April 30, 2022

Tunisia: Airmail

Labels from Tunisia. According to the airmail labels catalog a full sheet would have 60 labels.

Year: Before 1982, gummed.
TUN-A-6



Faroe Islands: Airmail

Older labels from Faroe Islands. 

This is a whole sheet of 20 labels.

Year: before 1981, self-adhesive.
FAR-A-1



Zimbabwe: Airmail

Labels from Zimbabwe. They are from a bigger sheet. I'm unsure of the year as they have been using the same design since the 80's.

Year: ?, gummed.



April 29, 2022

Austria: Airmail

Airmail labels from a roll.

Year: approx 1988-1997, gummed.



Portugal: Airmail

Older airmail labels from Portugal. This is a full sheet of 40 labels.

Year: 1936, gummed.
POR-A-3


Greece: Airmail

Older airmail labels from Greece. From a sheet. I'm unsure about how many labels would be on a full sheet.

Year: approx 1980, gummed.
GRC-A-12


SAS: Airmail

Airmail labels from SAS (Scandinavian airlines). An airline from Denmark, Sweden, Norway.

These labels are from a booklet.

Year: approx 1952, gummed.
SWE-B-3



Guyana: Airmail

Airmail labels from Guyana. These are from a stamp booklet from 1981.

Year: 1981, Gummed.



Åland: Priority

Sheet of priority labels from Åland. These are currently in use. 

30 labels per sheet.

Year: Approx 2017, Self-adhesive.



Israel: Priority

Priority labels from a roll on yellow backing paper.

Year: 2011, Self-adhesive.



Australia: Airmail

This airmail label was released in July 2014 to celebrate '100 years of airmail in Australia'. 

This labels is for letters. There is also a bigger one for packages. 

You can't see it that well on the picture, but the label has a white border. 

Year: 2014, gummed.


April 23, 2022

Sweden: Prioritaire

Labels are from a roll and have yellow backing paper.

Year: 1994, Self-adhesive.




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Sweden: Prioritaire - First class letter

These labels are from a roll and have yellow backing paper.

Year: 1993, Self-adhesive.





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Sweden: Prioritaire

Prioritaire labels from Sweden. 

These are from a roll with yellow backing paper.

Year: 1991, Self-adhesive.




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Sweden: Economy

Economy labels from Sweden. These are from a roll with yellow backing paper.

Year: 1999, Self-adhesive.




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France: Notice and Prioritaire + Economique labels

A paper notice from the postal service in France explaining the new Prioritaire and Economique labels which were introduced in 1993. Click the image to see a bigger picture.













These labels are square and on yellow backing paper.

Year: 1993, self-adhesive.























Year: 1993, Self-adhesive.



Åland: Par avion/Priority

These were the first labels published by the Åland postal service themselves. 

The full sheet is 30 labels in total. On white backing paper.

Year: 1996, Self-adhesive.
ALA-A-1



Sweden: Economique

Economique labels from Sweden. They are from a roll, square and have yellow backing paper.

Year: approx 92-93 possible, Self-adhesive.


April 18, 2022

USA: Hallmark stationery

Not an official label from a postal service. Instead this was published by Hallmark stationery in the 70s. It came on a block with other snoopy and peanuts labels you could put on your penpal letters. Very cute!

Year: 1970's, 
USA-C-535




USA: Priority

Priority label - Tracked and insured. 

From a roll.

Year: 2014, Self-adhesive.


Japan: Airmail

Airmail labels published by JAL - Japan Airlines.

This is a booklet with 30 labels. 5 labels on each page.

They look like the ones from the Airmail labels catalog published in the 70s, however this booklet has more labels. 

Year: ? 80s?, Self-adhesive.
 

Booklet cover








Labels inside



April 17, 2022

Greece: Airmail

Old airmail labels from Greece. 

Year: 1933, Gummed.
GRC-A-1



Croatia: Airmail/Priority labels

Labels from Croatia. I think these may be from a roll? Or a very big sheet.

They have an id number and year on the back. 

Year: 2016, Self-adhesive.


Taiwan: Airmail

Airmail labels from Taiwan. These were published by a hotel.

Year: approx. 1970, Self-adhesive.
TWN-C-1


Brazil: Priority

Priority label from Brazil. I got it in 2020. Looks to be from a roll.

Year: ?, Self-Adhesive.


Brazil: Priority

Priority labels from Brazil. These are all black. I got them in 2020. They are from a sheet.

I'm unsure of the year they were published. The person that was kind enough to send them my way got 3 different kind from the post office. These, some blue ones I have already (and have posted) and some other blue ones that look to be from a roll, which I will post.

Year: ?, Self-adhesive.


USA: Priority express

Priority express label. For outside shipment.

Year: 2013, Self-adhesive.


USA: Priority express

Priority express label. This is for corporate/company use only. This is a smaller label.

Year: 2013, Self-adhesive.


USA: Priority express

Priority express label. For domestic and international use.

Year: 2014, Self-adhesive.


April 15, 2022

Israel: Airmail

Airmail labels from Israel. These are from a roll. They look like the same ones in the airmail catalog called 'ISR-A-4' that are from 1988. I not sure if these are exactly them. But probaly from end 80's to start 90's.

Year: 1988?, Self-adhesive
ISR-A-4


April 14, 2022

Belgium: Priority labels

 Priority labels from Belgium. Part of a sheet. I'm unsure how big it is in total.

Not sure about the year either, but they look like ones I have seen from 1996. So it could be mid 90's.


Year: ?, Self-adhesive.



France: Airmail

Airmail labels from Air France.

According to the airmail catalog these were issued for customers in Germany, hence they also say 'luftpost' (= airmail)

Year: Approx 1955, Gummed.
FRA-B-94b



France: Economique sheet

Economique sheet from France. The labels are quite big. I think they may have been used on big letters or packages. The sheet is almost a4.

I'm unsure of the year, but they look like the ones used in the mid-90s start 00'. Let me know if you have any info.

Year: ?, Self-Adhesive.


USA: Airmail labels

Giant sheet of airmail labels. If pretty much couldn't fit in my scanner properly.

The sheet has 40 labels in total. 

According to the airmail label catalog these are from approx. 1960.

I wish I had more info on why and who made them. 

Year: approx 1960, 
USA-C-599



Sweden: Priority Express

Priority express labels from Sweden. These are from a roll.

Year: 1991, Self-Adhesive.



Sweden: Priority Express

Priority express labels from Sweden.

Year: 1995, Self-adhesive.





Sweden: Prioritaire

Prioritaire labels from a roll. I got these from Sweden. I am unsure if they are from the postal service or not, as there isn't any date or id numbers on the back. 

However they are from a roll. Square and on yellow backing paper.

If you have any info on these let me know.


Year: approx 92-93 possible, Self-adhesive.



Denmark: Prioritaire

Prioritaire labels from Denmark.

They come from a pad. 4 on each sheet, probably around 40 in total per pad.

Year: 1995, Self-adhesive.