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| Universal Postage Union Centenary 1974 |
The four stamps issued on 12 June 1974 show methods of transport which have played a part in overseas mail in the hundred years, 1874 - 1974.
- 3.1/2p - The P&O packet steamer of 1888
- 5.1/2p - The first official air mail flight from London to Paris at the time of the Coronation of George V in 1911.
- 8p - An Imperial Airways flying boat of 1937 which was later used on the England-Australia service.
- 10p -The blue air mail van and posting box first seen in London in 1930.
6 comments:
I especially like stamps that have postal history as their subject.
Thanks for sharing!! See you next week.
These were a nice set of stamps, beautifully designed.
I love those first issues, and this is well designed.
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HUGZ
I am really getting into these old stamps - and wish I thought to collect some first issue covers.
I didn't get my stamp post up this week but still wanted to see what everyone else had found. See you next week, from the Great White North!
I particularly like these stamps. I have a set waiting to be used on a suitable postcard but so far can't bear to part with them.
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