US: New York Airways, Inc.

Rare airmail label from New York Airways.

Year: 1953, Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-261, imperforated, self adhesive, sheets, intended for mail by helicopter, dark blue/red/white on film tape, 5*****

US: National Parks Airways Inc. airmail label

Here is a very nice airmail label issued by National Parks Airways Inc. USA.

National Parks Airways was an airline operating in the US States of Idaho, Montana, and Utah in the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1927 by Alfred Frank, it began service with a pair of Stearman C3MB's. Air Mail was the first cargo; passengers came later. (wikipedia)

Year: 1931, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-205, imperforated, triangular shape, black/red/grey-blue/white, 4****

 

Canada: Airmail labels 2

Here are some more interesting airmail labels fromCanada.

Year: 8.1930, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-A-3, imperforated, arrow shape, carmine/dark violet-blue/white, 5*****

 Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-A-13, imperforated, arrow shape, red/dark violet-blue/white, 4****

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-A-15, rouletted, 2 labels in a sheet of 6(3x2) together with No. 16,17. Booklets with 5 sheets, intended for use on letter, not envelope, violet-blue/orange-red/white, 4****

 

 

 

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-A-16, rouletted, 2 labels in a sheet of 6(3x2) together with No. 15,17. Booklets with 5 sheets, intended for use on letter, not envelope, violet-blue/orange-red/white, 4****

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-A-17, rouletted, 2 labels in a sheet of 6(3x2) together with No. 15,16. Booklets with 5 sheets, intended for use on letter, not envelope, violet-blue/orange-red/white, 4****

Year: approx.1955, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-C-12, imperforated, arrow shape, dark violet-blue/red/white, 4****

Year: 1949, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-C-3, perforated 12 ½ , Vstrips of 6, issued by Barber-Ellis Stationery Printing and Manufacturing Co., Winipeg, Monitoba, dark violet-blue or bright blue(unlisted)/white, 4****

bright blue (unlisted color)

   








Year: approx.1953, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-C-6, rouleted VL, booklets with sheets, dark violet-blue/bright red/white, 3***

US: Airmail labels

Here are some very rare airmail labels from USA.

Year: 1928, Ungmmed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-12a, perforated 12 ½ , sheets of 25 labels 12a + 5 labels 12b, plane in red, red/blue/white, 6******

Year: 1928, Ungummed, Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-12b, perforated 12 ½ , sheets of 25 labels 12a + 5 labels 12b, colours inverted, plane in blue, blue/red/white, 6******

Year: 1928, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-19, imperforated, black-blue/white, 
5*****

Year: approx.1935, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-41, imperforated, size: 101x53mm, blue/red/white, 5*****

US: FedEx airmail labels

Here is a Priority label from FedEx (Federal Express). The label size is 102x51mm, it probably was used on parcels.

Year: ?, Self-adhesive. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-?, imperforated, violet-blue/white,

US: Zeppelin airmail labels

Here is a rare airmail label used on mails carried by airship Hindenburg.

LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. he airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service.(wikipedia)

Year: 1936, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-16, imperforated, rounded shape, intended for mail by airship Hindenburg, red/white, 5*****

US: Colonial Airlines airmail label

Here is also an airline issue label from Colonial Airlines.

Year: 1946, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-181, rouletted VL, H, booklets with 5
sheets of 5(1x5), red/dark violet-blue/white, 4****

US: Alaska Star Airlines airmail label

Here is an airline issue label from Alaska Star Airlines.

Star Air Service, later Star Air Lines and Alaska Star Airlines was an American air service in Alaska from 1932 to 1944. With financial help from a wealthy Alaska miner, three pilots who had started a flying school and charter business in Seattle, shipped an open-cockpit biplane by steamship to Alaska in March 1932. Star Air Service was incorporated in April, 1932 in Anchorage with capitalization of $4,000. The company had some early success training student pilots, but their airplane was destroyed in a crash. Their financial backer helped them purchase a larger plane with an enclosed cabin which supported winter operations.(wikipedia)

Year: approx.1940, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-167, rouletted H, booklets with 
10 vertical strips of 10, bright red/dark violet-blue/white, 4****

US: Colonial Air Transport Inc. airmail labels

Here is a rare and hard to get airmail label from Colonial Air Transport Inc. Label colors in catalog listed as blue/red/white but it's uncertain. It looks like original color are like mine or it could be to different variations.

Year: 1928, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-8, imperforated, issued in cooperation with Western Union, dark grey-blue/grey-green/yellow, 5*****

Canada: Canadian Pacific Airlines 2

Here is another nice airmail label from Canadian Pacific Airlines.

