Aerophilately

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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.[1]

See also

References

  1. FIP Official Website Retrieved 5 August 2010.

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)
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  • 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)
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