Airmail stamps of Australia affordable and fun
By Janet Klug
Collecting one category of stamps, such as definitives (regular-issue stamps) or commemoratives (stamps issued for a short time), is one way to narrow the focus of a collection.
AIRMAIL
The domestic airmail rate was abolished as of October 11, 1975. International airmail rate stamps are used today.
Many of the stamps listed are available in quantities and blocks.
All stamps are MINT, NH, F+ - XF.
Airmail
Airmail refers to mail with an international destination and which receives priority handling in the country of its destination.
Airmail: The carriage of mail by air. The first regular airmail service began in 1870, when mail was carried from Paris - then besieged by German forces - over enemy lines by balloon.
Airmail Stamps. Postage stamps used to pay the airmail postage rates. The U.S. stopped issuing airmails stamps in the 1970s when all mail began to be sent by air.
Airmail
Any and all postal matter carried by air, and stamps or posted stationery inscribed to prepay such service.
AIRMAILS: Stamps issued specifically for use on airmail letters.
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY: Printed U.S. stamps from 1879 until 1894 as well as the Overrun Countries and other issues.
Airmail Stamp
A stamp produced specifically for use on airmail letters/parcels although usually valid for postage on any mail.
Block of Stamps ...
Airmail: The kind of mail that is airlifted.
Album: A book of binder & pages designed for the hinging and display of stamps or covers.
Album weed: Counterfeit stamps.
Airmail Border - Red and blue markings on border cover indicating airmail service.
Albino - A rare error in stamp production where an un-inked impression is made by a printing plate.
Airmail envelope - an envelope transported by aircraft
Airmail pilots - a pilot who flew the mail. The profession of airmail pilot was, in 1918 America, a horrendously dangerous one.
airmail postage stamps, both official and unofficial (see list of US airmail postage here)
other types of labels (such as airmail etiquettes)
postal documents transmitted by air
postal markings related to air transport ...
Airmail and special flights were marked by cachets, since it was not possible to have a stamp for each of these events. This field alone attracts thousands of followers-requiring two thick volumes to list all of the known material.
Airmail Stamp
Stamp issued specifically to prepay postage for mail carried by air.
Approvals ...
The first airmail to be flown in the world was at Allahabad on February 18, 1911. Read about this here.
The first airmail stationery, consisting of postcards and letter sheets, was produced in Paris for carriage by balloon in 1870.
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Japan, Airmail to: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Japanese "Chops": used as overprints and cancels on the stamps of occupied territories, 1942-45.
Japanese Dependencies: Mariannes, Marshall and Caroline Islands; 1922, Jan.
Airmail - Carriage of mail by aircraft. The first succesful mail flight was in May 1911 when a Captain Windham organised a flight at the Allahabad Exhibition in India. Special postmarks subsequently came into general use.
Bi-color stamps like our first airmail stamp, the 24¢ Curtiss Jenny stamp of 1918 (Scott C3), were printed in sheets of 100, and had to be printed in two steps, one per color. The guidelines helped align the plate for printing the second color.
Or, you may decide to sort them by the service which the stamp was meant to provide such as airmail stamps, special delivery stamps, postage due, parcel post or revenue stamps.
Maps - nickname for airmail stamps of 1926-1927 (Scott C7-C9) that include a map in their design.
*Margin - any printed or unprinted paper on a sheet or pane of stamps that does not contain a stamp. Marginal markings are found in the margin.
If you collect a certain type of stamp--say airmail stamps or stamps from Scandinavia or covers or whatever--then attending such a meeting is a wonderful way to meet others who have your same interests and enthusiasms as you.
Term adopted by UPU (q.v.) in 1951 to denote special letter sheets printed on lightweight paper and intended to be sent by airmail. (q.v. Air Letter).
Aerophilately ...
Some collect precancel commemoratives on airmail stamps-although neither is supposed to be precanceled. Others collect all precancels in a particular style of overprint; probably the most popular have been the Double-Line Electros (DLEs).
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Trans
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