68 JANUARY 2016 http://www.stampandcoin.co.ukOne kina corresponds to 100 toea.
The introduction of an entirely new
currency unit is of course a major event
in the history of any country.
A five-stamp set was issued on 21
April, 1975 depicting the new coins.
The illustrated 1 kina stamp features the
obverse and the reverse of the 1 kina coin
showing a river crocodile. Obviously the
purpose was twofold: a celebration of the
country’s new currency and an attempt to
introduce the new coinage to the people
of Papua New Guinea.
More recently, with the arrival of the
Euro, many European countries have
issued stamps to introduce the currency,
including Austria, Gibraltar, Portugal,
Slovenia and Monaco. Aland opted for
a different approach, showing a shopper
with a huge euro coin in her trolley.
Nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina
also marked the tenth anniversary of the
Euro with stamps in 2012.
Naturally other coin anniversaries
have been marked on modern stamps.
In 2005, Australia marked the 150th
Anniversary of the first Australian coin
with two two-stamp miniature sheets
showing both sides of two examples
of the first coin issued in 1855. On a
slightly different tack, in 2006 Austria
issued a stamp to celebrate the centenary
of the Austrian Stamp & Coin Dealers
Association, while Monaco marked the
tenth anniversary of the opening of the
Stamp and Coin Museum with a single
stamp, in the same year.Numiscovers
Numerous special commemorative
covers have been produced having
a coin in a plastic pocket and the
corresponding stamp issue with a
special cancel. Such covers have
generally been produced on occasions
when both stamps and coins have been
issued to mark important events.
There is a lot of material available
for collectors of coins on stamps. In
fact, most countries have featured
coins on their stamps.Thematics
Ten stamps on... aeroplanes
Forty years ago this month, on 21 January, 1976, two Concordes
set off simultaneously from Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport,
making the first commercial Concorde journeys. We mark this
aviation landmark with our guide to ten top aeroplane stamps1
Concorde’s fi rst fl ight took place in 1969, the
same year that man fi rst walked on the moon.
David Gentlemen was called upon by Royal Mail
to create this 9d stamp which formed part of a
three-stamp First Flight of Concorde issue in 1969.2
T he 1976 Concorde fl ight was, of course, also
marked by the French Post Offi ce who on 10
January, 1976 issued a patriotically coloured red,
white and blue stamp showing Concorde.3
No aeroplane collection would be complete
without reference to the Wright brothers, Orville
and Wilbur, who achieved the fi rst powered fl ight
in 1903. The USA marked the 46th anniversary of
this aviation feat in 1949 with an airmail stamp.4
In 2002, Royal Mail marked the fi ftieth
anniversary of passenger jet aviation with fi ve
stamps featuring iconic planes of the previous
fi ve decades. This stamp features the Hawker
Siddeley Trident which entered service in 1964.5
The USA’s long-running pioneers of aviation
series began in 1970 with a stamp featuring
Glenn Curtiss, founder of the USA’s aviation
industry. This 1980 stamp shows Blanche Stuart
Scott, the fi rst American woman to make a solo
fl ight (in 1910).6
T he name Harry Houdini might not be one
you would associate with fl ight, but the
Hungarian illusionist took his place in Australian
history when he achieved one of the country’s
fi rst powered fl ights in Australia. This landmark
moment is commemorated on this 2010 stamp.7
T he A8021 jet airliner shown on this 1968
stamp from Austria is part of a set issued to
mark the IFA Wien postal conference of that year.8
In 1987, Marshall Islands explored one of
the great aviation mysteries, the ‘Earhart
Flight’ of 1937 when Amelia Earhart’s attempt to
circumnavigate the globe was cut short when
she disappeared in the Pacifi c Ocean on 2 July.9
This 1959 German stamp marks the tenth
anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and shows a
line of planes with the words ‘Luftbrucke’ (air
bridge) ‘1948-1949’.10
We fi nish our round-up with the famous
aviation Inverted Jenny error of 1918.
The stamp’s $450,000 catalogue places it out of
reach, but in 2013, the USA issued a mint sheet
of stamps re-creating the original.1
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