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title="WordPress.com" /> <meta name="application-name" content="cddstamps on aircraft & aerophilately" /><meta name="msapplication-window" content="width=device-width;height=device-height" /></head> <body class="archive category category-uncategorized category-1 center customizer-styles-applied jetpack-reblog-enabled"><div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <div id="header-image"> <a title="Return to front page" href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/"><img alt="" src="https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/tarski/images/greytree.jpg" /></a> </div> <div id="title"> <a title="Return to front page" href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/"><span id="blog-title">cddstamps on aircraft & aerophilately</span></a> </div> <div id="navigation"> <ul id="nav-1"> <li><a title="Return to front page" href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/">Home</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/about/">About</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-3723"><a 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href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | Tags: <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/environment/" rel="tag">environment</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-v/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, I have really enjoyed researching this series and apart from the stamps, which I think are really nice designs, the aircraft and the settings have been superb. Perhaps you will agree. </p> <p>And here is another, this time showing King Farouk, the Delta Dam and a DC3 Dakota of the RAF Transport Command, at least that is what my book says.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7581" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-v/c39/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg" data-orig-size="518,321" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="c39" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg?w=490" width="518" height="321" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg?w=518" alt="" class="wp-image-7581" style="width:473px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg 518w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c39.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px" /></a></figure> <p>I have written about the DC3 on a few occasions so let’s have a look at why the dam is on the stamp, actually a set of 12 stamps all with the same design.</p> <p> Answer? I cannot find an answer. The original Dam, known as a “barrage”, was inaugurated in 1892 and a new dam, because the Delta Dam was not that good it turns out, was opened in 1939. The stamp was issued in 1947. So the linkage between King Farouk, the original dam and the aircraft fails me. Perhaps it was just the designers idea to show these, the dam, King Farouk and the DC-3 aircraft to symbolize the modernization and progress of that era.</p> <p>I welcome readers thoughts. I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7576 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-airline tag-airlines tag-aviation tag-news tag-travel"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7576"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/" rel="bookmark">Egypt – Aircraft on Stamps – Part IV </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 29, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | Tags: <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/airline/" rel="tag">airline</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/airlines/" rel="tag">airlines</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/aviation/" rel="tag">aviation</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, moving on then to another issue from 1933 and this time showing the famous Giza Pyramids and another large for its day aircraft, a Handley Page H.P.42 or so my book says.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7577" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/c5/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg" data-orig-size="514,320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="c5" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg?w=490" width="514" height="320" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg?w=514" alt="" class="wp-image-7577" style="width:469px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg 514w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c5.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px" /></a></figure> <p>One of an issue of 21 stamps in the issue so I am only showing the one here.</p> <p>This aircraft was a four-engine bi-plane manufactured by British aviation company Handley Page and it held the distinction at the time of being the largest airliner in regular use in the world on its introduction in 1931. ( Note here, as compared to the Dornier Do-X which was a flying boat)</p> <p>There were two models a type 42 and a type 45 which were designed in response to a specification issued during 1928 by the Imperial Airways.</p> <p>The two models were very similar, with the H.P.42 optimised for range at the expense of payload while the H.P.45 carried more passengers over shorter distances. Imperial Airways approved Handley Page’s proposals and ordered four aircraft of the two variants to serve as the new land-based long-distance flagships of its fleet.</p> <p>On 14 November 1930, the prototype, named <em>Hannibal</em> made its first flight. Following their introduction into Imperial Airways service, they formed the backbone of the airliner’s land-based fleet through most of the 1930s, along with the company’s numerous flying boats. Eight aircraft were built, four of each type and all had names beginning with the letter “H”. Three survivors were pressed into Royal Airforce (RAF) service at the outbreak of the WW II but by the end of 1940, all of the aircraft had been destroyed.</p> <p>I welcome comments, so if you want to write I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7573 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7573"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/" rel="bookmark">Egypt – Aircraft on Stamps – Part III </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 28, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Yes, one more from the 1933 issue to commemorate the International Aviation Congress held in Cairo. This is really quite an amazing aircraft in my humble view. You can see the tail number. So let’s look at the aircraft in a bit more detail.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7574" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/attachment/174/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg" data-orig-size="527,336" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="174" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg?w=490" width="527" height="336" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg?w=527" alt="" class="wp-image-7574" style="width:486px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg 527w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/174.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px" /></a></figure> <p>The aircraft is a Dornier Flying Boat Do-X. It was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929.</p> <p>It was conceived by Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work-hours it was completed in June 1929. Only three were ever built because it basically was not a commercial proposition. This is a must see, <strong>a </strong><a href="https://youtu.be/lI2YtZ_ahMA?si=egwz1q_b0J_HUZdU"><strong>short video of it flying</strong></a>, and yes this is the actual aircraft as shown on the stamp.