This Sunday's Sunday stamps theme is another favourite of mine: airplanes.
The stamp you see above is from Romania. I love that one a lot because it combines the Airplane with AirMail!
This stamp didn't land in my mailbox, but in the mailbox of a
postcrossing relative instead. Fortunately she let me take a picture of this stamp, so at least I have the digital one to share with you :-)
Other airplane stamps from outside my country I received from
Eva from Spain. You can see
two of them here.
Below I'll share some Dutch airplane stamps.
This sheet is one of my favourites, issued in 2009 due to the 100th anniversary of motorised air transport in the Netherlands (which was just 2 years earlier than the
Modesto Airmail).
When I asked myself 'why do I love this sheet that much?', I found out that I love the bright yellow of the trauma helicopter and the blue airplane on top. And the airport Schiphol on the right: I've seen this hall several times from inside and I associate it with travelling and freedom.
The one on top right is familiar, too: we drive over the
A4 motorway every now and then, and you can see an airplane riding on the viaduct above you really! Always a special feeling when passing under this giant vehicle!
This airplane is a very small one: it is part of the Dutch miniature world '
Madurodam'.
And below some older stamps, all from the
gulden era.
On this one you see a British airplane
dropping food into our country at the end of World War II.
And these stamps show Dutch airplanes: above a
Fokker airplane and below KLM (
Royal Dutch Airlines).
Check
Sunday Stamps for more Airplane stamps!
