Airmail Collection

Boeing DH-4M-1 110 of the US Air Mail Service, seen before its modern restoration. The Boeing DH-4 was initially almost identical to the original de Havilland design

USE THE AIR MAIL POSTER
Poster advertising air mail saying Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Date: 1933

First regular air mail, England to Australia 1934
First regular air mail from England to Brisbane in Australia, Sir Kingsley Wood making his speech. Leaving from Croydon, London in Imperial Airways liner. Date: 8 December 1934

Air mail leaving Croydon for Karachi, India 1929
The first air mail service between Croydon, England and Karachi, India. Inaugurated by Armstrong-Siddeley Argosy air liner of Imperial Airways, arriving on 6 April. Date: 30 March 1929

Farman III / 3
Aerial-Post Pilot Mr E.F. Driver in a Farman 3 Parked after Arriving at Windsor Great Park, UK Loaded with a Mail-Bag from Hendon Date: 1911

Aerial-Post Pilot and Staff Group Photo at Windsor Great?
Aerial-Post Pilot and Staff Group Photo at Windsor Great Park, UK Date: 1911

Poster, Mails for East and South Africa, India, Malaya etc. 20th century

Commemorative postcard with stamps
Commemorative first day cover postcard with stamps, postmarked San Francisco, California, 10 September 1957, to London, UK (also postmarked 11 September, London, on back)

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

de Havilland DH50 G-AUFW Perseus
de Havilland DH50, G-AUFW, Perseus, delivered the first airmail to Normanton on 1 July 1927. Date: 1927

A de Havilland DH4 G-AUBZ
A de Havilland DH4, G-AUBZ, was part of the original QANTAS airmail fleet in 1922. Date: 1922

Armstrong Whitworth FK8 G-AUDE
Armstrong Whitworth FK8, G-AUDE, was part of the original QANTAS airmail fleet in 1922. Date: 1922

The first Empire Airmail service
The departure from Ratmalana Aerodrome, Colombo, of the first Empire Airmail service on 28 February 1938. A Waco Model C Series 4 belonging to Tata Sons Ltd

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