STAMP ISSUES RELATED TO ICAO (1984-1985)
Cape Verde : 40th Anniversary of ICAO
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Issue date: 15/02/1984
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Ogma-Auster D5/160 Husky of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV), registered CR-CAP in Portugal. |
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de Havilland D.H.104 Dove of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV), registered CR-CAD in Portugal. |
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Hawker Siddeley HS748‑200 Series 2A of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV); could be registered either CR-CAV or CR-CAW in Portugal.
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de Havilland D.H.89A Dragon Rapide of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV). |
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de Havilland Canada DHC‑6 Twin Otter of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV), registered CR-CAX in Portugal. |
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Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander of Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV), registered CR-CAS in Portugal. |
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Corner stamps with marginal inscription. |
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Strip of 2 stamps with text in the margin: 40º ANIVERSARIO DA ICAO. |
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First Day Cover, cancelled at Mindelo, port city in the northern part of the island of São Vicente in Cabo Verde. Second largest city of the state, Mindelo is the cultural capital of Cabo Verde.
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First Day Cover, cancelled at Praia, capital and largest city of Cabo Verde.
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Background: Stamps of this issue show aircraft used by Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV) and registered in Portugal (nationality mark: CR); they were used by Cape Verde Islands before they gained independence in 1975. The nationality mark D4 for Cape Verde (as an independent country) was probably used on its airplanes in the 1980s.
This set provides an overview of the fleet of the Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV) in the years of the issue. TACV was originally formed by the Portuguese government in December 1958 after the local aero club which provided charter services went bankrupt. Flight operations began in January 1959. Two de Havilland D.H.104 Dove (CR-CAD and CR-CAO) and a D.H.89A Dragon Rapide were operated in the early 1960s. The Portuguese government reformed the airline in 1967 with the help of TAP-Air Portugal. The fleet grew to include a third de Havilland D.H.104 Dove (CR-CAR) and a number of smaller aircraft. Following the country’s independence on 5 July 1975, the TACV airline was designated the national carrier of the Republic of Cape Verde. Over the following 10 years, the fleet grew to include: 1. two HS-748s registered CR-CAV or CR-CAW; 2. two de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (CR-CAX and CR-CAY); and 3. three Britten Norman BN-2A Islander (CR-CAS, CR-CAT and CR-CAU; operated during mid-1970s). The TACV company became public in 1983.
Cape Verde deposited the instruments of ratification of the Chicago Convention on 19 August 1976 and became a Contracting State (date of entry into force of the Convention for Cape Verde) thirty days after this date. |
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