'Royal Mail Heritage: Mail by Air' series of Post & Go labels, launched in Autumn 2017, commemorates the history of the UK airmail service.
The series depicts the main stages in the history of the airmail service in the United Kingdom, with six illustrations of the airplanes used for the transport of mail:
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| The first flight, in 1911, with a Blériot monoplane |
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| The De Havilland DH.10 carrying mail to the troops in 1919 |
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The creation of a regular line of domestic airmail in 1934
with De Havilland DH.84 Dragon II airplanes |
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| The flying boat airmail in 1937 |
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The express mail or Datapost service introduced in the 80s
with an Embraer Bandeirante EMB.110P1 by Air Ecosse |
There is another one, the International airmail service by Imperial Airways, in 1933, with the Handley Page HP.42E -Helena, that I have never got on a letter or postcard:
More information about this (and others) Post & Go issues,
here.
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I liked the pictorial Post & Go labels but they have stopped them now, except at Christmas, the machines just issue boring stickers. You're lucky to have received all those on mail.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know they have stopped. I used to get a lot of these, with different designs.
DeleteI'm over-lucky, because the missing plane landed yesterday :D
DeleteI liked the post and go series. I think someone who liked stamps must have been in charge. Now they have stopped I won't feel so bad that the nearest machine to me is 100 miles away.
ReplyDeleteI find these very interesting. But still, I prefer the stamps.
DeleteThis set is very nice. A pity you don't have the last one - it is my favorite of the designs.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the pyramids?
DeleteI think it makes me think of foreign destinations. The other backgrounds seem more generic.
DeleteI had never seen these Post & Go stamps before - excellent.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob. They were frequent on my letters from the UK.
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