Colombia SCADTA Airmail Stamp

Colombia · 1920 · 10c

This stamp features a Junkers F.13 seaplane flying over the Magdalena River near Barranquilla. It was the first airmail stamp issued by the private Colombian-German airline SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos) for its domestic airmail service.

SCADTA was a pioneering private airline that operated one of the world's first airmail services, significantly predating many government-run airmail systems and revolutionizing mail delivery in Colombia's difficult terrain.