UTOPIA AIRPORT: STAMP SHEETS.FEUILLETS and other at Utopia's Airport blog

In this particular post stamp sheets, and other related stamp item will be posted regularly, so keep coming on a regular basis to check for new items
In this particular post , the stamps are listed by country (alphabetically)
First day cover can be found at the end of the post. ENJOY

You can always peruse our Boeing in stamps tribute by following this link
boeing 707 in stamps

NEW ADDTIONS : Cuba,, Nouvelle Caledonie, Ukraine (Jan 2024)

AFGHANISTAN

This series was published to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the creation of ARIANA, Afghnistan's flag carrier . The company was created with the help of PAN AMERICAN and used the douglas DC6, DC4 and the DC3

ANGOLA

Lovely tribute to the B737-200 , the workhorse of the company. TAAG emploed 10B737-200 of which 4were written-off and the B747-300.

The Angolan version of the Boeing 777

ARGENTINA

Lovely stylized series of aviation stamps

AUSTRIA

Austrian Airlines began its scheduled operations with a fleet of Vickers Viscount first leased and then purchased directly from the manufacturer. All carried the names of famous Austrian musicians

BAHRAIN
The State of Bahrain issues this beautiful series in 1976 as a tribute to the concorde which was used on the London-Bahrain-Singapore route

BELGIUM

This feuillet/stamp commemorates the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Royal Aero-club of Belgium

BRAZIL

Brazil showers us with this 1984 stamp series celebrating the crossing of the South Athantic by Lufthansa carrying air Mail

The country has made a significant inroad in the aviation indistru through EMBRAER , this stamp celebrtes the 10th anniversary of the manufactyring company

50 years of VARIG, one of the oldest airlie companies. Gone but not forgotten

Pioneering Airliners that helped develop commercial aviation in Brazil

40 years of ICAO Brazil's contribution

BURKINA FASO

This African country was once called Republique de Haute-Volta. The country issued this beautiful stmp of an Air Afrique DC8 to celebrate the centenial of the creation of the U.P.U (Universal Postal Union) in 1974

BURUNDI

We can see in this remarkable series of the Republique du Burundi, the Airlines that served Bujumbera the country's capital , Air Congo's B707, Sabena's B727-100 as well as the Super VC10 of East African Coporation

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Beautiful tribute on the early ages of African aviation in General and of Air Afrique in particular with stamps of a DC3,DC4 and Beechcraft

CHINA

China's first foray into the het age was with the acquisition of the british built HS121 Trident

COLOMBIA

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of AVIANCA one of the oldest airlines in the world, Colombia ussued in 1959 this commemorative stamp

COOK ISLANDS

The islands were a popular stop between Australia and South Africa, used as a fuel stop by QANTAS.
Please visit this post
https://utopiaairport.blogspot.com/2016/09/cocos-keeling-islands-aviation-stamps.html

CUBA
Celebration in 1972 of the first air link between Cuba and Chile

Cuba issued this series to commemorate the 70th birthday of CUBANA , the national Airline of Cuba with a special emphasis on western built aircraft

Historical fleet of CUBANA through the ages

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

The country surprises us with this nice series depicting the fleet of the national carrier CSA through the ages

DJIBOUTI
Air Dibouti was founded on january 1, 1980 and the republic of Djibouti issued series of stamos, one of which is this beautifully illustrated B737-200

Another depiction of the B727-200 of Air Djibouti

series of stamps on the 50th anniversary of AIR FRANCE

DUTCH (NETHERLANDS) ANTILLES

ALM the dutch Antilles airlines operated this set of aircraft the Fokker F27 and the Douglas DC9.

EAST GERMANY

This series come from East Germany and illustrates the planes used by the now defunct airline.

Another series from East Germany that illustrates the planes used by the now defunct airline.

ECUADOR

This beautiful series illustrate the different aircraft used by TAME the Ecuadorian Airline. More on Tame and its beautiful aircraft by following this link.
TAME -Ecuador

EGYPT

ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Airlines is one of the fastest groing irlines of Africa.its fleet is one of the most modern in the world with B777 and B787

The aviation world according to Ethiopia and Ethiopian Airlines

FAROE ISLANDS

A tribute to the Island's national airline Atlantic Airways with its A319 and Airport

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

FIJI

From Fiji, this colorful series of the various aircraft used by its national Airline Air Pacific , we can easily recognize the De Havilland Australia DH3-Drover, The Hawker S1ddeley HS748, The DC10 and finally the Boeing 747.

