1971 Ireland - FFC Dublin to Vienna, Austria (Austrian Airlines, DC-9), via Munich, Germany

Irish Airmails: 1971 Dublin – Munich – Vienna (Austrian Airlines DC-9) First Flight cover, 22nd December 1971

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1931 airmail from Malakal, Sudan to Borris, Co Carlow, Ireland in a Camel Corps envelope, dated 5th May 1931

Irish Diaspora Letters: Malakal, Sudan to Borris, Co Carlow, Ireland (1931)

Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Malakal, Sudan to Borris, Co Carlow, Ireland: 1931 Addressed to: Mrs Batley Mount Leinster Borris Co Carlow Ireland Other Stamps / Envelopes / Postcards in this series: Stamps of the World – a list of stamp issuing countries (past & present) Irish Diaspora Letters – an A-Z list of incoming…

1940 envelope from Khartoum, Sudan to Donnybrook, Co Dublin, via airmail and opened by Sudanese & Irish censors

Irish Diaspora Letters: Khartoum, Sudan to Donnybrook, Co Dublin, Ireland (1940)

Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Khartoum, Sudan to Donnybrook, Co Dublin: 1940 Addressed to: Mr & Mrs T. Eckesley Kievetsdel Stillorgan Road Donnybrook Co Dublin Ireland Other Stamps / Envelopes / Postcards in this series: Stamps of the World – a list of stamp issuing countries (past & present) Irish Diaspora Letters – an A-Z…

1919 (May 18) First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight from St. John's to Ireland by Harry Hawker and Maj. MacKenzie Grieve in a Sopwith plane

Irish Airmails: 1919 (May 18) First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Ireland by Harry Hawker & Maj. MacKenzie Grieve

Irish Airmail Cover: After flying about 1100 miles they were forced down in the sea near a Danish tramp steamer “Mary” whose crew rescued them. Cover with 3 Ct. “Caribou” stamp overprinted “FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC AIR POST April, 1919” cancelled St. John’s April 12, backstamped London May 30, 1919 on official UK post label “found…

1870, Ballon monté cover to Rathgar, Co Dublin, star cancel 19 + BT RICHARD-LENOIR 11 OCT. 70, reverse LILLE A CALAIS 12 OCT. 70 and H&K. PACT OC 14

Histoire de la poste irlandaise: Lettres par Le Ballon Monté (1870-71) à Irlande

Introduction de Ballon Monté: Après les lettres transportées par les vols transatlantiques Zeppelin dans les années 1930, le Ballon Monté est peut-être la plus recherchée de toutes les enveloppes de la poste aérienne irlandaise. Malheureusement aucun des ballons n’a atterri en Irlande mais le siège de Paris et ses héroïques aéronautes ont certainement capturé l’imagination…

Early "AIR MAIL" postcard from Hong Kong to Ballybrack, Co Dublin, Ireland, dated 6th December 1932. Pre-printed 4c overseas rate postcard, up-rated with Hong Kong 20c & 25c stamps to make the 49c rate, service by sea from Hong Kong to Saigon thence by air to Marseilles and onward by rail & air to London and Ireland. Cancelled with fine strikes of the RED "HONG KONG" double ring c.d.s.

Irish Diaspora Letters: Hong Kong to Ballybrack, Co Dublin (1932)

Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: 1932 postcard from Hong Kong to Ballybrack, Co Dublin:     Other Stamps / Envelopes / Postcards in this series: Stamps of the World – a list of stamp issuing countries (past & present) Irish Diaspora Letters – an A-Z list of incoming mail to Ireland from abroad Rare Stamps…