2020-01-04 Sat

The first printed definitive postage Albania stamps appeared in late 1913. On December 5, 1912, a week after Albania gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire, the Provisional Government founded the Albanian postal service, as part of the Ministry of Telegraphs and Communications.

In the year 1925, Albania post issued its first set of Airmail stamps. The set includes seven airmail stamps and was issued on 30th May 1925 and depicts a contemporary commercial passenger aircraft flying above a mountainous landscape. The monoplane shown on these stamps is probably a German-built Dornier (or similar model) passenger aircraft of the type used by the German "Aero-Lloyd" charter airline.

They were the parent company of the Albanian "Adria Aero-Lloyd" domestic airline, which was founded in February 1925. The stamps were probably issued to commemorate the first flying of this new aircraft. Albanian airmail stamps issued between 1925 and 1929 feature the same design. New airmail stamps for special events were created by overprinting existing airmail stamps.

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