</p> <p>I won’t write what you can easily read <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_X"><strong>here</strong></a> but I do recommend reading if you are not familiar with the aircraft. It really was a quite amazing machine. There are quite a few Youtube videos but here is one you might enjoy, just go to this link for <a href="https://youtu.be/dwPRGFN-TVA?si=N4bwBqHm2o4bptx0"><strong>a rather good video</strong></a> from the past which includes the Do-X arrival into New York in 1931.</p> <p>Have a philatelic day and if you want to write, I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7569 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7569"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/" rel="bookmark">Egypt – Aircraft on Stamps – Part II </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 27, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, welcome back to this new series. So did you read the last piece and find it amazing about the carrying of the spare engine even back in the 1920s? </p> <p>This stamp is from a set issued in 1933 to commemorate the International Aviation Congress held in Cairo. It shows an Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta. A rather impressive aircraft for its time and with some interesting details to read about.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7570" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/172-2/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg" data-orig-size="535,331" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="172" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="535" height="331" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg?w=535" alt="" class="wp-image-7570" style="width:499px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg 535w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/172.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px" /></a></figure> <p>The Atalanta was specifically developed to meet Imperial Airways requirements for its African routes.</p> <p>And the aircraft on the stamp, G-ABPI, it was the prototype which first flew on 6<sup>th</sup> June 1932 receiving its airworthiness certificate three months later.</p> <p>On 26<sup>th</sup> September 1932 it operated Imperial Airways first commercial service from Croydon to Brussels and Cologne, and then on 5<sup>th</sup> January 1933 it flew a proving flight to Cape Town South Africa.</p> <p>A very interesting aircraft with a short but interesting history and one you might like to read more about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Atalanta"><strong>here</strong></a> – a short read I might add.</p> <p>Hope to see you again. If you want to write I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> 😊</p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7565 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-airbus tag-airlines tag-aviation tag-news tag-travel"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7565"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/" rel="bookmark">Egypt – Aircraft on Stamps – Part I </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 25, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | Tags: <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/airbus/" rel="tag">airbus</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/airlines/" rel="tag">airlines</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/aviation/" rel="tag">aviation</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, welcome to a new series of aircraft of stamps. I have a few sets from Egypt so thought I would use some of these in this series. Most sets are multiples of the same scene, topic or aircraft so where that is the case I will only be showing one stamp from the issue.</p> <p>Let’s get started with this from 1926. One of the things that appeals to me about this stamp, and you might see the same in future stamps I will be showing from Egypt, is the aircraft is not just a little blob in the distance. Makes it more interesting I think.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7566" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/egypt-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/c1-2/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg" data-orig-size="511,317" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="511" height="317" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg?w=511" alt="" class="wp-image-7566" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg 511w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1-1.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px" /></a></figure> <p>The aircraft. Yes, a de Havilland DH 34 of Imperial Airways. It was, as you can, see a single engine biplane and it was built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in the 1920s. 12 were built and used by Imperial Airways.</p> <p>The aircraft had a wooden, plywood-clad fuselage, with the 2 pilot cockpit positioned ahead of the wings and the passenger cabin.</p> <p>This is my favourite piece of trivia, did you know this? – the design of the aircraft allowed an entire spare engine to be carried on board across the rear of the passenger cabin. The cabin door’s unusual shape was to allow the engine to be loaded and unloaded, and a specially-fitted ‘porthole’ on the other side of the cabin would be removed to allow the propeller boss to protrude out the side of the aircraft.</p> <p>Until I saw a Qantas 747 carrying a spare engine on the wing I never thought much about carrying spares, but they obviously did, even back in the 1920s.</p> <p>See what you learn from reading about the aircraft shown on a lovely stamp. 😊</p> <p>More soon. I hope you will enjoy this new series. I welcome comments – you can email me at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7562 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-africa tag-comoros tag-lifestyle tag-travel"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7562"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-v/" rel="bookmark">Comoro – Aircraft on Stamps – Part V </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 24, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | Tags: <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/comoros/" rel="tag">comoros</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/lifestyle/" rel="tag">lifestyle</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-v/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, one last stamp from Comoro. You can feel it and hear it can’t you., and yes it is a 707. This one was issued in 1975 to commemorate the inauguration of the direct Moroni – Paris service. Today there us still a direct flight operated now by a 788-9 or an A350-900. Rather a long flight though just over 17 hours I believe.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7563" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-v/c66/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg" data-orig-size="1287,792" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C66" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="630" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7563" style="width:518px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=300 300w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg?w=768 768w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c66.jpg 1287w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>I have not written much about the islands or the history but I do think it is worth knowing about it. Perhaps opens ones mind to what happened in the past, what is told us today and perhaps really puts many aspects of the turmoil we see around us today – at least on a micro level – into in a different context. Try reading this if you want to learn more. