Netherlands Indies 1933 Special Flights Stamp

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date : 1933
  • Designed by : Aart van Dobbenburgh
  • Printed by : Joh.Enschedé, Haarlem (the Netherlands)
  • Print Process : Photogravure
  • Watermark: none
  • Perforations : 12.50
  • Valid for postage until December 31, 1945



LP18, 30ct Blue POSTJAGER, For special flights only. Similar stamp in the Netherlands. See http://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Netherlands_1933_Air_Mail_Special_Flights
LP18, 30ct Blue PELIKAAN, For special flights only. Similar stamp in the Netherlands. See http://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Netherlands_1933_Air_Mail_Special_Flights
Cover of Special Flight. Route: Amsterdam-Bandoeng-Amsterdam by "Postjager" (departure Amsterdam December 9, 1933), engine failure in Italy, and taken over by "Pelikaan". Arrived in Bandoeng December 22 and left Bandoeng at December 26. Arrived in Amsterdam December 30, 1933. Special Netherlands and Dutch East Indies triangular airmail stamps were issued for these flights. Both are on the shown postcard. Source: Airmails of New Zealand, volume 2 (1986) compiled by Douglas A Walker, and The New Zealand Airmail Catalogue, (2nd Edition, 1994) by James Stapleton. Both are published by the Air Mail Society of New Zealand.