Aerophilately is the branch of
philately that specializes in the study of
airmail. Philatelists have observed the development of
mail transport by air from its beginning, and all aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists.The scope of aerophilately includes:airmail
postage stamps, both official and unofficialother types of labels (such as
airmail etiquettes)postal documents transmitted by air
postal markings related to air transportrates and routes, particularly
first flights and other "special" flightsmail recovered from aircraft accidents and other incidents (
crash covers)
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