t have any of the first Austrian airmails in my collection. 53 Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue, Worldwide, 1944 Imperforate stamps were specially prepared for members of the Imperial Court, and not for public distribution. Original printings were on grayish-white paper (25 x 30 mm), a second printing on yellowish tinted paper (26 x 29 mm) was issued on June 24, 1918. Printed by State Printing Office, Vienna. First Flight took place on March 31, the service being discontinued on October 15. Issued March 30, 1918, for air post service operated by military aviators between Vienna and Kieve (Ukraine), via Cracow and Lemberg. My venerable, and much loved 1944 edition of Sanabria describes them this way: Issues of the Monarchy The first stamps were overprints of 1916 Coat of Arms stamps. *figures from 90 Years of Aviation in Austria ![]() However, in its short lifespan, the airmail route delivered a substantial amount of civilian mail: The Saint Germain peace treaty further disrupted airmail service when it demanded the dismantling of aircraft in Austria, killing off the establishment of permanent airmail routes for a couple of years. The Vienna to Kiev route ran until and ceased with the end of the war. This route, by-the-way, predates the US airmail permanent route by 2 months. It covered over 1,200 kilometres along a route that included Vienna to Krakow, Lviv, Proskurow, and Kiev at the end. Starting at Aspern airfield in Vienna and ending in Kiev, pilots flew Hansa-Brandenburg C.I 2-seater recon biplanes at first. First Austrian airmail routeĪustria established it’s first regular airmail route during WW1 on March 31, 1918. ![]() It’s one of those treats found in the bottom of a junk stamp box lot I purchased at an auction years ago. The stamps are bright and crisp with a clean cancel tying them together. On high priced material, make sure the lots you are buying are properly authenticated.Considering this cover is 89 years old, it’s looking pretty good. are not the responsibility of the management of this TheĪffiliated eBay seller auction lots provided by eBay, Particular collecting subject they've just read about. The following link(s) feature category-focused affiliated seller listings on various eBay sites worldwide. denomination was issued on Ap(Untagged) and on Decem(Tagged), and its design features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with the inscription, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE", from the Gettysburg Address. (re-drawn design) denomination was issued on Janu(Untagged) and on Janu(Tagged), and its design features the Statue of Liberty, with the inscription, "LIBERTY FOR ALL". ![]() (original design) denomination was issued on Novem, and its design features the Statue of Liberty, with the inscription, "LIBERTY FOR ALL". denomination was issued on J(Untagged) and on Febru(Tagged), and its design features the Liberty Bell, with the inscription, " LET FREEDOM RING". denomination was issued on J, and its design features the Liberty Bell, with the inscription, " LET FREEDOM RING ". #C57-59, #C62-63) were originally issued (Untagged versions) between 19. The five definitive US airmail stamps shown above (Sc.
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