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Astrophilately — is the area of philately connected with astronomy and efforts to reach outer space, both manned and unmanned. Topics of interest include postage stamps, cancellations, and covers connected to various projects. Examples include rocket mail, dating … Wikipedia
Rocket mail — For the webmail service that became Yahoo! Mail, see Rocketmail. The SSM N 8 Regulus cruise missile was used for one attempt to deliver mail. Rocket mail is the delivery of mail by rocket or missile. The rocket would land by deploying an internal … Wikipedia
Postal history — is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the collecting of covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems. The term is attributed to Robson Lowe, a professional philatelist, stamp dealer and… … Wikipedia
List of philatelic topics — This is a list of philatelic topics. compactTOC NOTOC A Acknowledgement of receipt Aerogram Aerophilately Affixing machine Airmail Airmail etiquette Arrow block Astrophilately Philatelic auction Philatelic auction catalogB Balloon mail Bicycle… … Wikipedia
Zeppelin mail — Cover sent from Chemnitz, Germany to Sausalito, California on the first North American flight of the Hindenburg, 6–9 May 1936. The address and Mit Luftschiff... notation were hand lettered by the sender, the Nach Nord Amerika and red circular… … Wikipedia
Aerophilately — is the branch of philately that specializes in the study of airmail. Philatelists have observed the development of mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by… … Wikipedia
Crash cover — A crash cover is a philatelic term for a type of cover, (including the terms air accident cover, interrupted flight cover, wreck cover) meaning an envelope or package that has been recovered from a fixed wing aircraft, airship or aeroplane crash … Wikipedia
Mail plane — This article is about mail carrying aircraft. For the Mac OS X e mail client, see Mailplane (software). De Havilland twin engine airmail plane in snow storm, 1920 … Wikipedia
Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Aérophilatéliques — (International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies) more commonly know as FISA, is the umbrella association for aerophilatelic societies. FISA represents and promotes Aerophilately and Astrophilately for its collectors within the international … Wikipedia
Postage stamps and postal history of Guam — The postage stamps and postal history of Guam is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of the Pacific Ocean island of Guam. Its postal service is linked to those of the Philippines during the Spanish Empire and, since 1898, to the… … Wikipedia
