Brazil – Semana da ASA
At the Bagatelle, Paris, the Brazilian constructor-pilot Alberto Santos-Dumont flew on 23 October 1906 his machine, the No14-bis, for 197 feet (60m.) in a straight line at the height of about 10 feet and won the Archdeacon Prize of 3,000francs for the first sustained flight of over 25 meters.
In 1935, at the initiative of the Touring Club of Brazil and with the support of the Aeronautics Department of the Brazilian Government, the Semana da ASA (Week of the Wing, or Aviation Week) was created in Brazil to preserve the memory of Santos-Dumont.
More information on the subject of the Semana Da ASA is available at the following link: BRAZIL: Semana Da Asa and Medals.
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Santos-Dumont’s monument in St. Cloud, near Paris; inaugurated on 19 October 1913 (Deadalus takes off a rock; allegory of flight).
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Brazil – 15 April 1934 – Santos-Dumont’s monument in St. Cloud. Commemoration of the 1st National Congress of Aeronautics held at São Paulo, at the initiative of the Aero Club of São Paulo.
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Brazil (cover and descriptive insert) - 21 October 1959 – Semana Da Asa – ICAO Emblem
The commemorative airmail stamp is printed on paper with the watermark *BRASIL*CORREIO*; it depicts a symbol of winged flight against a sky background. The central figure is Deadalus, the legendary Athenian artisan who invented wax wings, so he and his son Icarus could escape jail in Crete. At the lower left of the stamp, is one of the earliest models of the box-kite aeroplanes and at the center-right, barely discernible, is one of the latest model airplanes, supposedly for contrast. Designed by Marino Ferreira Praheiro, one wonders why the artists worked so hard to hide the airplanes in the clouds. The cachet shows a stylized Icarus in linoleum block design before the legend dumped him into the sea when the sun melted his wing-wax. Both figures symbolize man’s long-time fascination with the impossible notion of flying like a bird through the air. Note ICAO’s emblem in the middle of the cover. Also note the error in the name of the Organization as written on the insert: ‘Aeronautics’ should have been more rightly written ‘Aviation’.
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Semana Da Asa – Released on 15 November 1947 for the 36th anniversary of the Semana Da Asa, the stamp shows the whole monument including its pedestal erected in St. Cloud. The year 1947 should have commemorated the 37th anniversary of the Semana Da Asa. The cachet shows Icarus escaping from jail.
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Semana Da Asa – Released on 15 November 1947 for the 36th anniversary of the Semana Da Asa. The stamp commemorates the 1947 Semana Da Asa. The year 1947 should have commemorated the 37th anniversary of the Semana Da Asa. The cachet shows Icarus escaping from jail.
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Semana Da Asa - First Day Cover dated 21 October 1959 At the left side, one can notice Santos Dumont’s Aeroplane 14bis (1906); on the right side, the design seems to represent the silhouette of a futurist aircraft.
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Semana Da Asa - First Day Cover dated 21 October 1959 The aircraft at the left side looks like a Boeing 307 Stratoliner (1940s) or a Canadair North Star (named Argonaut, end of 1940s).
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Semana Da Asa - First Day Cover dated 21 October 1959. Picture of Franco-Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont pioneer.
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Post Card (recto and verso) commemoration the 1959 Semana da ASA. The recto reproduces the Santos-Dumont’s monument in St. Cloud, near Paris,
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Switzerland – 13 may 1924 - Icarus |
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