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An Air-India beer coaster sent by post from Nairobi
Much has been written about the airline's innovative beer coasters. Creative and humorous design was incorporated in their beer coasters used for in-flight drinks service. Right from the late 1950s onwards, the airline came up with over 300 different designs. Passengers loved them so much that they often took them home with them, and Air India beer coasters have become a collectible item in their own right. (Click here for images of other beer coasters of Air-India)
Here we have something I have never seen before. This passenger took a liking to a beer coaster and used it much as we would use picture postcards in those days. He affixed a postage stamp and an airmail label on it and posted it in Nairobi to an addressed it to Germany with a message in German which roughly translates to ‘We will see each other again on 31 July 1962’.
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A set of airmail stamps issued in Switzerland valid for one day only. I keep popularising the Air-India International 12a stamp issued for use on 8 June 1948 as something unique in world postal history. One of the upsides of doing this is that I get to hear of other similar stories from other countries. I had posted one about a Suriname stamp in my blog on 3 July 2023.
More recently, Bob Medland sent me this article he and Charles Lablonde wrote about a Swiss set of airmail stamps with very interesting attributes as well. Bob is secretary of the Postage Due Mail Study Group (PDMSG) and an ardent collector of Swiss mail. He was also kind enough to grant permission for me to reproduce his article on our blog.
Click here to read and enjoy the full article.
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