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THE POSTAL HISTORY OF ICAO

 

By ALBERT PELSSER - Last updated on 5 March 2024

 

 

The Postal History of ICAO provides the history of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) based on the philatelic material, i.e., stamps and covers related to ICAO and the preceding Organizations and Conferences.

An extensive list of the postal issues relating to ICAO is provided in the last chapters. To get in touch, send an e-mail.

 

 

 

What’s New?

 

                                    Preamble

 

 

Introduction

1910-1947: The origins of ICAO

Montréal: World Capital of Civil Aviation

International Days Related to Civil Aviation

ICAO and Aviation: A Philatelic History

 

                                   Préambule

 

 

L'OACI: Une institution spécialisée des Nations Unies à Montréal

Les grandes étapes de la réglementation de la navigation aérienne

1910-1947: Aux origines de l’OACI

L’aviation et l’OACI à travers les timbres

 

 

                                   The Paris Convention of 1910

 

 

The Path to Internationalism

 

                                   International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN)

 

 

The 1919 Paris Convention: The Starting Point for the Regulation of Air Navigation

Albert Roper: Architect of the 1919 Paris Convention

ICAN's Global Prospects Reduced to Regionalism

International Aviation Organizations Working Alongside ICAN

            and Dealing Exclusively with Aeronautical Matters

International Aviation Organizations Working Alongside ICAN

            and Dealing Secondarily with Aeronautical Matters

The Air Post Conferences

 

                                    International Meetings during ICAN

 

 

1926: The Ibero-American Convention

1927: Airline Companies Officially Recognized as Airmail Carriers

1928: The Havana Convention

1928: The International Civil Aeronautics Conference           

1937: The Inter-American Technical Conference on Aviation

International Legal Instruments before 1944

 

                                   The Birth of ICAO

 

 

1944: The Chicago Conference

 

                                   Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO)

 

 

1945: The Canadian Preparatory Committee and PICAO into Action

1945-1946: PICAO - The Spirit of Internationalism

1946: Montréal Confirmed as Capital of International Civil Aviation

1946: PICAO's First Regional Air Navigation Meetings

The Interim Assembly of PICAO

The Site of the Interim Organization

From PICAO to ICAO: Organizational Similarities

 

                                   International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

 

 

The Growth of ICAO

International Standards and Recommended Practices

Annex 1 - Personnel Licensing

Annex 2 - Rules of the Air

Annex 3 - Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation

Annex 4 - Aeronautical Charts

Annex 5 - Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations

Annex 6 - Operation of Aircraft

Annex 7 - Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks

Annex 8 - Airworthiness of Aircraft

Annex 9 - Facilitation

Annex 10 - Aeronautical Telecommunications

Annex 11 - Air Traffic Services

Annex 12 - Search and Rescue

Annex 13 - Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation

Annex 14 - Aerodromes

Annex 15 - Aeronautical Information Services

Annex 16 - Environmental Protection

Annex 17 - Security

Annex 18 - The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air

Annex 19 - Safety Management

The Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme

The North Atlantic Ocean Stations Agreement

The Technical Co-operation Programme - Projects

The No Country Left Behind (NCLB) Initiative

 

                                   ICAO Structure

 

 

The ICAO Assembly

The ICAO Council

The ICAO Secretariat

The President of the Council

The Secretary General

The Contracting States

The Regional Offices and the Regional Organization

The Air Navigation Commission (ANC)

The Air Transport Committee (ATC)

The Technical Co-operation Programme

                                                                                                         

                                   ICAO Legal Services

 

 

The Chicago Convention

The First Years of the Legal Committee

The Warsaw System on Air Carriers Liability

The Rome Convention and its Modernization

Legal Instruments related to Aviation Security

Other International Legal Instruments

Civil Aviation Legal Advisors Forum

 

                                   Regional Air Navigation (RAN) Meetings

 

 

1946: Cairo RAN Meeting

1946: Paris RAN Meeting

1947: Melbourne RAN Meeting

1948: New Delhi RAN Meeting

1950: Istanbul RAN Meeting

1951: Buenos Aires RAN Meeting

1953: Melbourne RAN Meeting

1953: Santa Cruz de Tenerife RAN Meeting

1954: Rhodes Special Middle East Communications Meeting

1955: Manila RAN Meeting

1956: Ciudad Trujillo RAN Meeting

1957: São Paulo RAN Meeting

1958-1985: Miscellaneous RAN Meetings

 

                                   ICAO Attributes

 

 

The Edward Warner Award

The Laurel Award

The International Civil Aviation Day

The ICAO Flag

The PICAO Bulletin, and ICAO Bulletin and Journal

The ICAO Museum

 

                                   Relations with UN Organizations

 

 

ICAO and the United Nations

Admission to the United Nations

ICAO and the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA)

ICAO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

ICAO and the International Labour Organization (ILO)

