Albania 1958 Airmail, Aviation Day
Albania · 1958 · Various Leke
This airmail set commemorates Aviation Day in the People's Republic of Albania. The designs feature various aircraft, including a Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer, a Lisunov Li-2 transport plane (a Soviet version of the DC-3), a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter, and a Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner, all flying over Albanian landscapes.
Issued during the height of the Cold War, this set highlights Albania's reliance on Soviet aviation technology and its efforts to project an image of modernity and military strength under the communist regime of Enver Hoxha.
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Photogravure
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