STAMP ISSUES RELATED TO ICAO (1984-1985)

 

Antigua and Barbuda : 40th Anniversary of ICAO

 

Issue date: 30/04/1985

 

 

Cessna 172D Skyhawk. Shows ICAO and UN logos.

 

Fokker D.VII.

Does not display the ICAO logo.   

 

Spad VII.

Does not display the ICAO logo.   

 

Boeing 747‑100. Shows ICAO and UN logos.

 

Cancelled To Order (CTO).

 

 

 

With margins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Coolidge International Airport. Shows ICAO and UN logos.

 

Cancelled To Order (CTO).

 

Imperforate proofs in issued colors for the complete set, mounted on card.

Album pages with detailed information from The Aviation Heritage Collection produced by Westminster. This collection of stamps presents a flypast of history's legendary aircraft, all detailed on genuine Official Postage Stamps from the country concerned.

 

 

First Day Cover.

 

This First Day Cover (FDC) uses the same basic layout as the FDC of Sierra Leone (issued on 28 February 1985; see at: Sierra Leone – 1984 – 40th Anniversary of ICAO) and of Turks and Caicos Islands (issued on 28 February 1985; see at: Turks and Caicos Islands - 40th Anniversary of ICAO).

 

Maximum card: Fokker D.VII.

 

Background: Although this series commemorates the 40th anniversary of ICAO, for an unknown reason, the second and third stamps of this issue (which picture German and American World War I fighter planes) do not bear any logo or text related to the 40th anniversary of the Organization.

Error: The ICAO emblem shown on the stamps and souvenir sheet is an early-unofficial emblem in use for some time in 1954 and 1955, with longer wings set lower on the globe than on the current emblem. At the opposite right is the correct ICAO emblem (without the acronyms) adopted in 1956.

V.C. Bird International Airport was originally named Coolidge International Airport, as the original air force base went by that name. Sir Vere Cornwall Bird was Antigua and Barbuda’s first prime minister and the airport was named after him in 1985. V.C. Bird International Airport is a relatively small airport used mainly by those vacationing on the islands of Antigua and Barbuda. However, it was originally built by the United States army and still retains something of a militaristic feel.