FINLAND
Tribute t the Finnish civil aviation with iconic aircraft used from the humble beginnings to the extension to the Far East

Celebtating the 50th anniverdary of the Airline with its latest addition the McDonnel Douglas Dc10-30

40 years of Finnish aviation with convair340/440 and the Caravelle

FRANCE

Exquisite stamp of An Airbus A300-B4 of L' Aeropostale, the French post carrier. one of the most efficient in the world

GABON (Republique Gabonaise)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Air Gabon this ex French colony issued these stamps picturing the Boeing 747 of the company

GERMANY
The constellation and the Dornier Do X Gone but never forgotten

50 Years of German airmail by Lufthansa

GREENLAND

The DHC-7 played an important role in develipping the domestic networkof this country as shown in this stamp

GUINEE-BISSAU

This ex Portuguese colony issued this wonderful series consisting of 3 stamps : The Caravelle , the Douglas DC6B and the Ilyushin IL 76.

HUNGARY
Hungary chose to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ICAO with the Douglas DC3. MALEV used the Russia made DC3 the Li2 at its very beginning

ICELAND

Very nice series from Iceland dated 1997 : DC3. Twin Otter, Beaver ....

40 years of flight between Iceland and Luxembourg

INDIA

B737-200 freighter of India post

Islamic Republic of Iran

ISRAEL

EL AL and Israeil civil Aviation

IRAQ

One of the few foreign custoers of the Trident, Iraqo irways as depicted in these 2 stamps

ITALY

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ALITALIA , ITALY issued this series in 1971 depicting the new livery of the Italian flag carrier

JAMAICA

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Air Jamaica , JAMAICA issued this series in 1999 depicting its Airbus fleet at this time.

JERSEY

Beautiful stamp on the first steps of the aviation

KAMPUCHEA

From Cambodia , this lovely series illustrating modern jetliners

KUWAIT

KUWAIT always celebrated the important dates of the founding of its national carrier Kuwait Airways . This series of 4 stamps were issued for the 10th anniversary and depicts the DC3 and the DH106 Comet which allowed the company to expand internationally

The other series celebrate the 25th anniversary with a B747 the later acquisition of the company and in the background a DC3 carrier, the first airliner operated by the company.

The series celebrate the 15th anniversary with a B707

LESOTHO

This small South African Republic nested in the heartland of South Africa has issued this series for the 50th anniversary of the OACI in 1994 . Planes depicted are the Twin Otter and the Fokker F27

MADAGASCAR

Air Madagascar the national airline of this island figures prominently in this stamp. A long boeing customer , this DC8 comes as a surprise since the airline never used this type

Lovely stamp of Air France's BOEING 707 over Nossi Be

MALAWI

Nice aviation stamps from MALAWI illustrating the aircraft operated by National Air Carrier Air Malawi

MALAYSIA

Celebration of 50 years of aviation in Malaysia

MALDIVES

From The Maldives, the Iconic Concorde visiting different cities and world capital.

MALTA

Nice series from Malta with B707

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Quite an interesting series from the Marshall Islands with various depictions of piston and turboprops aircraft we can see the Short 330 of Manx Airlines, The DHC-& of Maersk Air , a Fokker F27 of Flugfelag Iceland, the Vickers merchantman of Air Bride Carrier (ABC) and the DHC-6 Twin Otter of Loganair

ANTONOV 124 stamp issued by the Marshall islands. The aircraft was chartered by the FEMA to bring drought relief to the islanders

MAURITIUS

This 4 stamp series was emitted by MAURITIUS on the occasion of the inauguration of the first international flight of the country's carrier AIR MAURITIUS

MEXICO

Beautiful diptych of Aeromexico DC10 in the series celebratiing a century of Mexican aviation

Comet 4C

Douglas DC3

Airbus A320 and B737-800

MOZAMBIQUE

Beautiful series on the planes used by DETA during the years

NAURU

This small Pacific island had its own national airline which operated a variety of aircraft as seen in this series

Please visit AIR NAURU IN STAMPS

NICARAGUA

1986 stamp representing the SAAB Fairchild 340 a twin-engined commuter airline seating up to 33 passengers

NIGERIA

40 th anniversary of the ICAO issue. Can you guess the planes ?

NOUVELLE CALEDONIE -New Caledonia

is a French Overseas territory which has its own airline Air Caledonie founded in 1983. The stamp was issued in 2003 to celebrate its 20th anniversary and depicts an airbus A330-200

PAKISTAN

Celebrating 20 years of services between China and Pakistan

PALAU

Palau celebrates the world of aviation with a series of 4 stamps . Clockwise the PBY-5A Catalina seaplane , the Douglas DC6, DC4 and the Albatross sea plane

Celebrating the 100 years of aviation more on this series and the aircraft depicted by following the link 1 CENTURY OF FLIGHT

Another beautiful series from Palau

PANAMA

COPA 1947-1997

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Beautiful stamps of An Airbus 310 of Air Nuigini inaugurating in 1997 the link Port-Moresby-Osaka

A very Interesting series issued by Papua-New Guinea to acknowledge the closeaviation ties with Australia . The later played an oimportant role in developing aviation in this vast country with little roads.
Depicted are the Boeing 727 and Douglas DC6 of Trans Australia Airlines, a Fokker F27 of ANSETT , a Douglas DC3 and Boeing 707 of Qantas .