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros&nbsp" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros&nbsp</a>; Yes, all because we love stamps and the knowledge they can bring to us.</p> <p>See you soon, What next? I am still thinking about that. If you want to write with any ideas, or on any philatelic topic or question I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7558 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7558"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/" rel="bookmark">Comoro – Aircraft on Stamps – Part IV </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 22, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, let’s start the weekend with this stamp. I rather like this. Not sure why but it just is comfortable to see. Perhaps as an airport terminal I was more familiar with back when!</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7559" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iv/c41/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg" data-orig-size="654,402" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C41" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="654" height="402" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg?w=654" alt="" class="wp-image-7559" style="width:403px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg 654w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c41.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px" /></a></figure> <p>It is one of 3 from the 1972 new airport issue. Interesting airport in some respects. It is actually named Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, it serves the island of Grande Comore and the capital port city of Moroni and has a 2900 metre runway.</p> <p>The island itself is ringed by beaches and old lava from the active Mount Karthala volcano. Around the port the colonnaded Old Friday Mosque recalls the city’s Arab heritage. Sounds like it might be an interesting place to visit. It is served by a few airlines.</p> <p>I welcome comments, so if you want to write I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7553 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7553"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/" rel="bookmark">Comoro – Aircraft on Stamps – Part III </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 21, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Yes, just a stamp today. You recognize this little aircraft don’t you? And yes it was little 😊 but rather special.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7555" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-iii/c29/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg" data-orig-size="685,463" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C29" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="685" height="463" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg?w=685" alt="" class="wp-image-7555" style="width:561px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg 685w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c29.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px" /></a></figure> <p>Have a philatelic day and if you want to write, I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> </p> <p>Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7549 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7549"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/" rel="bookmark">Comoro – Aircraft on Stamps – Part II </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 20, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, welcome back to this new series. Interesting stamp and again from a 1950 issue. What story is it telling I wonder? Each to their own on this one. And yes I think the aircraft is really nothing more than an artists impression. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7550" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-ii/c2/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg" data-orig-size="1650,1035" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="642" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7550" style="width:477px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg?w=768 768w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c2.jpg 1650w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Hope to see you again. If you want to write I am at <a href="mailto:cddstamps@gmail.com">cddstamps@gmail.com</a> 😊 Michael cddstamps.com …. or visit my online store <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps"><strong>https://www.hipstamp.com/store/cddstamps</strong></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry post-7544 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-africa tag-comoros tag-lifestyle tag-politics tag-travel"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 class="post-title" id="post-7544"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/" rel="bookmark">Comoro – Aircraft on Stamps – Part I </a></h2> <p class="post-metadata">November 19, 2024 in <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> | Tags: <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/africa/" rel="tag">africa</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/comoros/" rel="tag">comoros</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/lifestyle/" rel="tag">lifestyle</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a> | <a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/#respond">Leave a comment</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Hello, welcome to a new series of aircraft of stamps. This time showing aircraft on stamps from a place that I suspect is not that well known and from which I only have a few stamps to show you. I hope you enjoy seeing them. This first one is a stunner, as, I have to say, are all stamps with a French connection to them. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7546" data-permalink="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/comoro-aircraft-on-stamps-part-i/c1/" data-orig-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg" data-orig-size="1663,1022" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="C1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="629" src="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7546" style="width:451px;height:auto" srcset="https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://cddstamps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/c1.jpg 1663w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>But Comoro, let me very briefly introduce it to you. The Comoros Islands are an archipelago in the Indian Ocean on the southeast side of Africa. More precisely they are located in the Mozambique Channel to the northwest of Madagascar. They are volcanic islands.</p> <p>They were under French rule since the 19th century and were attached to Madagascar between 1911 and 1946, then reorganized as an Overseas Territory in 1946. Since 1950, the Comoros have issued their own stamps. The Comoros became independent in 1975, except for Mayotte, which voted to remain French.</p> <p>So this stamp is from a 1950 issue and shows what I believe is just an artists impression of the aircraft. If a reader knows more I would be pleased to hear from you. Perhaps an artists impression based on a Spitfire?</p> <p>More soon. I hope you will enjoy this new series. 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