Posted 7 years ago
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This is a 12 cent PHILIPPINE ISLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lincoln Stamp. With a postage paid mark of an airplane propeller with words F. REIN MADRIO-MANILA
FLIGHT-1933. I have never seen a stamp like this so far and if anyone has any information they can tell me about this stamp or the markings on it I would really love to know. Or if you have any stamp with the same kind of postage paid markings on it I would really LOVE to check it out.
Air mail stamp.
Background: One of the exhibitors in the World ATM is the Infante de Orleans Foundation (FIO), a non-profit organization based in Madrid and is composed of aviation enthusiasts and pilots whose objective is to retrieve, restore and preserve in flying condition around 42 historic aircrafts. One of the aircrafts in their collection is the Comper Swift that was flown twice from Madrid to Manila in 1932 and 1933 by a Spanish aviator Fernando Rein Loring. The Comper Swift joins the monthly air display exhibition of the foundation from the Cuatro Vientos Airport, the home base of their aircraft collections.
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Thats vary interesting thank you for giving me some history I can tell people to go along with my stamp!
You're welcome, thanks for sharing.
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