Year: 1942, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-B-6, imperforated, arrow shape, 
Blue/red/light yellow, 4****

US: PANAM Airmail labels

Here is a very rare error label from PANAM (Pan American Airways). It's not yet listed in Mair's catalogue.

Misprint: "BY PAN AMERICAN AIR MAIL SEKVICE"

Year: 1944, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-26c, perforated 11, sheets, 
black/light green-grey, 6******

US: Hotel issue airmail labels

Here are the airmail labels issued in USA from various hotels.

Year: approx.1955, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-154, imperforated, blocks, issued
by Hilton and Statler Hotels, dark violet-blue or dar-blue or blue/orange-red/white, 2**

Blue

Dark violet-blue

Year: approx.1955, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-156, imperforated, blocks, issued
by Hotels Statler, grey-blue or light grey-blue/orange-red/white, 3***

Grey-blue

Light grey-blue

Year: approx.1955, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-162, imperforated, blocks, issued
by Hotels Statler, violet-blue or dark blue/red or grey-red or bright red/white, 2**

Grey-red

bright red

Year: approx.1950, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-179, imperforated, issued by
Robert Meyer Hotels, orange-red/dark violet-blue/white, 4****

Year: approx.1950, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-180, rouletted V, horizontal
strips, issued by Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Montana, dark blue/orange-red/white, 4****

Year: approx.1950, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-186, imperforated, arrow shape
issued by Hotel Commodore, orange-red/dark violet-blue/white, 4****

Year: approx.1955, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-472, imperforated, blocks, issued
by Hotel Pennsylvania, blue/light grey/orange-red/white, 3***

Canada: Jack V. Elliot airmail labels

Here is a very nice,old and rare airmail label issued by Jack V. Elliot.

Jack Elliot, was a pilot in the western Ontario area providing passenger service and flights for thrill seekers in the early 1920's. By 1925, he had his own flying school and by purchasing partially completed aircraft, managed to complete his own aircraft.

Due to the hardships supplying men and materials in the northern Ontario mining regions during the mid 1920's, Elliot started an air service with 2 small aircraft fitted with skis. 

The post office also took advantage of the service by allowing mail to be delivered at the cost of 25 cents for each letter carried. 

The service lasted from March 6th to March 25th 1926, when the spring thaw made landings too dangerous.

A private label or "essay" in blue was designed but was rejected by postal authorities in Ottawa. Stamp CL6 replaced the essay stamp.


CL 6 issued issued March 6 1926. The design consisted of the company name and a series of zig-zag lines.


CL 7 issued issued March 25 1926. Essentially the same design except the background was changed to swastikas. (www.oocities.org)

Year: 25.3.1926, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-C-?, perforated 11 ¾ (imperforated labels exists), sheets of 8(4x2) or 16(4x4) with 4 pairs tête-bêche, dark red/yellow/cream

CL7 - swastikas background

USA: Rocket mail labels

Here is an airmail label intended for rocket-mail from USA to Canada over Niagara Falls, May 1936.

Year: 5.1936, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-C-487c, imperforated, sheets, 
black/yellow, 3***

Canada: Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. airmail labels

Here is an airline issue label from Canada from Yukon Airways & Exploration Co.

The Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. was formed to operate in the Yukon territory. The company's main office was in White Horse and there were branches in Dawson and Mayo Landing. (source)

Year: 1927, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-B-1, imperforated, size: 245x11.5mm,
blue/red/white, 5*****

Canada: Yukon Southern Air Transport Ltd. airmail labels

Here is an airline issue label from Yukon Southern Air Transport Ltd.

Year: 1940, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - CAN-B-4, imperforated, blocks gummed HU,
red/violet-blue/white, 4****

Newfoundland: Airmail albels

Here is todays arrival. This is my first airmail label from Newfoundland.

Year: 1945, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - NFL-A-2, perforated 11 ¾ , sheets of 6(3x2),
frame: 34.5x14mm, dark blue/white, 4****

US: Trans Central Airways airmail label

Here is another airline issued label. This one is from Trans Central Airways.

Year: approx.1960, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-264, imperforated, blue/red/white
4****

 

US: Wisconsin Central Airlines airmail label

An airline issue label from Wisconsin Central Airlines, USA.

Year: 1951, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-243, imperforated, blocks of 30,
violet-blue/red/white, 3***

US: Piedmont Airlines airmail label

An airline issue label from Piedmont Airlines.

Year: 1951, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - USA-B-221, imperforated, dark violet-blue or dark
blue/carmine-red/white, 3***