ICAO and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

ICAO and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

ICAO and the Universal Postal Union (UPU)

ICAO and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)

ICAO and the World Customs Organization (WCO)

ICAO and the World Food Programme (WFP)

ICAO and the World Health Organization (WHO)

ICAO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

ICAO and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

 

                                   Partners in International Civil Aviation

 

 

Introduction to the Partners in Civil Aviation

ACI - Airports International Council

ASECNA - Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar

CANSO - Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation

Civil Aviation Commissions

COCESNA - Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea

EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency

ECAC - European Civil Aviation Conference

EUROCONTROL

FAI - Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

FSF - Flight Safety Foundation

IAOPA - International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations

IATA - International Air Transport Association

IBAC - International Business Aviation Council

ICCAIA - International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations

IFALPA - International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations

IFAR – International Forum for Aviation Research

IFATCA - International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations

ITF - International Transport Forum

ITF - International Transport Workers’ Federation

RAeS - The Royal Aeronautical Society

SITA - Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques

TIACA - The International Air Cargo Association

 

                                   Assembly Sessions

 

 

The First Assembly Sessions

Sessions of the Assembly (from 9th to 15th)

Sessions of the Assembly (from 16th to 29th)

Sessions of the Assembly (from 30th to 40th)

Sessions of the Assembly (from 41st to latest)

 

                                   Large Conferences or Meetings

 

 

The Air Navigation Conferences

The Air Transport Conferences

Conferences on the Economics of Airports and Air Navigation Services

 

                                   Accommodation

 

 

The Permanent Site of the Organization

The First Permanent Accommodation (1949)

The Second Permanent Accommodation (1975)

The Third Permanent Accommodation (1996)

 

                                   Emblems

 

 

ICAO Emblem Closely Linked to its Working Languages

The Early Emblems

The First Official Emblem

The Second Official Emblem

The Third and Current Official Emblem

Extensions of ICAO Emblem

International Language Days

 

                                   Anniversaries

 

 

Introduction

The 10th Anniversary Commemorated by the United Nations

The 10th Anniversary Commemorated by Canada

The 15th Anniversary

The 20th Anniversary

The 30th Anniversary

The 30th Anniversary of ICAO and the Confusion with the 75th Anniversary of the First Powered Flight

The 35th Anniversary

The 40th Anniversary

The 45th Anniversary

The 50th Anniversary

The 60th Anniversary

The 65th Anniversary

The 70th Anniversary

The 75th Anniversary

 

                                   Exhibitions

 

 

International World’s Fair, Brussels - 1958

International Exhibition of Air Mail Postage - 1969

Exhibition Commemorating of the 75th Anniversary of First Powered Flight - 1978

Canadian Philatelic Exhibition - CAPEX 78

Philatelic Exhibition on Aviation - 1994

Miscellaneous Philatelic Exhibitions

 

                                   Errors in the ICAO Philatelic Collection

 

 

Introduction

Errors in the Name of the Organization

Errors in the Acronym of the Organization

Errors in the Emblem of the Organization

Other Flaws in the Emblems

Errors in the Texts

Errors in the Philatelic Notices

Errors in the Manufacturing Process

Errors in the Dates

Improper Issues

 

                                   Aviation History

 

 

Introduction

The Desire to Fly in the Mythology

The Early Endeavours

Human Flights with Balloons

The Scientific Visionaries or those Men before the Wrights

The First Flight in the British Empire

Achieving the Dream

Early Developments in Europe

The First Practical Aircraft

Attracted by Water

The Conquest of the Channel

The First Over the Atlantic

Women in Aviation

Flying First Over the Alps

The Catapult Mail

Aerial Circumnavigation: Records

 

                                   Stamp Issues Related to ICAO

 

 

Introduction (with full list of issues sorted by country name)

The language of stamp and cover collecting

Issues before 1945 (Predecessors)

Issues from 1945 to 1977

Issues from 1978 to 1983

Issues from 1984 to 1985 - 40th Anniversary of ICAO

Issues from 1986 to 1993

Issues from 1994 to 1995 - 50th Anniversary of ICAO

Issues from 1996 to 2013

Issues released in 2014 - 70th anniversary of ICAO

Issues from 2015 to 2018

Issues released in 2019 - 75th Anniversary of ICAO

Issues released after the 75th Anniversary of ICAO

                                                                      

                                   The Commemorative Covers

 

 

Introduction

 

                                   Small Collectibles Beside Philately

 

 

Introduction

 

                                   Philatelic Articles

 

 

ICAO Bulletin - June 1980

ICAO Bulletin - November 1984

Philatélie Québec - March 1992

ICAO Bulletin - December 1995

Cahier de l’Académie québécoise d’études philatéliques - 2011

The Canadian Connection

ICAO Tie-Ins

Uniting Aviation

The Journal of the United Nations Philatelists

CAFICS - Philatelic Quizzes