Historic aircraft 

Historic aircraft
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Historic aircraft

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6259661
Area
Stamps
Title
Historic aircraft
Face value
1,00
Country / area
Azores
Year
2014
Month
09
Day
04
Issue group
2014 Airplanes from the Azores
Order Number in Issue
5
Basic colour
Multi-coloured
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Airplanes, Aviation
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" (NC18603) c/n 1990 & Boeing 314 "American Clipper" (NC18606) c/n 1993 & Boeing 314 "Atlantic Clipper (18604) c/n 1991
Michel number
599
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Mundifil number
Designer/Engraver
Galamba, Francisco
Printing office
Cartor Security Printing
Perforation
V (Safety perforation)
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Offset
Paper
Gum
Water-activated gum (Lick & Stick, Wet adhesive)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
NC18603: Crashed February 22, 1943 and written off after the left wing tip touched the water during a landing near Lisbon (Portugal). NC18606: Scrapped 1950.