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Stamp Collecting: Aerophilately and Airmails
Collectors' & Reference Sites
- Air Crash Mail Of Imperial Airways & Predecessor Airlines
- Details of a book by Ken Sanford, listing all the known crashes, interruptions and forced landings of Imperial Airways and its predecessor airlines. The book includes a photo or illustration of nearly every Imperial Airways and predecessors’ aircraft that crashed or had a forced landing, and shows a cover and every known variety of cachet, label, manuscript marking or post office explanation, where mail has been recorded.
- Air Mail Pioneers
- This website is dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a little-remembered organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide. With the cooperation of the U.S. Air Service, the U.S. Post Office flew the mail from 1918 until 1927. Through profiles, photographs and historical articles, this Internet website brings to life the human drama of those early days in aviation's infancy.
- Airmail Society of New Zealand
- The Air Mail Society of New Zealand was founded in 1930 at the commencement of regular aerial services in that country. While based in Christchurch, the society has one quarter of its members elsewhere in New Zealand and another half residing in overseas countries. These members are kept in touch through a monthly newsletter and regular postal auctions.
- American Air Mail Society (AAMS) Aerophilately Home Page
- The AAMS was founded in 1923, and is the second oldest aerophilatelic society in the World. There are 1,800 members Worldwide. The AAMS publishes the monthly magazine "The Airpost Journal" and the "Jack Knight Air Log", as well as the American Air Mail Catalogue, and many other aerophilatelic books. The AAMS holds an annual convention, as well as a Spring and/or Fall meeting during philatelic exhibitions in different parts of the country.
- Balloon in Philately: Balloon Mail
- Balloons in Philately; History of ballooning; Polish and Czech balloon mail since 1945; World hot air & gas ballooning championships and Gordon Bennett Cup; Results & philatelic issues.
- Dutch Aerophilately
- This site is dedicated to first flights from and to the Netherlands and its (former) colonies and special flights made by KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines).
- FIP Commission for Aerophilately
- A brief introduction to aerophilately.
- Harold G. Dick Postcard Collection
- Acting as a liaison between Goodyear and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin from 1934 - 1938, Hal Dick became the only American to have flown 22 ocean crossings as a crewman on the German passenger airships, the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg. He mailed numerous postcards to himself from aboard the airships, documenting his many flights. See some of them in this exhibit by Wichita State University Libraries. Dates, airship and flight information, and stamp and cancellation details are also provided.
- Introducing Aerophilately
- An article that appeared in APF News in June 2000. It is intended to serve as both a general introduction to the competitive exhibiting class of aerophilately as well as an encouragement to visitors to philatelic exhibitions to take a closer look at, appreciate and enjoy the subject of aerophilately.
- Irish Airmail Society
- The Irish Airmail Society was founded in 1989, following interest in Irish airmails shown by several philatelists, some resident in Ireland and others in Great Britain, Switzerland, Canada and USA. The philatelic interests of its members are very varied but very few specialize only in airmails. The main objectives of the Society are to study Irish Airmails in all its aspects, Early Flights, Rates, Routes, Recent Irish Flights, Aerogrammes, Airmail Stamps and Etiquettes, etc.
- Irish Airs
- Bill Murphy's web pages devoted exclusively to Irish Airmail.
- Metropolitan Air Post Society
- The Metropolitan Air Post Society, MAPS, is a non-profit association of aerophilatelists started in 1941 for collectors of covers as souvenirs of memorable air mail and aviation events. However, the emphasis has changed over the years with an increasing interest in air post history, and the development of aviation, airlines and air mail services.
- The British Aerophilatelic Federation
- If you collect air mail and your interest encompasses aerophilately, first flights, air mail rates or routes, balloon or Zeppelin flights, pioneer flights, interrupted or crash mails, catapult mails, internal air mails, air mails to Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East or the Americas and you are not a member of the B Ae F, you may be missing out on much that can help to make your hobby still more interesting and rewarding!
- The Flying Dutchman (Netherlands Air Mail Society ‘De Vliegende Hollander’)
- The society for all aspects of Dutch aerophilately
- The Rocket Mail Page
- Examples of U.S. rocket mail covers from the collection of Paul A. Roales.
- When the Mail Crashes ...
- An online exhibition of crash covers, by Roy Lingen
Stamp Dealers' Sites
- AEROPHIL : Aerophilatelic & Commercial Aviation Literature & Crash Covers
- Ken Sanford is an aerophilatelist and a part-time dealer in aerophilatelic and commercial aviation books and literature, and air crash covers. He has the world's largest stock of aerophilatelic books - both new and used, and a large stock of air crash covers.
- Airmail Collector Postal Auction
- Now the world's biggest aerophilatelic auction house. Selling 1000 worldwide aerophilatelic lots every two months.
- Zeppelin & Flight Covers of the World
- The stamp company Northland offers a good range of worldwide Zeppelin and flight covers.