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Airmail-related stamp study
This 1932 Canadian "first official flight" cover,
Great Bear Lake to Rae (now
Behchoko ), includes both a special
cachet and a surcharged
airmail stamp .
Aerophilately is the branch of
philately that specializes in the study of
airmail . Philatelists have observed the development of
mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists.
Scope
The scope of aerophilately includes:
While most of the study of airmail assumes transport by
fixed-wing aircraft , the fields of
balloon mail ,
dirigible mail ,
zeppelin mail ,
missile mail , and
rocket mail are active subspecialties.
Astrophilately , the study of mail in space, is a related area.
Organizations
International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies (FISA) is the umbrella organization for aerophilately though aerophilatelists have formed a number of organizations around the world; many of them put out a variety of specialized publications.
Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP) also maintains a commission.
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See also
References
Further reading
Richard McP. Cabeen, Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting (Collectors Club, 1979), pp. 207–221
Cheryl Ganz, ed. Collecting Air Mail (American Air Mail Society)
American Air Mail Catalogue (AAMS, 6th ed. 1998)
Baldwin, N.C. (1947). British Air Mails 1784-1946 . Sutton Coldfield, UK): Francis J. Field Ltd.
William Victor Kriebel, A History of the Development of Air Mail Service in Brazil (AAMS)
William J. Murphy, Irish Airmail 1919–1990 (Irish Airmail Society, 1996)
Örjan, Lüning (1978). Luftpostens historia i Norden - The history of airmail in Scandinavia . Stockholm: Sveriges Filatelist-Forbund.
Kronstein, Dr. Max (1978). Pioneer Airpost Flights of The World 1830-1935 . Washington D. C.: American Air Mail Society.
Thomassen, Egil H. (1998). Norwegian Air Mail . Oslo: Norsk Filatelistforbund.
ISBN
82-90272-69-3 .
Newall, Alexander S. (1985). British External Air Mails until 1934 . London: Kingfisher Press.
ISBN
0-9510749-0-3 .
Proud, Edward B. (1991). The Postal History of British Airmails . Heathfield, East Sussex: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd.
ISBN
1-872465-72-2 .
Gérard Collot and Alain Cornu, Ligne Mermoz, catalog of French airmail flight covers, 1919–1940
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