Airports on Stamps

This webpage is dedicated to the theme of "Airports on Stamps & Postal Stationery".


As someone that has traveled frequently over the years, I have seen my share of airports in the US and several around the world (mostly Europe & the Caribbean).  As a stamp collector, this has provided me with the interest to collect stamps and postal stationery with the theme of "airports".   

Later I added "airport departure tax" stamps to the collection as well.


Airports (outside of the USA) that I have flown into/out of include:

  • Europe: Zürich (Switzerland); Manchester (England); Frankfurt (Germany); London; Luxembourg; Hannover (Germany) and Reykjavik (Iceland)
  • Canada: Toronto
  • Caribbean: US Virgin Islands; San Juan (Puerto Rico); St. Vincent; Barbados; Jamaica; Trinidad; Curacao; St. Kitts; Cancun (Mexico); Bermuda (ok, it's technically in the Atlantic, not the Caribbean); and both airports on St. Lucia.


It took several weeks of combing through various stamp catalogs to find stamps that commemorate or depict airports.  Later I discovered that there were also many postal stationery envelopes, aerogrammes & postal cards that depict airports, as well as "revenue" (ie: "airport departure tax") stamps.  At latest count I have a list of over:

  • 679 stamps (single stamps or sets)
  • 47 souvenir sheets
  • 56 revenue stamps (but there are many more!)
  • 84 postal stationery envelopes
  • 25 aerogrammes 
  • 31 postal cards

This is by far the most comprehensive list of airport stamps & postal stationery available (and the only one that provides illustrations of the actual stamps).  I have also provided this list to the American Topical Association, and if you are a member of this organization, you can obtain a copy from them, but it is only a text listing.   


For me to include a stamp or postal stationery item in my collection, it has to either mention the airport, or show some aspect of the airport, such as a control tower, terminal building or runway.


Shown at top of the page is the JF Mitchell Airport located on Bequia Island (one of the islands in the Grenadines of St. Vincent chain in the Caribbean, several miles south of the main island).  This is a very small airport and can only accomodate small propeller or turbo-prop airplanes.  I did visit Bequia Island in 1993 and 2007, however, I got there on a ferry from the main island of St. Vincent.

I did however fly into "E.T. Joshua Airport" (as shown below) in 1994 and also 2007, and I took a LIAT plane similar to the one shown on the stamp below.  The older 3¢ stamp shown to the right below is what this airport looked like in the 1960's.  E.T. Joshua Airport no longer exists; a new airport was built in Argyle, several miles away, and with a longer runway that can now actually support jet aircraft!




--> Please note that this site is "in progress". I will be adding more information and scans as time goes on. Please be sure to check back frequently!   In the meantime, if you are interested in obtaining a reference CD with scans of all "airports on stamps & postal stationery" items currently in my collection.

"AIRPORT PHILATELY": an easy-to-use self-running philatelic reference CD-ROM (nothing to install) that currently has over 830 scans of stamps and postal stationery items from all over the world that pertain to the theme AIRPORTS.  Also included are some revenue stamps of the "Airport Departure Tax" type.   All postage stamps are identified by their respective Scott Standard Stamp Catalog(tm) catalog numbers which are used by permission from Amos Publishing.  Items not listed in Scott's, such as postal stationery items may be identified by other catalog numbers (where known).


The CD works on PC's running Microsoft Windows 7, 8 or 10.


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The CD's are only $19.95 + tracked & insured shipping.  Instant ordering/payment via PayPal is available via the PayPal buttons above.  I will ship immediately upon notification of payment receipt by PayPal (this would be immediate shipment for credit card or funded PayPal account payments, or up to 3-4 business days for e-check transfers. 


Shipments within the USA will be via tracked 1st Class mail; foreign destinations will be via standard airmail service (which is not tracked and sent at your risk).


Airports on Stamps & Postal Stationery Listing:

I can also provide a listing of all known stamps & postal stationery items.  This listing can take the form of an electronic file, such as an Adobe PDF file, a Word document or an Excel Spreadsheet.  A PDF file will be sent via email (to the email address shown at PayPal), however, I can send an Excel spreadsheet since you can use it as a want-list!  Please check with your email provider if you can receive email attachments such as PDF, XLS or XLSX files.

Due to licensing issues, I can not provide catalog numbers with the listing, however, my list will show the name of the country, the year issued, the description of the stamp, the face value of the stamp plus any comments.

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