Jorge Chávez Airmail Stamp

Peru · 1937 · S/. 1.00

The stamp features a portrait of the pioneering aviator Jorge Chávez, with 'CORREO AEREO' and 'PERU' at the top, and the denomination 'S/. 1.00' at the bottom.

This airmail stamp commemorates Jorge Chávez, a Peruvian-French aviator famous for being the first to fly across the Alps in 1910, though he tragically died upon landing. The stamp was printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London.