Postal administrations charged a premium for airmail service, so special airmail stamps were issued to cover the higher rate. 16, 1946, during which time many countries around the world followed suit as transporting mail by air gained popularity. Post office flights were divided into two types in 1928-”airmail services,” which provided a faster service than regular airmail, and “air stage services,” which carried all its dispatches to a point that was difficult to reach by other means, adds the CAS article.Ĭanada’s airmail stamps were issued between Sept. The stamp’s two winged figures – symbolic of flight – are set against a globe representing the northern half of the western hemisphere, on which is an outline of the map of Canada. Lot11 Third Reich 1939-1941 selection of all complete sets used VF catalog value 240+ 130.00 115.00-12. We list stamps by Scott numbers and include a great many Michel varieties. 21, 1928, in conjunction with the regular sovereign and pictorial issue of 1928. We also stock the stamps of Luxembourg and limited quantities of Liechtenstein. The inaugural airmail stamp was issued on Sept. Canal Zone Airmail cover, franked with 25c overprint on Goethals 1928 issue, Postmarked Feb. The Post Office did not begin providing cachets until 1928.” No official cachets were produced for these early services, although mail prepared by dealers with unofficial cachets can be found. “No extra charge was made for initial air mail services. This was soon followed by additional services, mainly to points that were cut off during winter,” reads an article published on the CAS website. “It began with experimental service between Montreal and Rimouski, designed to connect with trans-Atlantic steamers, and to speed up mail to and from Europe. The Post Office Department began budgeting for airmail services in 1927, according to the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society (CAS). “It was released at a time of intensive activity in Canadian airmail development when service was reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and into the far northern regions.” INAUGURAL AIRMAIL STAMP
Printed by the Canadian Bank Note Co., the stamp was “symbolic and pictorial in character,” according to the 1964 book, Canada’s Postage Stamps, by Douglas and Mary Patrick. On today’s date in 1928, Canada’s Post Office Department (now Canada Post) introduced the country’s first airmail stamp, a five-cent denomination (Scott #C1) showing two winged figures alongside a globe.
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