Aerophilately

Aerophilately is a branch of philately subject that deals with the collection of documents that were transported by air mail, busy. A synonymous term is roughly the airmail customer. This includes all other documents in connection with the air mail transport - means written messages, cards, envelopes, packages, wrappers, accompanying letter of cargo shipments, freight documents and air ticket or tickets - as well as making the necessary airmail stamps.

Shortly after the invention of the airplane in the early 20th century, people began to leave carry mail. Philatelists interested in, among others, for these documents and airmail stamps of the early years; There are also many younger areas aerophilately such as Astrophilately.

Collecting the classic Aerophilately includes:

• Airmail stamps ( both official and non- official )
• Airmail vignettes and similar
• Airmail documents ( letters )
• Evidence of "special" flights ( first flight, ...)
• Evidence of crashed flights ( crashes)

Among the major sub-areas aerophilately include:

• Balloon post
• Zeppelin post
• DO X -Post
• Rocket Mail

There are numerous stamp clubs around the world that deal with aerophilately.