PERU

A stamp to commemorate the flights between between Rio and LosAngeles via Lima by Aero Peru established in October 1975.

POLAND

Poland celebrates half a century of Polish aviation with this series :

You can find the story behind these stamps at the following link POLAND AIR CHALLENGE

Another stamp from Poland depicting the IL62 of the company which was used by the company to expand its network particularly to the USA

Boeing 767 of LOT to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary

PORTUGAL

Celebration of the 50th anniversary of TAP/Air Portugal

QATAR

100th anniversary of Aviation

REPUBLIKA SPRSKA

Is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the north and east of the country. Its largest city and administrative centre is Banja Luka, lying on the Vrbas river.

Air Sprska was a short-lived national airlines operating a fleet of ATR

REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE

This African country surprises us with a wonderful series on light civil aircraft

REPUBLIQUE DU MALI

The concorde by the Republique du Mali

ROMANIA

History of Romanian commercial and civil aviation through these stamps

RUSSIA

Russia surprises us with this wonderful series on Russian civil aviation through the ages

A tribute to Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (we celebrate its 110th anniversary in 2016) with his famous bureau and designs .

Beautiful Russian series on gliders

Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon

This French overseas territory has its own post as well as its own airline that links the island with Canada

An illustrated story through stamps of the airliners used by Air Saint-Pierre

SAN MARINO

Lovely series from San Marino with illustrations of different planes: TU104,DC8,B707,Vickers Viscount, Caravelle, VC10 and Comet

SAO TOME and PRINCIPE
This former Portuguese colony issued this stamp to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the link between Lisbon and the Island

SAUDI ARABIA

State-of-the-art aircraft operated by the national Airline of Saudi Arabia with, clockwise, the MD 11 , The Boeing 747-400, the MD90 and the Boeing 777

SIERRA LEONE

This country has issued this awesome block that emphasizes various airliners that played a significative and often an instrumental role in developing commercial aviation : the ubiquitous DC3, the Junkers JU52 , The De Havilland Dragon rapide, the float planes Sikorsky S42 and the Benoist Type XIV.

Splendid Lockheed Constellation stamp by Sierra Leone

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of aviation , the Solomon's Archipelago issued this series, with airplanes that revolutionizes air transport : the B707 , the B747 etc..

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of aviation , the Solomon's Archipelago issued this series with a tribute to the first heavier than air plane to the first supersonic airliner : the Concorde

Solomon Islands' trribute to the B737-800-B737-400 and B767

Beautiful feuillet of Solomon's Islands stamps featuring the A330-200 of Qantas, the F100 of Alliance Airlines , B737-300 of Australian Air Express and the B737-8 of Virgin Australia

SOMALIA

Dated 1964,this single stamp represents a DC3 of Somali Airlines, the national airline of the company. Most of thee airlines started their operations with this ubiquitous airliner.

SYRIA ARAB REPUBLIC

25th anniversary of Syrianair in this set of 2 stamps depicting the logo of the airline

Celebrating Civil Aviation Day with a SYRIAN AIR B747SP

TAJIKISTAN
An unusual stamp from this country depicting the magnificent Airbus A380, the pride of the European Aeronautical Industry

TRANSKEI
Lovely series from this "country" a reminder of the evil apatheid and racism

TURKEY

Old series depicting the national airline of Turkey THY

UKRAINE

A tribute to the Antonov design bureau responsible for the design and manufacturing of the AN2, AN10/12, AN124 and AN225

ANTONOV 140 was to assembled in Iran by Iran Manufacturing Industrial company and referred as IRAN140

UZBEKISTAN

IL 114 for your pleasure

VANUATU

was known as the New Hebrides an Anglo-French condominium. The republic of Vanuatu as it is called now issued this nice series about its national airline AIR VANUATU

VENEZUELA

This Latin American country offers us a beautifull tribute to a gone but not forgotten Airline VIASA

VIETNAM

This country offers a NASA Shuttle stamp. Vietnam has issued a series of interesting aviation stamps, I hope I share with you in the future

YOUGOSLAVIA

From Yougoslavia comes this wonderful series of stamps illustrating the story of the national carrier and the story of commercial aviation in this countru. Beautiful depiction of the DC3 and Caravelle .