Some highlights from Catpaw’s collection

Curious about what stamps lurk in Catpaw’s personal collection? 

Austria
Early Austrian airmail & a great cancel

Australia
1937 Australia airmail cover to Austria – C3 & C4

Borneo
1894 North Borneo state stamps – where I torture a bit of history & show a few stamps

Canada

History of Canadian Airmail
A history of Canadian airmail – The 1st flight takes off NEW
A history of Canadian airmail – The Silver Dart  NEW

Pre 1950:
The Accidental Christmas Stamp 
Before drones – delightful oat driven parcel post mail
Canada – 1859 5c beaver stamp & fancy cancels 
Canadian philately – the amazing 1859 5c beaver stamp
Canadian Small Queens – ink variations
Queen Victoria – Small Queen Cancels

Aviation related: 
Alcock and Brown – 1st terrifying Atlantic flight
Alcock and Brown’s flight – 1919’s amazing feat – non philatelic
Canada’s last airmail stamp – Canada Geese in Flight 1946 
6 new Canadian stamps – celebrating Canadians in Flight 
BC Airways semi-official stamp & Canada’s first passenger plane crash
Canada’s 1969 sad little stamp commemorating the 1919 transatlantic flight

Post 1950:
The TTC is 100 – Trains, trollies & stamps
Where’s Canada’s Tiger Stamps?
A Canadian study in 4 seasons  
Bluenose is 100 – a stamp celebration 

By way of Sri Lanka – mis-sent & re-directed mail   

France
Classic early French airmails from 1930-31

Gabon
Apollo 14 stamp complete with a mixed message    

Germany
Amazing German FDC – Tag der Briefmarke 2020

India
3 Rocket mail stamps & explosive packed tubes
Soruth 1868 – two beautiful stamps from a Princely State

Hungary
Hungarian Zeppelin Airmail – C24 C25
Hungarian airmail – the great Turul

Nepal
A little philately, climbing Dhaulagiri in Nepal & a trip down memory lane

New Guinea
Territory of New Guinea airmails 1932

Scotland
Scotland’s Experimental Postage Packet – some postal history

St Helena
George V St Helena Cleft Rock Flaw 

United Kingdom
Diving into pioneer aviation with the amazing 1909 Antoinette Flyer