US Balloon Flights

Continuing the balloon flight theme: here are some Balloon flight covers from the US.

A cover flown during the 2nd World Hot Air Balloon Championships held at Albquerque from 2nd - 12th October, 1975. 15 Nations and 34 pilots participated. Cover flown on Balloon "Grape Escape" Pilot: Jim Kernaghan.


Cover flown during the Albuquerque International Fiesta 1976.


Cover flown during the 2nd Great Pershing Balloon Derby held in Maryland 1-4 September, 1978.


Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta's became a yearly feature. A cover flown on 10th October, 1979 on "The Grape Escape" with Jim Kernaghan as pilot.

Polish Balloon flown Mails

Balloon flown covers are fascinating. Here are a few Polish balloon mails





Card flown by balloon from Poznan. Landed at Zdziechowa. Balloon regn: SP-BZE Polonez. Pilot Wladyslaw Rewakowicz. Occasion: 12^th International Fair of Poznan (=MTP) 5^th MTP Balloon Cup


09.10.71. Flown by balloon SP-BZF Stomil from Poznan. Landed at Witkowo.
Pilots: Wladyslaw Rewakonicz, Kazimierz Pieniazek, Wojciech Jaworowicz
Occasion: Stamp Day, 50 years of International Fair of Poznan



11.05.1974. Flown from Katowice 1. Landed: Jaworzno 1 Regn.No.SP-BZH Katowice

Occasion: nternational Stamp Exhibition "Socphilex IV", Katowice 19.V. - 2.VI. 1974
30^th anniversary People Republic of Poland 05.06.1976. Flown from: Katowice 1 Landed: Swierklany Górne . regn No.SP-BZH Katowice
Occasion: 11^th festival of newspaper "Trybuna Robotnicza"


29.08.1979. Flown from: Katowice 1 . Landed: Secemin k. Wloszczowej . regn No.SP-BZH Katowice
Pilot: Jozef Zych. Occasion: 13^th National Philatelic Exhibition "Katowice'79"
10.09.1984. Flown from: Elblag 1 to Markusy. Occasion: 10^th Parachute Competition

Singapore Aviation FDCs

Here are some Singapore Aviation related FDCs I received as a Christmas gift from the charming Lilian. I am happy to say she is soon to be my daughter-in-law.

Aviation series 1973


75th anniversary of powered flight:


History of Civil Aviation 01.07.1991


50th anniversary of ICAO 05.10.1994


Opening of Changi Airport on 29.12.1984


Military Aircraft 03.09.2003


Civil Aircraft 03.09.2003


40th anniversary of RSAF


Inauguration of Terminal 3 at Changi Airport 04.01.2008

Aviation stamps - recent additions

For some reason or other this blog has not been updated for some time. Hope to post frequently from my collection.

Here are a some recent additions to my collection:

British colonies commemorated 100 years of British Naval Aviation with stamps, souvenir sheets etc.

Set of stamps issued by Gibraltar:

An innovation was that each stamp had a description of the plane printed on the
reverse of the stamp!!

Souvenir sheet issued by Gibraltar:





Reverse: